In the Book of Luke, Jesus tells a parable about a master preparing a great banquet and inviting many guests, saying “Come for everything is ready now.” After numerous invitations were turned down for various excuses, the master had his servants go into the streets to “bring the poor, crippled, blind, and lame so that his house would be full.”
After doing so, there still was room at the banquet so the servants were sent far and wide to bring people to attend so the house would be full. Finally, the result of the invitations was to feast and fellowship at a banquet given by God.
The parable provides much for our individual spiritual growth in today’s Great Banquet where the purpose is to know Jesus as Lord and Savior and to make him known.
When we accept God’s invitation to invest 72 continuous hours at the Great Banquet we learn that God’s love and grace can only be described as a spiritual banquet.
This blog story is about the Great Banquet and how it has impacted me as a guest.
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