1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:04,480 Hey, welcome to the City Point Church podcast. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,280 Thanks for joining us. Every day is an opportunity to 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,280 take hold of. So we hope this message inspires 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,560 you and build your faith, but it helps you have more of a God 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,880 perspective for your day. Enjoy. 6 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,720 So I'm going to speak on today invitation. 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:23,560 We're going to go through a parable. 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,680 We're going to break that verse down and we're going to go 9 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:31,600 through what that means. So the title of my message today 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,680 is it's already up there. That's pretty good. 11 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,960 We've got some good servants at the back there. 12 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:41,000 You are an invitation. You are an invitation. 13 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:45,040 We're going to break that down and we're going to go through 14 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:51,320 Luke chapter 14 verse, sorry, Luke chapter 14, verses 15 to 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,920 24. And the NIV says this. 16 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:59,960 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to 17 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:03,840 Jesus, Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the 18 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,800 Kingdom of God. Jesus replied. 19 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,880 As Jesus always replies, A certain man was preparing a 20 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,200 great banquet and invited many guests. 21 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:20,440 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those 22 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:25,080 who had been invited come, for everything is now ready. 23 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,600 But they all alike began to make excuses. 24 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,960 The first set I have just brought a field and I must go 25 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:35,480 see it. Please excuse me. 26 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,760 Another set. I've just brought a yoke of oxen 27 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,800 and I'm on my way to try them out. 28 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:46,120 Please excuse me, I can't. That's #20 versus 20, says still 29 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,360 another set. I just got married, so I can't 30 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:54,640 come. 21 verses 21 says the servant came back and reported 31 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,800 this to his master. Then the owner of the house 32 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:01,680 became angry and ordered his servant go out quickly into the 33 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:07,120 streets and the alleys of the town and bring them in the pool, 34 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,400 the crippled, the blind in the lane. 35 00:02:09,759 --> 00:02:14,280 So the servant said what you ordered has been done, but there 36 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:18,120 is still room. Then the master told his 37 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:22,160 servant, go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come 38 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,680 in, so that my house will be full. 39 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,920 I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a 40 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:36,480 taste of my banquet. You can see in there invitation 41 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,720 come up many times and we're going to go through that and 42 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,640 break it down. But I want to tell you a story 43 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:44,080 about invitation as my wife just brings up some water. 44 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:45,120 Oh, it's there. Thank you, love. 45 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:49,800 That's amazing. See, she already knew and the 46 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,080 invitation was there. Thank you, my darling. 47 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,520 That's so good. That's impressive. 48 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,960 I love that woman. Thank God. 49 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,680 Thank God for our wives, men in the House of God. 50 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,800 Thank God for them. Thank God for our children and 51 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,480 thank God for husbands and good godly marriage. 52 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:11,840 It's amazing. You know who I see do this 53 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,120 really well. I just want to honor you, Pastor 54 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:19,400 John and Pastor Rach. These two are incredible and 55 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,960 display what godly marriage looks like. 56 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,280 In actual fact, they invited us to our life group and taught us 57 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,240 all about godly wisdom around marriage. 58 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:33,240 It transformed our marriage. God used them to transform our 59 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,280 marriage and so was Sarah and Jack's. 60 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,760 God used them as well. But it's amazing about 61 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,520 invitation. See, they invited us to their 62 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,720 life group and something happened. 63 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,200 But also, something happened when me and my wife got invited 64 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:54,760 to church. I was a broken young man sent on 65 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:59,240 the path of recklessness, not on the path of righteousness. 66 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:04,800 On the same loop over and over again, in this loop of despair, 67 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,840 stuck in my sin. It was damaging me. 68 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,960 I was addicted to every sort of thing. 69 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:14,360 I was just broken and angry. And one day I was at the boxing 70 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:18,320 gym of all places. One man confidently said to me, 71 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,720 why don't you come to church and invited me. 72 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,760 And I was like, yeah, yeah, I'll come, I'll come next Sunday. 