If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. Yet those who choose to reject and resist God should count that cost as well. 2 There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. Yet it certainly sometimes divides, and more so among non-Christian or anti-Christian cultures. Nor are we miserable there, and letting everyone know by our facial expressions that we really don’t belong there. ii. 31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day? These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. He is responsible for a significant portion of the New Testament, having … I ask you to have me excused.’ Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’”. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. (Luke 14:12-14) "Then He also said to him who invited Him, 'When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor your rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. © 2021 Christianity.com. We hear the setting for the story in 14:1. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at … Everyone knew this. Commentary for Luke 14 . “Sabbath”: Luke shows Christ healing on the Sabbath more frequently than any of the other gospels. c. Whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple: We have a difficult challenge in understanding and communicating the gospel here; there are two extremes to avoid. The servant came and showed his lord these things — So ministers ought to lay before the Lord in prayer the obedience or disobedience of their hearers. [7] And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them. The Gospel of Luke Chapter Fourteen Commentary by Timothy H. Burdick. i. Jesus wasn’t merely teaching good manners, but a lifestyle that in lowliness of mind esteems others better than himself. Now when one of those who sat at the table: Still at the dinner given by one of the rulers of the Pharisees (Luke 14:1), Jesus had just spoken strongly, warning them against traditionalism, pride, and exclusivity. Why don’t more accept the invitation? Each of these are usually more costly than one thinks before beginning. And He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.”. “Friend, go up higher.”Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you: Instead, we joyfully embrace the lower place; we aren’t filled with such a high opinion of ourselves that we think we don’t belong there. Luke 14. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. People respond to a challenging gospel if the truth is spoken in love. Yet likewise we can never give people the impression that Jesus won’t want to clean up their lives with their cooperation after they come to Him. Answer: Jesus told the Parable of the Wedding Feast in Matthew 22:1-14. In-stead, Zacchaeus determined to give half of what he had to the poor and promised to repay fourfold anyone he had cheated (Luke 19:8). We come to God and find that He has been ready for us. We should remember the words of George MacDonald: In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably – or succeed more miserably. Jesus teaches three key aspects on being a disciple. III. Click on the different category headings to find out more. i. And Jesus answering, spake — Answering the thoughts which he saw rising in their hearts. The candidate for baptism must be able to discern the terms of God's offer for salvation before making such a monumental decision. Come, for all things are now ready: In an age before the clock, the date of the banquet was announced long before, but the exact time only was announced the very day. The cross was not an implement of irritation or inconvenience. 4:14. i. He carried a cross, so His followers carry one. a. It was used as a defence of the inquisition, the thumb-screw, the rack, the threat of death and imprisonment, the campaigns against heretics, all those things which are the shame of Christianity.” (Barclay), iv. He will bring him down, i.e., he will come under His condemnation), and he who humbles himself will be exalted (by God). Jesus saw that His host chose his guests from a sense of exclusion and pride, lacking love to others. [However one feels inclined to suspect, that something of a worldly character crept into His thoughts concerning the kingdom of GOD.—V. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. i. Jesus said compel to indicate God’s great desire to fill His house, and because these wanderers and outcasts needed to be convinced that they were welcome, compelled by love. 1 Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.’ And the servant said, ‘Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.’ Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. How numerous are his children and servants! Luke 14:28-33. The text begins with two discipleship sayings that require absolute allegiance to Jesus (14:25-27). a. Jesus bids them count upon it, and then consider of it. c. Compel them to come in, that my house may be filled: The master of the feast was determined that some would enjoy what he had prepared. (7-14) Parable of the great supper. Therefore, we sometimes may understate the demands of Jesus when we present the gospel. Napoleon understood this principle when he said, “I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere man. ii. i. 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? Luke 14:33. Luke 14:15-24; Compare Matt. Or, perhaps you were privileged to know the famous person yourself. If the salt has lost its flavor: Salt that loses its “saltiness” is of no use. Jesus’ critics accused Jesus of being a winebibber and a glutton (7:34). (25-35)1-6 This Pharisee, as well as others, seems to have had an ill design in entertaining Jesus at his house. Commentary on Luke 14:25-35 (Read Luke 14:25-35) Though the disciples of Christ are not all crucified, yet they all bear their cross, and must bear it in the way of duty. By hating them all, in the sense above mentioned, cannot be my disciple - But will surely desist from building that tower, neither can he persevere in fighting the good fight of faith. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. What is the explanation for Luke 14:25-33? Our Lord leaves these offices of humanity and courtesy as they were, and teaches a higher duty. We may choose the low place, and act meek and humble, so that others may notice how humble we are. We have already considered this in our study of Luke 9:23. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. ii. When the Romans crucified a criminal, they didn’t just hang them on a cross. Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind: If those first invited to the feast refused, there would still be a feast, because the master would not prepare a banquet in vain. Kierkeegard, in Fear and Trembling, "Problem Two," explained Luke 14:26 as reflecting "absolute duty towards God" and rejects an explanation like ours on the rather strained grounds that the parable that follows, about the building of the tower, indicated a more fundamentalist reading. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. [23] And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. Luke 14:7-14 Humbling the Exalted--Exalting the Humble Luke 14:15-24 An Invitation to God's Great Banquet Luke 14:25-27 The Extreme Nature of True Discipleship, Part 1 R C SPROUL DEVOTIONALS. Matthew 10:37. Christ heals a man on the sabbath. d. Forsake all that he has: This ancient Greek phrase had the idea, “To say goodbye to.” Jesus told us to say goodbye to everything we have, entrusting it to Jesus. He is the ultimate example of someone who deserved the highest place, but took the lowest place, and was granted the highest place (Philippians 2:5-11). He walked to His self-death, so must those who would follow Him. Luke 14 Commentary Notes; Sermon Notes for Luke 14:11; Sermon Notes for Luke 14:15-24; JAMES SMITH HANDFULS OF PURPOSE. “It is possible to be a follower of Jesus without being a disciple; to be a camp-follower without being a soldier.” (Barclay), “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it; lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Luke 14:27(NASB) Verse Thoughts. “As the commentators well recognize, the veiled reference is to the Gentiles who would soon be invited to enter the kingdom of God through faith in Christ.” (Pate), Now great multitudes went with Him. Luke was a doctor (Colossians 4:14). 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Luke 4:14-21 . Luke 14 records teaching that enables each of us to take the steps of discipleship and follow Jesus no matter where our starting point is. And we even learn how to do our grasping with a spiritual veneer. Jesus told him to not only ask those who could repay something to the host. i. c. If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple: Jesus boldly said that the true disciple comes to Him without reservation, setting Jesus first. The host is a king in Matthew, "a certain man" in Luke. i. I must needs go — The most urgent worldly affairs frequently fall out just at the time when God makes the freest offers of salvation. [16] Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: A certain man made a great supper — As if he had said, All men are not sensible of this happiness. For exaltation comes neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south, but God is the Judge: He puts down one, and exalts another. He spake a parable— The ensuing discourse is so termed, because several parts are not to be understood literally. He cannot be My disciple: Jesus clearly spoke about the kind of person who could not be His disciple. Christ seems to have favored the Sabbath as a day for doing acts of mercy. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. At the mention of the resurrection, someone at the table with Jesus said, “Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God” (verse 15). But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. Other relationships are definitely of lower priority than faithfulness and obedience to Jesus. whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. Chapter 14. Who can forget it? The commandments of God are enough, and we should never make the traditions of man – even good traditions – equal to the commandments of God (Mark 7:8-9). (Philippians 2:3). In the Roman world, before a man died on a cross, he had to carry his cross (or at least the horizontal beam of the cross) to the place of execution. Call not thy friends — That is, I do not bid thee call thy friends or thy neighbours. 1) The Law of Mercy (Luke 14:1-6) 2) The Principle of Humbling Oneself (Luke 14:7-11) 3) The Heart of Being Gracious (Luke 14:12-14) Therefore, I would encourage those who study it to do so in a spirit of reflection. Excuses are made. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? d. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted: Jesus was the perfect One to teach on this subject, because He fulfilled it perfectly. e. I have married a wife: The third excuse had to do with a man who put his family before everything. a. If Jesus was not and is not God, this would be idolatry and probably madness. Alexander [the Great], Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. He knew that he was on the way to the cross; the crowds who were with him thought that he was on his way to an empire.” (Barclay). When we get our own position, either through outward or subtle pride, we can even say, “It was the Lord, it was the Lord” – but in our heart of hearts we know it was us, our own calculation, our own schemes, our own grasping. 2 And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. Then Jesus provides two brief stories or parables to illustrate the importance of “counting the cost” and giving up all for Jesus (14:28-33). 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