Reach Community Church Heath Caddell

Here is the question we will wrestle with this morning. Are you offered a place in the kingdom of God? Hopefully, you are thinking to yourself, of course, this is Church, a place where we are invited into the Grace of God each Sunday. The better question is, what are you doing with the invitation? The offer has been made, and many will get the invitation, but few will choose to accept the offer. Today’s text will use a parable to teach us many things. It will teach us that many will make excuses when the call comes.

We just spent the last two weeks talking about what Jesus was willing to do for us to show his love by making a way back to the Father for you and me. The question for today what does God want from us now? How do we demonstrate our love and faith for our savior? How do we love an unseen God? We love people that we can see. Hopefully, you are wearing your steal-toed shoes today because the words of Jesus will step on your toes. Are you ready?

HE HAS RISEN!!!! Last week, we talked about Luke nine and the fact that Jesus set his face toward Jerusalem, meaning he set his face toward the cross, meaning he set his face toward your freedom and redemption. Today, we will look closely at what Jesus accomplished on the cross and what he meant when he said it was Finished. The real question you need to answer today is what this means for me!! 

Today, we are starting our two-week series celebrating our resurrected SAVIOR called "It is Finished." But before we get to the finished work of the cross, you must know that nothing would stop Jesus from completing his mission. His mission was the world's redemption, and there had to be a cross. Luke tells us in chapter nine that Jesus set his face toward Jerusalem. Where are you going? How determined are you to get there? Where you set your focus determines your direction. Today, we celebrate with grateful hearts that Jesus set his face on the cross. He knew who he was and where he was going, and nothing would stop him from completing the job set before him. Part of the job was your salvation.

Reach Community Church

Most people in this room believe God can do great and miraculous things. God's ability isn't the hard part. Don't get me wrong, it takes faith to reach this point, but it's relatively easy to believe that God can. The hard part is this question. Is he willing to do it for you? This is where the text is going to lead us today. Let's see what God might want to say and do today if you are willing.