Sermon - Kingdom Living - Kingdom Response

Air Date: 2025-11-02

Pastor Dan Scally

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Kingdom Clarity - Kingdom Response

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Verses:

Luke 14:15-35

One of the men sitting at the table with Jesus heard these things. The man said to him, “It will be a great blessing for anyone to eat a meal in God’s kingdom!” 16. Jesus said to him, “A man gave a big dinner. He invited many people. 17. When it was time to eat, he sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come. The food is ready.’ 18. But all the guests said they could not come. Each one made an excuse. The first one said, ‘I have just bought a field, so I must go look at it. Please excuse me.’ 19. Another man said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of work animals; I must go and try them out. Please excuse me.’ 20. A third man said, ‘I just got married; I can’t come.’ 21. “So the servant returned and told his master what happened. The master was angry. He said, ‘Hurry! Go into the streets and alleys of the town. Bring me the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ 22. “Later, the servant said to him, ‘Master, I did what you told me to do, but we still have places for more people.’ 23. The master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and country roads. Tell the people there to come. I want my house to be full! 24. None of those people I invited first will get to eat any of this food.’” 25. Many people were traveling with Jesus. He said to them, 26. “If you come to me but will not leave your family, you cannot be my follower. You must love me more than your father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters—even more than your own life! 27. Whoever will not carry the cross that is given to them when they follow me cannot be my follower. 28. “If you wanted to build a building, you would first sit down and decide how much it would cost. You must see if you have enough money to finish the job. 29. If you don’t do that, you might begin the work, but you would not be able to finish. And if you could not finish it, everyone would laugh at you. 30. They would say, ‘This man began to build, but he was not able to finish.’ 31. “If a king is going to fight against another king, first he will sit down and plan. If he has only 10,000 men, he will try to decide if he is able to defeat the other king who has 20,000 men. 32. If he thinks he cannot defeat the other king, he will send some men to ask for peace while that king’s army is still far away. 33. “It is the same for each of you. You must leave everything you have to follow me. If not, you cannot be my follower. 34. “Salt is a good thing. But if the salt loses its salty taste, you can’t make it salty again. 35. It is worth nothing. You can’t even use it as dirt or dung. People just throw it away. “You people who hear me, listen!”

Ephesians 3:7-11

By God’s special gift of grace, I became a servant to tell that Good News. He gave me that grace by using his power. 8. I am the least important of all God’s people. But he gave me this gift—to tell the non-Jewish people the Good News about the riches Christ has. These riches are too great to understand fully. 9. And God gave me the work of telling all people about the plan for his secret truth. That secret truth has been hidden in him since the beginning of time. He is the one who created everything. 10. His purpose was that all the rulers and powers in the heavenly places will now know the many different ways he shows his wisdom. They will know this because of the church. 11. This agrees with the plan God had since the beginning of time. He did what he planned, and he did it through Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:17

God sent his Son into the world. He did not send him to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him

Luke 19:10

The Son of Man came to find lost people and save them.”