Thesis: God will be glorified in the exercise of His powerful grace and terrible justice.
THE GREATEST BLESSING OF ALL (14.15) 1. Adage Occasion (15a). 2. Adage Content (15b).
BANQUET PARABLE OF GOD'S GRACE AND JUSTICE (14.16-24) 1. First Gracious Invitation (16-17). Theological reflection. 2. Refusal by Excuses (18-20). They all made excuses, "with one accord," impressive to themselves. Field excuse, oxen excuse, wife excuse. Theological reflection, practical application. 3. Second Gracious Invitation (21). Host rejects excuses, begins to fill their places with others. 4. Acceptance by Gracious Welcome. 5. Third Gracious Invitation (22-23). 6. Acceptance by Gracious Power. 7. Conclusion: Full House Justly Excluding Original Invitees (24).
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Pastor D. Scott Meadows has been an elder at the Calvary Baptist Church (Reformed) of Exeter, New Hampshire, since 1991. Pastor Meadows holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in Christian theology. He left his engineering career for pastoral...