73 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:30,680 But in my heart I was like, you are right up there, man. 74 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,800 I don't, you know, this is a boxing gym. 75 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,640 You're inviting me to church. But that's how I thought back 76 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,440 then. And but what happened was weeks 77 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,720 went on and it burnt a hole in my soul. 78 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,320 It seared something in my soul, man. 79 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:52,840 I could feel the physical searing of it as weeks went on 80 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,640 and I didn't tell my wife, but man, it just kept going on and 81 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:57,800 on. I could feel it. 82 00:04:58,240 --> 00:04:59,840 And one day I couldn't take it, man. 83 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:02,480 I was like, woke up that early in the morning. 84 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,560 I turned on my wife. I said, listen, we got to go to 85 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,480 church. We got to go there. 86 00:05:08,280 --> 00:05:11,000 We went to church. I said get keep that car running 87 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,640 because I don't know what's inside. 88 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,960 So we went in. I said if one person just winks 89 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:22,080 at me wrong, I'm out. So that's exactly what I said. 90 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:28,440 And anyway, I come in. Weeks went on, my wife got saved 91 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:31,640 me. I held on to that old man for 92 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,320 weeks and weeks and weeks until I couldn't take it no more and 93 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,280 I'd give my life to Christ and it transformed my life from 94 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:41,040 there on. Only because of Him. 95 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,240 I didn't do it. It was him. 96 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,560 I didn't even know who who I was. 97 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,720 I kept saying to my wife, I've changed so much, I don't even 98 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,760 know who I am anymore. But that's the beauty of 99 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,840 invitation. If that man didn't invite me, 100 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:55,280 man, that wouldn't have happened. 101 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,800 But I've seen that man weeks on after that. 102 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:03,040 And I said to him, I seen him at McDonald's and I told him, I'm 103 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,840 like, bro, how many people have you invited? 104 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,000 Because what happened to me isn't a miracle. 105 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:14,480 Like it changed my life. I just, I feel this changing me. 106 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,720 I'm not doing this anymore. I'm not doing that anymore. 107 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:24,000 And he looked at me and he wept. And he said, TJI never thought 108 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:26,520 that I'd ever see a miracle in my life. 109 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,240 You're the first miracle I've ever seen in my life. 110 00:06:35,810 --> 00:06:39,650 And then he told me he's never invited anyone to church before. 111 00:06:40,970 --> 00:06:42,570 And I thought that was incredible. 112 00:06:43,130 --> 00:06:48,200 The power of invitation, the power of invitation. 113 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,000 Let me tell you, beloved, you are an invitation. 114 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,840 You don't know who is on the other end of that invitation to 115 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:57,640 stand up here. I never thought I would ever 116 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,240 stand up here, but all's I did is say yes to that invitation, 117 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,080 yes to the call of God. And there's a yes and an 118 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,800 invitation over your life for you. 119 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,240 Next. There's an invitation to Jesus 120 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:13,280 today who got me started preaching. 121 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:17,680 I got to, I got to go to verses 15 to settle down a bit. 122 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,120 The only way to settle me down is yeah, Amen, brother, Amen. 123 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,320 That's the only way. Praise God. 124 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:30,200 Verses 15 says when one of those at the table with him heard 125 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,720 this, he said that Jesus blessed is the one who will eat at the 126 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,920 feast in the Kingdom of God. What that we hear in the 127 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:43,240 previous verses is Jesus telling though he was at a prominent 128 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,800 Pharisees house and he was telling him he says don't, don't 129 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,800 go to a, you know, the wedding, don't go to a wedding or a 130 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,560 banquet and take the place of honour in the seat. 131 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,680 Otherwise somewhat some person more honourable than you might 132 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,600 take your seat and the Master would say, come on down. 133 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:07,160 And that would be a thing of shame, not shame I'm talking 134 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:08,960 about, but you would be embarrassed to go. 135 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,440 Man, I thought I was higher. But Jesus saying no, no, no, 136 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:17,240 take the take the lowly place and wait for the Master to say, 137 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:21,000 what are you doing down there? Come on up, come on up, take the 138 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,720 humble place. So he's he's he's talking about 139 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,520 that in response. Now Jesus replies in Jesus 140 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:33,480 replying way, he's like, yeah, a certain man was preparing a 141 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,080 great banquet and invited many guests. 