Don't Miss God's Banquet: Rejecting Earthly Excuses

We will spend decades climbing ladders of success only to discover that that ladder was leading us to a place that was away from the will of god for our life. In the gospel of Mark, Jesus posed this question, what does it profit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his soul? You can own lots of land and lose heaven. You can build immense wealth and still bankrupt your soul. You can achieve and obtain every single earthly dream that you have and still miss eternity. [00:51:27] (42 seconds)  #SoulOverSuccess

If you notice something with all three of these excuses, they are all distractions is what they are. They are distractions that become idols, and the greatest enemy of our devotion to God is being distracted by something. It's once we get distracted, then we walk down the road of accepting sin and walking in wickedness. And the devil doesn't always need to make good people bad. He just needs to make good people busy with something else. If you look at it, it's just a field. It's just oxen. It's just a relationship. [01:02:29] (37 seconds)  #GuardAgainstDistractions

but here's the thing, in the kingdom of god, there is no seating capacity at the venue. Jesus says, bring em in. Look at what he says in verse 22. After the servant had done this, he reported, there is still room for more. I love that phrase. There is still room. That shows the heart of our father who is relentlessly pursuing those who are far from him. Look at the mission of what Jesus said of himself in Luke 19, for the son of man came to seek and save those who are lost. There is still room. [01:05:57] (41 seconds)  #RoomAtTheTable

There's still room for the hopeless. There's still room for the addicted. There's still room who for that person who keeps failing repeatedly. If you have lost loved ones, let me tell you, there is still room at the banquet. Do not quit praying for them. There's still room. Don't quit showing love. When they reject you, there's still room. When when you tell them about god and they say, god doesn't exist. Don't hate on him. Go into your prayer closet and pray to the god that they don't believe in yet. There's still room. [01:06:37] (36 seconds)  #StillRoomForEveryone

Maybe you thought you you never belonged. Maybe you have shame from the some decisions that you made and somehow that has convinced you that god would never want you. Can I tell you that's not the truth? You can read this parable. You can read Jesus's own words towards you. The invitation is for you. Jesus has already paid the price. The table is prepared. Grace has made room for you and you don't have to clean yourself up before you accept the invitation. That's god's job to clean you up. It's not your job to clean yourself up. If you will come just as you are and surrender to him, he will make you whole. [01:13:33] (49 seconds)  #ComeAsYouAreGrace

Can I tell you we're not not here to belittle you or hit you over the head about this? No. Instead, there's an invitation for you. Today, Jesus is calling you back to the table Because eternity is too important to miss. It was the whole point of this sermon is I wouldn't miss it for the world and the truth is many people and it and it it it hurts me. It hurts me to to say this, but many people will miss heaven for the world, for temporary pleasure, for temporary success, for temporary comfort. But one day, every earthly thing will fade, and the only thing that will remain forever is the banquet of Christ. [01:11:44] (59 seconds)  #EternityOverEverything

People will reject god. This is crazy. People will reject god because they have a fear of rejection by people. We will reject the invitation from almighty god because instead, we wanna change who we are so that we can pursue something so that hopefully someone who doesn't even like us will invite them will invite us to their meal. I I said this in the first service. Don't allow your FOMO, because that's a real thing now. Don't allow your FOMO on Earth to keep you from attending the greatest thing that you were ever actually invited to. [00:58:47] (41 seconds)  #DontTradeGodForApproval

Marriage is a gift from god. Family is a blessing but even good relationships become dangerous when they replace our first devotion to Christ. We have a tier system, and we should honor our relationship with God first and then comes our family. And I know we don't like that because we love our family more than anything, and I get that. But let me tell you something. If you honor god first, your family will get something better than what you can produce on your own. [00:57:56] (40 seconds)  #GodFirstThenFamily