So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.And 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.And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.
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… but there's still even more room. Then the master told his servant, go out to the roads, the country lanes, compel them to come in so that my house may be full. I tell you not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my Banquet write down point number three today quit making excuses Quit making excuses. I don't know if you've noticed yet, but you are a master of excuses. You actually have a master's degree in excuses. Anybody like myself, you are great with excuses. Come on, lift your hand. We make excuses about everything. Notice that every excuse was not bad. it just wasn't right. Every excuse was a good excuse. One said, I just bought a field. I got to go take care of it. That's a good thing. Someone said, I got married. I got to go on my honeymoon. That's a good thing. Someone said, I bought new oxen and I got to go take care of it. That's a good thing. It's not that we're choosing bad things. It's that we're saying no to the better thing. …
… so that servant came verse 21 and reported these things to his master 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 here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind and the servant said, Master, it is done as you commanded and still there is room. Look at your neighbor and say, there's still room. Look at the other side of the person and say, there's still room. Verse 23, Then the master said to the servant, verse 23, the master said to the servant, go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in that my house may be filled. If you don't hear anything else I say, I want you to hear this. God wants his house filled. Amen. I'm proud of you. Look at your neighbors. I'm glad you're here. I'm proud that you're here. God wants his house filled. Pull the camera in right here for just a second. …
… And the servant said, Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room. Then the master said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. It's five o'clock somewhere, he says. Go find some people to get in here. They'll do nothing. They'll receive everything for it. For I say to you that none of those men that were originally invited shall taste my supper. Now for context, Jesus here is at dinner at the home of a Pharisee. And the Pharisee invited all the who's who, all the VIPs, all the bigwigs. They were all sitting around the table also. And what Jesus is doing is he's revealing the reversal of order. That's how his kingdom operates. That's the exact opposite of how the world operates. Because in his kingdom, it's the first who are last. It's the last who are first. That many are called, but few are chosen. That greatness is serving. …