Sunday service sermon from 10th April 2016 by Pastor Ray Pountney. The passage is from Luke 14:15-24 & Matthew 4:18-25.

• Luke 14:15-24

  Luke 14:15-24

  The Parable of the Great Banquet

  15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
  16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.
  17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
  18 “But they all a like began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
  19“Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
  20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
  21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
  22 “ ‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
  23“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
  24 I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’ ”
  

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• Matthew 4:23-25

  Matthew 4:23-25

  Jesus Heals the Sick

  23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
  24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.
  25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.

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