Luk 14:12-14 | KingComments | STEP | After a word for the guests, the Lord also has a word for the host and for all who invite others. He not only notes that the guests act purely for personal gain, He also notes that inviting does not happen selflessly either. There is a hidden intention to benefit from it. It must give prestige and, in the long term, also yield something. This is how al lot of people deal in the world, and unfortunately also Christians. To do good without self-interest is only possible in imitation of the Lord Jesus. The Lord holds out to them what He Himself is also constantly doing, and that is focusing on the lowest layers of society. Let them invite the disadvantaged and underprivileged, the poor and the disabled. There is no honor to be gained for the eyes of the world, but there is honor to be gained in the eyes of God. Spiritually applied, the Lord Jesus wants us to share of our spiritual riches to spiritually disadvantaged people. The happiness that is connected with such deeds is the inner satisfaction that He gives because there is acted out of His grace. That happiness extends far beyond the present satisfaction. Those who act in this way can count on repayment in the future, at the resurrection of the righteous. Before the judgment seat of Christ, those who have acted selflessly in the grace of the Lord in this way will receive repayment for it in the form of a task to distribute blessing in the realm of peace.

‏ Luke 14:12-14

Teaching for the One Who Invites

After a word for the guests, the Lord also has a word for the host and for all who invite others. He not only notes that the guests act purely for personal gain, He also notes that inviting does not happen selflessly either. There is a hidden intention to benefit from it. It must give prestige and, in the long term, also yield something. This is how al lot of people deal in the world, and unfortunately also Christians. To do good without self-interest is only possible in imitation of the Lord Jesus.

The Lord holds out to them what He Himself is also constantly doing, and that is focusing on the lowest layers of society. Let them invite the disadvantaged and underprivileged, the poor and the disabled. There is no honor to be gained for the eyes of the world, but there is honor to be gained in the eyes of God.

Spiritually applied, the Lord Jesus wants us to share of our spiritual riches to spiritually disadvantaged people. The happiness that is connected with such deeds is the inner satisfaction that He gives because there is acted out of His grace.

That happiness extends far beyond the present satisfaction. Those who act in this way can count on repayment in the future, at the resurrection of the righteous. Before the judgment seat of Christ, those who have acted selflessly in the grace of the Lord in this way will receive repayment for it in the form of a task to distribute blessing in the realm of peace.