142 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:41,440 Now this banquet he's talking about is the Kingdom of God that 143 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,400 represents the Kingdom of God and the blessing of salvation 144 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,640 and the invitation into the family of God. 145 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:49,800 There's a reference to revelation. 146 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,640 Yes, we use reference to revelation in this church in 147 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:58,720 verses 19, nine where it talks about the wedding of the Lamb. 148 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:05,000 So here is this great feast. They're talking about the 149 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,600 Kingdom of God that one day who is going to be a great feast, a 150 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:13,280 great party BBQ out the back with snags and sausages and 151 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,440 onions and bread. That's that's an Aussie banquet, 152 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:24,320 by the way. But verses 16 as we sing, as we 153 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:28,320 go on, Sorry to verses 17. And at the time of the banquet, 154 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:32,840 he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited come, 155 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:41,840 for everything is now ready. How amazing is that, that it's 156 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,480 not our invitation. Let's take the pressure off. 157 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,240 It's God's invitation that we extend. 158 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,560 See, we the servants have been sent by God to invite people. 159 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,840 There's a great harvest out there, you know. 160 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,080 There's a scripture that says the harvest is plenty, but the 161 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:06,000 labourers are few. Let me tell you, Church, we are 162 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,680 the labourers. But who's going to go forth? 163 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:12,240 Then? Who will go forth? 164 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,520 It's so easy to put the onus on evangelists. 165 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:21,880 Let the evangelists do it, servant. 166 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:24,520 That doesn't say evangelists in there, does it? 167 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:32,480 We always put these a notion, Oh no, that's the evangelist. 168 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:37,040 Job at the time, verses 17 says the banquet. 169 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:41,920 He sent his servant who's a servant in the House of God 170 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:47,000 today, who's a sent servant in the House of God today to tell 171 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:51,160 them, hey, you've been invited. Come for everything is now 172 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,280 ready. We're living in a time where 173 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:57,800 everything is now ready. We have a beautiful House of God 174 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:02,000 with beautiful people that have life groups in it that had 175 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,520 everything. We got the word. 176 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,880 This. Now is the most wonderful time. 177 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:11,800 We have so much information but not enough revelation in this 178 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:13,520 place. This is where you'll get the 179 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:17,360 revelation from that invitation that you have extended. 180 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:22,360 Christ is real, my friend. Christ died for your sins. 181 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:28,880 Christ is the only way, the invitation, the power of it. 182 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,440 It's not just on the evangelist, it's on you. 183 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:40,080 And I, servants of God, go and help people to respond to God's 184 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:45,320 invitation. I understand inviting can be 185 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,320 scary. Before I knew I had the gift of 186 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:53,320 evangelism, I was out there inviting everyone I could. 187 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:59,040 I first started with my family, man. 188 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,000 I said, Auntie, have I got a story for you? 189 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,960 I'm over there and people like what is going on with him? 190 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,200 Cousins, aunties, uncles, they started flooding in. 191 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:15,880 Me and my brother worked together. 192 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,040 I said brother, we got to get him in, get him in, invite them 193 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,840 all, invite them all. Next minute, aunties started 194 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:23,960 getting saved, uncles started getting saved. 195 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,720 Attitudes started losing their power. 196 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,640 Next minute though, the the power of shame started coming 197 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,120 off my family. The power of guilt started 198 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,080 coming off. Oh, forgiveness started running 199 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,000 rife in the family. Are you kidding me? 200 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,080 How does, how do I do that? I can't. 201 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:47,480 It's all by Jesus, man. He can't help himself but get in 202 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,560 here by his Holy Spirit and transform you. 203 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,200 Every day there's this transformation, the washing of 204 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,080 the word. And you know what? 205 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,040 Most of them are still in church today. 206 00:12:58,560 --> 00:13:01,800 Oh man, most of them are. They're spread out everywhere. 207 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,640 I don't no longer talk about to my family how you know this and 208 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:08,640 that and gossip about that family member. 209 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,120 We're talking about. Jesus, man, We ain't got no time 210 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,720 to talk about that sort of stuff anymore. 