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Who’s on our invitation list? Luke 14:12-14 UPWARD Outward WARD IN

Grace and love are absent; pride and selfishness are present. Luke 14-17 Kingdom Attitude 14:12 Actions Actions Attitude Kingdom Characteristics Actions Actions Grace and love are absent; pride and selfishness are present.

There is a tendency to seek other like yourself Luke 14-17 Kingdom People 14:13 Kingdom Characteristics “Invite the poor, crippled, lame, blind.” There is a tendency to seek other like yourself

Where you are not comfortable Kingdom People must invite those on the fringes of society. The kingdom person’s identity is not based in who they hang out with but in the one who hung on a cross for them. Where you are not comfortable Those with whom you don’t have much in common We should invite anyone – those like us and those unlike us.

Kingdom Characteristics Luke 14-17 People outside the kingdom 14:13 Literally poor, crippled, lame and blind. A literal meal But it is more! Kingdom Characteristics Who outside of Christ is rich in spirit? Who outside of Christ has sight? All need to be invited Who outside of Christ walks through life without fault?

Who’s on my invitation list? Being a kingdom person means having the spirit of Christ living out in our lives. Who’s on my invitation list? Everyone I am able to invite.

Are they part of God’s Kingdom? If not – they need an invitation Do this and you will be blessed – v.14 Happy, overjoyed, fortunate. An inward contentment regardless of what is happening in the world around us