God’ S Salvation And God’S Reward Teaching About
GOD' S SALVATION AND GOD'S REWARD
TEACHING ABOUT
THE ACCEPTANCE OF GOD'S INVITATION
In Luke 14:15-24 we have the Lord's teaching about the acceptance of God's invitation. "A cer tain man was making a great dinner and invited many; and he sent his slave at the dinner hour to say to those who had been invited, Come, for it is now ready" (vv. 16-17). This great dinner is different from the marriage feast in Matthew 22:2-14. That marriage feast is for the reward of the kingdom. This great dinner is for God's full salvation. God, as the certain man, has prepared His full salvation as a great dinner and sent the first apostles as His slaves to invite the Jews (Luke 14:16-17). But because they were occupied by their riches, such as land, cattle, or a wife, they refused His invitation (vv. 18-20). Then God sent the apostles to invite the street people—the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame. Be cause of their poverty and misery, they received