45 Days to Read the Gospel Challenge. The Gospel According To Luke Chapter 14: Kindness to the Poor has Rewards in Heaven

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Overview of The Gospel of Luke:

Apostle Luke, a Gentile and a physician, wrote this Gospel and the Book of Acts. Luke’s work is assumed to be written in AD 60-62 during the time Paul was in jail. His works were dedicated to Theophilus, a Roman dignitary. Luke gives an ordered account of the events of Jesus’s life but not necessarily in order. His primary research is based on eyewitnesses, disciples, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

Luke knew the disciples personally. He traveled with Paul most of the time. However, he also used other disciples’ work in his research, such as Mark’s work. A lot of Luke’s work included the Gospel of Mark. However, this Gospel gives many accounts of Jesus’s healing ministry because Luke was a physician himself.

Luke alone reported unusual circumstances surrounding the birth of John the Baptist and the annunciation to Mary. He emphasized the central role of women, children, Gentiles, Samaritans, rich people, sinners, and outcasts in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Luke proposed to narrate the ministry of Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ’s mission dedicated to the saving of sinners and his progression to the cross to become Savior of the World.

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45 Days to Read the Gospel Challenge. The Gospel According To Luke Chapter 14: Kindness to the Poor has Rewards in Heaven

Summary of The Gospel According to Luke Chapter Fourteen

In this chapter, Jesus gives instructions on the Sabbath and teaches that kindness to the poor has its rewards in heaven. He teaches the reasons to show humility at being invited to a wedding. He tells of parables that illustrate his points. He emphasizes the cost of discipleship.

Jesus gives instructions on the Sabbath. Luke 14: 1-4 KJV ¹And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. ²And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had dropsy. ³And Jesus answering spoke unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? ⁴And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.

Jesus tells that when invited present yourself as humble and do not pick the choice rooms because it is written in Luke 14:10 KJV “But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.” Luke 14:10 KJV ¹¹For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

Jesus rewards those who are kind to the poor. “Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makes a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. Luke 14:14 KJV ¹⁴And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

Jesus tells the cost of becoming his disciple, Luke 14:27, 33 KJV ²⁷And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. ³³So likewise, whosoever he is of you that forsakes, not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

45 Days to Read the Gospel Challenge. The Gospel According To Luke Chapter 14: Kindness to the Poor has Rewards in Heaven

Time: 45 minutes to complete lesson: 30 minutes to read the entire post and take the interactive quiz, additional 15 minutes to read the bible chapter.

Objectives Chapter Fourteen (You will learn…)

A. The reasons why healing and doing God’s work on the Sabbath is permitted.

B. The instructions on being an invited guest to an event.

C. Why Jesus rewards those who are kind to the poor.

D. The cost of becoming Jesus’ disciples.

Outline for Chapter Fourteen

A. Jesus on the Sabbath heals one who had dropsy.

B. The chief rooms not to be chosen.

C. Kindness to the poor enjoined.

D. The parable of the great supper, from which the guests excuse themselves.

E. Jesus’ disciples must count the cost of becoming his disciples.

Reflection

During this pandemic, there are many stories on social media of people being kind to those less fortunate than themselves. Have you demonstrated an act of kindness to anyone less fortunate than yourself without expecting to be paid back? If not, it is not too late to do so. Do you teach your children or grandchildren to share?

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Resources for this lesson

FREE copy of The Gospel of Luke and in its entirety (Public Domain-1907): You can use your zoom to increase the size of the text. Click Here. (PDF) or King James Bible Online. (Internet Web Site) YouTube video and audio (total time 8 min. ) Part One, and Part Two.

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Highlights

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Chapter Highlights of Gospel According to Luke – Chapter Fourteen (KJV) Answers to Objectives and Activity Questions

A. The reason that healing and doing God’s work on the Sabbath is permitted. Luke 14: 1-6 KJV

¹And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

²And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had dropsy.

³And Jesus answering spoke unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

⁴And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

⁵And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fell into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

⁶And they could not answer him again to these things.

B. Instructions on being an invited guest to an event. Luke 14:7-11 KJV

⁷And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

⁸When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him;

⁹And he that bade thee and he come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

¹⁰But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

¹¹For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

C. That Jesus rewards those who are kind to the poor. Luke 14: 12-25

¹²Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makes a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

¹³But when thou makes a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

¹⁴And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

¹⁵And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

¹⁶Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper and bade many:

¹⁷And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

¹⁸And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

¹⁹And another said, I have bought five yokes of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

²⁰And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

²¹So that servant came and showed his lord these things. 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 hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

²²And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

²³And 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.

²⁴For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

²⁵And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

D. The cost of becoming Jesus’ disciples. Luke 14: 27-32 KJV

²⁷And whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

²⁸For which of you, intending to build a tower, sit not down first, and count the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

²⁹Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

³⁰Saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.

³¹Or what king, going to make war against another king, sit not down first, and consult whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

³²Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an ambassador, and desires conditions of peace.

³³So likewise, whosoever of you that forsake, not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

³⁴Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned? ³⁵It is neither fit for the land nor yet for the dunghill, but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Interactive Quiz

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Call to salvation

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Romans 10:9-10 9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation

John 3:5-6 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is the Spirit.

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