211 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,400 But I understand how scary it can be. 212 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,160 But this is it. We've been given the Holy 213 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,720 Spirit. We've been given everything. 214 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:31,080 You know, there's a key to this. You know that Scripture perfect 215 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:34,520 love cuts our fear. Well, here's the key. 216 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:41,400 When you're on the same frequency as God and you catch 217 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,040 his heart and you have a revelation of the love that He 218 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:50,760 has for humanity, your love for that person will overcome the 219 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:54,400 fear that comes against. Let me say this again because 220 00:13:54,400 --> 00:14:00,240 there's anointing on that. Your love for that person, your 221 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,560 love that God has put in you. When you have that revelation of 222 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:09,160 how much God loves people, how valuable God's people, your love 223 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:14,080 that God has put in you, that love of God would say No Fear, 224 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,680 get behind me. I need to invite this person 225 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:20,440 today. No Fear, it's cut, you've been 226 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,640 casted out. But the perfect love of God, I 227 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:28,040 need to invite a neighbor. Oh come on, Lord, I need to 228 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,640 invite God Almighty. I need your love, God Almighty 229 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:35,360 that casts out fear. Father God, your perfect love, 230 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:40,000 oh God Almighty, I'm an invitation, God, I'm an 231 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,320 invitation. I'm an invitation. 232 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,560 And you keep speaking that over your life. 233 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:53,080 But in the verses it gives us a picture of sometimes why we 234 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,200 don't invite and what happens in the robbery that goes on. 235 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,760 Have a look at verses 18. These are three great excuses. 236 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:10,120 Verses 18 says, but they all alike began to make excuses. 237 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,800 I can't come. But you notice in that it says 238 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,600 they all alike. There was something going on 239 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,840 there. They were in unity with 240 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,480 something. Instead of being in unity with 241 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,120 Christ, they were in unity with excuses. 242 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:33,040 Some of us need to divorce excuses, man, we're married to 243 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,120 excuse of mass. Some of us need to say, oh 244 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,760 Shakayana, get all Pentecostal in your room. 245 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,920 Maybe if you don't even know how to speak in tongues, just say 246 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:47,480 whatever, Lord, fill my mouth. Oh Shakayana, see, oh Lord, I've 247 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,840 divorced excuses a long time ago. 248 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,480 God, I'm not even a man that even takes on excuses. 249 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,040 I'm not even a woman that that that takes on the heat of 250 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:01,120 excuses. Oh God, shake that off in Jesus 251 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:06,040 name. Oh man, the first said I have 252 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,680 just brought a field and I must go and see it. 253 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,480 Please excuse me. Here's a business tip for all 254 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,000 the business people in the house. 255 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,800 Don't go into business with people who buy fields and don't 256 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:21,480 see it first. Faria, what an excuse. 257 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,840 Come to my banquet. I'll give you a three out of 10. 258 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,800 That's a three out of a 10 excuse. 259 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,400 But man, that rock, that guy's getting robbed. 260 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,880 Truthfully, that guy's getting robbed. 261 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,480 He's gone. My fields more important than 262 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,000 that feast. I'm not going there. 263 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,760 I remember old marks over there. I remember what he said to me 264 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,880 last year. You know I'm not going over 265 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:50,600 there. Listen now, mate, over there. 266 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,560 Listen. When you're a Christian, you 267 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,200 can't wait to get around those people and speak life into them, 268 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,520 man. It's like almost I come over 269 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,360 here, I need life spoken over me. 270 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,520 I look for those people, man. You, you go and do that sort of 271 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,359 stuff in there. I can't wait to go to those sort 272 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:13,960 of places and go, you know what? That person's gonna get a cup 273 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,760 full of life because out of the mouth speaks life and death and 274 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,240 I ain't gonna talk in death over that person. 275 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,119 They need life. They need Christ in their in 276 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:31,440 their life excuse #2 versus 19 Another said I've just brought 5 277 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,640 yoke of oxen and I'm on my way to try them out. 278 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,800 Please excuse me. I can only try them out during 279 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:44,840 the banquet. These ox they're very acting 280 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:49,360 very strange. Could be sheep in ox clothing. 