Meals as Enacted Mission | Luke 14 – DFBC

Meals as Enacted Mission | Luke 14

Dr. Miguel Lopez

March 29, 2026

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You are invited but unfortunately you must decline for you are already committed elsewhere. In our overly busy world, God is calling us, inviting us to join him in the most audacious adventure, the most anticipated event of history, the utmost gathering of anyone who is somebody in the universe and giving us the freedom to bring as many as we wish and yet, we are too busy to come. The banquet will still take place but who makes it to it will be quite a surprise, are you available to come or will you be left out?

What are we here for?

Followers of Jesus are set apart to receive and share God’s sanctifying grace, sent to an unhospitable world with an invitation to be part of God’s holy, healing, humble and hospitable family.

I. The heart of Christ’s set apart community and mission (Luke 14:1-24).
a. Holy: The Sabbath of God (14:1).
b. Healing: God’s gift anticipating his future Kingdom (14:1-6).
c. Humble: The nature of God’s gracious upside-down Kingdom (not for the self-important and self-righteous) 14:7-11.
d. Hospitable generosity: Inviting all people to join Jesus Christ (14:12-24).
AP. – Do our present priorities mirror God’s glorious future? Spend your life in God’s eternally valuable priorities.

II. His Call: High expectations – in the world but not of it (Luke 9:10-27).
a. The cost of discipleship (14:25-33).
b. What kind of salt are we? (14:34-35).
AP. – Jesus’ grace is free but costly. Just as his call. Because he will give it all, he rightly demands it all. Give it all to Jesus.

We are here to be a missionally hospitable community
not simply welcoming the likeable,
but inviting those whom God loves,
even when they do not want to come yet.

1. What is DFBC here for and why are we at DFBC? DFBC has been placed in this community to invite others to join Jesus Christ in a life-long, life-changing, and life-giving journey. How is this mission accomplished in ways that reflect the heart of a holy, healing, humble, and hospitable church? How is God calling you to contribute to this?
2. Grace is freely given and freely received but it is not cheap grace. Grace is costly and because it gives it all, it also demands it all. If you have received God’s grace, God also calls us to give out of his grace (Matt 10:8). Are you a life-giver or just a life-receiver?

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