Dec. 14, 2025 | Traditional Worship | The King's Table Week 2, Ephesians 1:4–5

And so he walks around, and he looks for his name, the name boy, and he doesn't see it. But he comes up on this one name, and it sounds sort of familiar to him, but he knows that he doesn't have a name, and he turns to the steward, and he says, who is this? And the steward says, well, that's you. That's your name. That's the king has always known you by, and he's always called you by. You've simply forgotten your name. [00:45:00] (29 seconds)  #YouBelongHere

The boy's eyes began to fill up with tears, and he thought to himself, again, this must be a mistake, he says. This isn't me. I don't even have a name. I didn't earn this. I'm just me. I'm just boy. I'm a nobody. And like a loving parent and father, the king just gets down on his knee and whispers to the boy, that's exactly why you belong here. [00:45:59] (28 seconds)  #StopEarningBeLoved

``Jesus' birth, my friends, was a beginning of a royal banquet. It was open to all who merely answer the knock and the invitation. Hear the good news, it says, right? The Savior is born. That's the good news of the Christmas message for all people, the angels said. Because the word itself became flesh. God himself became flesh. And all are welcome. All are chosen. All are cherished. [00:50:06] (33 seconds)  #RoyalBanquetForAll

The tragedy in faith isn't, if you think about the rejection with fists, it's the rejection with full calendars. Or the busyness of life. And I believe the table isn't missed because we hate the king. We love the king. It's missed oftentimes because we're too busy to believe that the table matters. Something else has taken priority. We're too busy to believe that the table is itself life. The relationship is life. [00:56:48] (35 seconds)  #PrioritizeTheTable

We just like going to set God's gift over there. We hear the knock. We read the invitation. We admire the story of the manger. But we don't what? We don't open the door. We don't really believe the invitation. And we don't pull the chair out and unwrap our identity a lot of times. It happens. I want to remind us that we need to stop being so in love with the world and fall in love with our Heavenly Father again. [00:59:21] (33 seconds)  #OpenYourGiftFromGod

The first is this. Open the door. I mean, when Jesus is knocking, you got to open the door to the heart. But you don't just do that once. It's daily. Because it's a relational thing. Often we think of salvation one time. Yes. But it's daily. Relationship is daily. The second thing is we need to stop earning your seat. You're not here because you earned it. You're here because you're loved. [01:00:49] (29 seconds)  #FallBackInLoveWithGod

The second thing is we need to stop earning your seat. You're not here because you earned it. You're here because you're loved. Right? He chose you. He did the work. So sometimes we need to put down the shame. We need to put down the performance. We need to put down the guilt. And we just need to be there and stop trying to earn our seat. [01:01:10] (24 seconds)  #OpenYourHeartDaily

The third thing is we need to sit at the table of identity. You are not a visitor. You are family. Maybe you need to speak Ephesians chapter one, verses four and five over yourself, over your family, whatever it is. I am chosen. I am adopted. I am enough. We need to speak that over ourselves. The fourth thing is you need to clear your calendar. [01:01:33] (26 seconds)  #RememberYourName