281 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,080 Could be. I've got a sneaky suspicion they 282 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:58,320 ain't going to do what oxes do, so I need to go find out, and 283 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:02,040 it's only during this banquet that I've got to go try them 284 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:09,200 out. Maybe, just maybe, they are a 285 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:18,520 wolf in ox clothing versus 19. No, sorry, 20 excuse #3 this guy 286 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,000 still another said I just got married so I can't come. 287 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,080 He didn't even say please excuse me. 288 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:30,360 OK, That guy's got an attitude. That guy needs Jesus. 289 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:39,720 So he's thinking, man, like I've got one year of like smooth 290 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:44,880 sailing. I need every moment with this 291 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:50,720 woman. But let me tell you, marriage is 292 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,600 beautiful. I'm not saying that, but these 293 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:58,040 are the excuses that we make. I make excuses. 294 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:02,040 They rob you. Excuses rob you. 295 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,720 But you know what? You know? 296 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:07,680 You know the biggest robbery that happens? 297 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,720 Excuses are lies. Thank you, Pastor Rach. 298 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:17,640 Excuses are lies. Devil is a liar and the truth is 299 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,760 in his word, and the truth is here today being spoken. 300 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,520 They don't only rob you, but they rob others. 301 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:33,440 They rob others when you become an invitation and you've got 302 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:34,400 excuses. You know what? 303 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,480 Oh, I can't, I can't. That person. 304 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:42,560 What if they say no? I'm not bold, I'm not 305 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,520 courageous. I don't have the gift of 306 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,480 evangelism. I can't invite. 307 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,800 But they rob other people of the opportunity to be in the House 308 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,560 of God. They rob other people from that 309 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:05,160 invitation to receive salvation. They rob you of the calling of 310 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:09,040 God. They rob you of what God has in 311 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:10,400 store for you. And you're next. 312 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:15,280 Oh God I can't go to CHC. I'm working too much. 313 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,320 I can't go to Bible college. But yet God's saying so, right? 314 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,720 I'm going to strengthen you. I'm going to look after you in 315 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,480 finance. I'm going to provide for you. 316 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,240 I'm Jehovah Jireh. The joy is must. 317 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,760 The joy of the Lord is our strength. 318 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:33,240 I'm going to strengthen you. It's OK, but I understand it 319 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:39,600 excuses Rob and Rob and Rob and the enemy behind it is a liar, 320 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:45,920 as Pastor Rach says. Now I just pulled out a few 321 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,280 excuses out of the the Bible that's been used. 322 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,400 There's some famous ones here. Here. 323 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:58,240 Adam, the woman you gave me made me do it is blame that goes 324 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,000 along with it. Eve says this. 325 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:05,280 The snake made me do it. Moses, I don't speak good. 326 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:08,520 Jeremiah. I'm too young. 327 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:10,840 This is the best one. Ready. 328 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:12,280 Aaron. Who knows? 329 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,720 Aaron in the house? Moses, brother. 330 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,760 I threw the gold in the fire and out came a golden calf. 331 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:24,440 Are you kidding me? Wish that happened today. 332 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,520 I wouldn't worship it. I'd melt it down and give it to 333 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:33,320 the church as as worship as my old friend to God. 334 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:37,920 Excuses. Excuses. 335 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:44,640 Excuses this. Excuses Rob you that I can't 336 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,160 invite people because you are an invitation. 337 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:52,080 I can't do this. Oh God, what if it's those 338 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:53,920 things? I know I come against it 339 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:59,240 sometimes, but that perfect love casts out fear, right? 340 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,080 This is it. Some of us. 341 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:07,240 Here's a real key today we've been speaking. 342 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,040 I'm not this, I'm not that, but what's God been speaking over 343 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:15,920 your life? He says that He's given us His 344 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:23,080 Holy Spirit to help us. It's OK, It's not on ourselves. 345 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,560 We've been strengthened, Him and his joy. 346 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,000 Let me tell you something, there's something inside you 347 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,520 very powerful, and we need to get a great revelation of it. 348 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:38,440 We need to understand that the Holy Ghost that He's put in US 349 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:43,440 is the one that helps us in power and in mind to go out and 350 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,960 bring an invitation and to go out there for. 351 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:50,760 Let me tell you, sometimes we got to have the power to speak 352 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,440 that over our life. Man, if you don't feel bold, you 353 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:58,000 do Got to just get out some oil. I do this everyday. 