Sunday School Lesson (April 25, 2010)

INCLUSION IN COMMUNITY

BIBLE BASIS: Luke 14:15-24

BIBLE TRUTH: Thank God for His invitation to His banquet of food for the soul.

MEMORY VERSE: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and maimed, and the halt, and the blind (Luke 14:21).

LESSON AIM: That you will reflect on your personal response to God's invitation.

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LESSON SCRIPTURE

Luke 14:15-24


15And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

• Explain the difference between the invitation to dine naturally and the invitation to eat God's kingdom.

16Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
17And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
18And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

• Explain why the servant went out twice to the invited guest.

21So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. 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.

• How would you contrast those who rejected the invitation with those who were later invited to the feast?

22And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
23And 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.
24For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.