354 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:03,960 Put it on your forehead and say God, TJ is a bold man. 355 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,160 I'll say it again, God, I anoint my head with oil. 356 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:11,480 I walk with boldness. TJ is a man of authority. 357 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:16,120 TJ is anointed to speak. I am an invitation. 358 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:20,960 Oh God Almighty, I can come boldly before the very throne 359 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,680 room. God, I am loved today and I will 360 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:27,680 act in love and I will respond in your love, God, to represent 361 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:33,200 you so people can glorify your name, Your name. 362 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:38,880 That's how we speak over herself. 363 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,440 Not I'm not bold. I can't because that person's 364 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:46,680 eyes twitching at me, He looked at me once and now I'm thrown 365 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:50,440 off. Man, the Holy Spirit is more 366 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:54,320 powerful than that. Maybe they're looking at you 367 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,720 because you've got something inside of you that there's 368 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:02,280 spirit years, something inside of you. 369 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,680 They're not just looking at you and go, oh, you know that person 370 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,560 wants to. No, they're looking at you 371 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,920 because we're different. You know, God, man, he's put his 372 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:13,560 spirit in US. He's holy. 373 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,200 He's set apart. There's no God liking. 374 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:20,120 There's no other God. He is the one true God that 375 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:23,600 people are looking at you directly and they are yearning 376 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,120 and they are thirsting and you have the living water in you. 377 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:31,360 The scripture says out of you, out of your belly will flow in 378 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:35,760 your innermost being. Rivers of living water, livers 379 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:40,600 of living water, man. People come to drink, but not 380 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,240 it's not of you. It's the drinking of Christ 381 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:50,280 that's in you, that's in you. Excuses, man, rob you from 382 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,280 becoming an invitation. You are an invitation. 383 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:58,880 And Charles Spurgeon said this. Excuses are made. 384 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:05,160 They are fashioned for convenience and are clung to in 385 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:09,520 desperation. Hope doesn't begin until excuses 386 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:14,160 end. Excuses are curses, and when you 387 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:19,240 have no excuses left, there will be hope for you. 388 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,920 At the end of excuses, There you find hope. 389 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,720 At the end of excuses, there you find your next step. 390 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,560 At the end of excuses. There you move into your 391 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,160 calling. Let me tell you, beloved, 392 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:38,680 please, with all everything that's in you, get rid of 393 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,280 excuses. Out of your life, get rid of 394 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,280 excuses. Here's my question to you. 395 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,360 What is excuses stopping you today? 396 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:53,440 What excuses are stopping you today that is hindering what God 397 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:59,920 is inviting you into your next? What is it or who are you 398 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:03,720 robbing of an opportunity to receive salvation in this House 399 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:09,120 of God by not inviting them, not trying to slap you around today 400 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:17,600 to extinguish the excuses. By the power of God, by the 401 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,960 power of God. That's why we need His power. 402 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,840 You are an invitation, beloved. Come on, let's say it together. 403 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:31,760 I am an invitation. Now let's say it as we're saying 404 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,720 it to this community and calling them in. 405 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:38,360 Are you ready? I am an invitation. 406 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:44,520 You are invited. Do you believe that beloved? 407 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:53,000 Let's go out and invite people. Verses 21 as we get the band up, 408 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,760 please. And the servant came back and 409 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:02,400 reported this to his master. Then the the owner of the house 410 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,280 became angry and ordered his servant. 411 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:10,160 See the word servant again. He says go out quickly into the 412 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:15,520 streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the 413 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:23,480 cripple, the blind and the lame. You know how amazing that is, 414 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:29,600 how incredible that is that those people who have been 415 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:34,240 invited make excuses about not coming to church. 416 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,960 OK, but there's still an invitation for them. 417 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,680 But this invitation goes against the culture. 418 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,040 It went against the culture back then. 419 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,360 Usually the poor, the crippled, the blind in the lane, they're 420 00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:50,120 not turning up to these banquets. 421 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,720 But this is the heart of the Father. 422 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:58,760 This is the goodness of God. He doesn't exclude anyone. 423 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,000 An actual fact. His heart is for these people, 424 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,040 the poor, the crippled, the blind in the lane. 425 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:12,880 You know why we are an invitation, and I'll tell you 426 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:14,760 this. Here's the reality of it. 427 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:22,840 People are stuck in their sin, like once we were and Christ 428 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,520 freed us from the power of sin and eternal death. 429 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:33,320 And now we see our brothers and sisters out there who are poor 430 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:39,160 in spirit, absolutely poor, when now we are rich in our spirit. 431 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,080 Man, my spirit's never been so richer in all my life. 432 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:48,600 People are crippled with sin, crippled with the blindness that 433 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:53,160 sin comes over there, makes them blind and and lame. 434 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,320 But you, beloved, have an answer inside of you, and his name's 435 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:04,240 Jesus. You have an invitation to extend 436 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:11,000 to people to say, you know what brother, I once was poor in my 437 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,920 spirit and I've never been so rich. 438 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,120 Would you come with me and get rich? 439 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:21,600 Would you come with me and experience the riches of heaven 440 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,440 that God has poured out? Did you know you're in his 441 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:29,720 inheritance? But even that, if, if we at a 442 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:34,160 minimum, we should just invite. I'm not saying that we all go 443 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:38,200 out there and get a box and, you know, start saying, you know, 444 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,640 turn away hell, hell, hell, turn away hell. 445 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,520 But I'm saying that you're an invitation. 446 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:55,760 We've been preaching. I'm not going to go there. 447 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,720 We preach the good news. It's not the bad news. 448 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,360 I'm not compelled by bad news. I never would have been. 449 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:08,720 I was compelled by good news and you'll see this, but this is our 450 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,360 God. I just pulled it out of Isaiah 451 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:17,440 118 and the NLT says this. The Lord says now the Lord says 452 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:22,720 now what a word the Lord says now let's settle the matter. 453 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:30,520 You were stained red with sin, but I will wash you as as clean 454 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:35,080 as snow. Although your stains are deep 455 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,920 red, you will be as white as wool. 456 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:47,160 You know if if, if you don't know Christ and you feel dirty, 457 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:52,720 you feel unclean and you've been stuck in that loop. 458 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,320 Let me tell you, there's nothing that you can do to get out of 459 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,920 that. But there is an answer and I 460 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:07,280 will give an invitation shortly, but I pray the Holy Spirit would 461 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,480 deliver this invitation into your heart. 462 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:16,040 Now that God will wash you as clean as snow, who wants to be 463 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,360 as clean as snow? And who is as clean as snow? 464 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:25,920 Come on, as white as wool. You know that feeling? 465 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,560 I never experienced it before Christ. 466 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:32,040 But in Christ, man, do I feel clean? 467 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:36,160 Do I feel washed? Do I feel? 468 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:42,920 But also no, I feel, and I know, man, I'm washed and there's 469 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:46,440 nothing that I can do about it. But just Christ's righteousness, 470 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:51,240 His blood that was shed for my life has washed me clean. 471 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,000 And there's people out there now, our brothers and our 472 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,800 sisters, right? Let's get that revelation of the 473 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:05,440 love that God has for His people out there, that love that's 474 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:10,040 greater than fear. We know there's a miracle 475 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:15,880 service coming up. We know that you are an 476 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:20,000 invitation. Let's invite. 477 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:25,560 You don't know who's next. You don't know what God is going 478 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,880 to do in their life, what miracle that God has in store 479 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,480 for them. But first we need to give them 480 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:37,520 the opportunity. We can pray and pray and pray 481 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:41,680 and call them in all day long, but faith without works is dead. 482 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:46,360 We are an invitation. You are an invitation. 483 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,120 If you're in a workplace and you're the only Christian there, 484 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:54,600 let me tell you something that is the most powerful thing that 485 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,880 God could ever do is put you in there. 486 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,520 But you need to voice your invitation. 487 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:05,120 Hey, I know that you're going through hard times, but why 488 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:06,560 don't you come to church with me? 489 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,640 I'll I'll be waiting there with you. 490 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:14,600 We've got coffee out there. You don't have to sit there and 491 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,200 give them the A-Z in the Bible. Just an invitation, an 492 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:23,600 opportunity, the miracle service, but also church. 493 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,160 Who's coming to church next Sunday and who you bringing? 494 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,880 Who you bringing you are an invitation. 495 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,400 You're ready. Verses 2223. 496 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:39,240 So the servant said what you ordered has been done, but there 497 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:47,120 is still room, man. That's the heart that we carry. 498 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:53,000 There is still room. Have a look around. 499 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,880 There's still rumors in their beloved. 500 00:33:55,400 --> 00:34:00,720 There's still room. There is still room, man, we got 501 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:05,040 chairs, we got open doors that we can open up and put chairs 502 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:08,440 out there if need be. But let me tell you, there is 503 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,120 still room in the House of God today. 504 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,960 There's still room. There's still people that 505 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,239 invite. There is still room for people 506 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:21,760 to come to know Jesus. And verse 23 says this. 507 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:26,320 Then the master told his servant go out to the roads and country 508 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:31,239 lanes and compel and compel, not force. 509 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,840 I know this Scripture is being taken out of context in history, 510 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:40,000 but compel them to come in so that my house may be full, will 511 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,719 be full. Our heart aligns with God is 512 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,880 that his house will be full. His house might be full. 513 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,320 You're an invitation. It doesn't just happen by 514 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,080 itself. Let's align with God's heart, 515 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:55,360 that is that this house would be full. 516 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:58,920 You have a compelling invitation. 517 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:03,240 You have a compelling testimony. Some of you here today have gone 518 00:35:03,240 --> 00:35:07,360 through the most horrific thing, but then God has restored you. 519 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:12,280 God has given you the hope to share, and God has given you a 520 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:17,200 story to say, Hey, brother and sister, there is hope for you. 521 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:22,280 Because once I was this way and now I am here only because of 522 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:26,640 the name of Jesus and because of City Point north of the church 523 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:30,240 that I'm in. Let me invite you in, brother 524 00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:32,160 and sister, There's hope for you now. 525 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:37,480 Our heart is that God's house may be full. 526 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:42,920 Come on. I sometimes I'm so unset or I'll 527 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,840 just be honest with you in my heart to know that there's 528 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:49,880 people out there that are struggling, single moms, single 529 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,440 dads, people that are broken and and stuck in there. 530 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:55,240 Who's who's going to invite them? 531 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:57,960 Come on. Who's going to invite him? 532 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,360 Beloved, have I got a Here I am. Send me moment. 533 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,840 Is there any bold people in the house today? 534 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,000 We got one there. Come on. 535 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,760 Who's going to invite him? Yes, brother. 536 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,520 Who's going to invite him? Come on, Josh. 537 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,760 Come on. Come on. 538 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:21,560 We are an invitation. You are an invitation, an 539 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:25,680 invitation of Jesus's hope, an invitation of salvation, an 540 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,800 invitation to freedom, an invitation to love. 541 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:34,040 Because beloved, let me tell you, he loves you so much I 542 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:40,840 can't even fathom his love. Verses 24 As we finish with this 543 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:46,040 verse, he says, I tell you, not one of those who were invited 544 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:54,800 will get a taste of my banquet. This is a sad reality of of the 545 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:59,360 world that we live in and the sad reality of people not 546 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:03,640 accepting that invitation of the father's call to his children. 547 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:11,600 That invitation that God is saying, come on home, I've got 548 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:15,960 more for you. That invitation where yes, we 549 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:21,240 see the prodigal son, but also we were protocols from the 550 00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:24,600 start. We the ones that cut ourselves 551 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,720 off from God, but God saying get the finest robe, come on home 552 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:33,200 and the ring. He has that in store for you 553 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:38,440 today and he has that in store for our community restoration, 554 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:43,760 full restoration, transformation that would transform our 555 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:45,040 generations on.