MESSAGE: “You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-34

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 Luke 14:15–34 (NKJV) 15Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!” 16Then He said to him, “A certain man gave a great supper and invited many, 17and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 18But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’ 19And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’ 20Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 21So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.’

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 22And the servant said, ‘Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.’ 23Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.’ ”

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 25Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, 26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. 27And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 28For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— 29lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 31Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. 33So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 34“Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? 35It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 What Did YOU Hear?

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 18But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’ 19And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’ 20Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 22And the servant said, ‘Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.’ 23Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.’ ”

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 25Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, 26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. 27And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 28For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— 29lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 31Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. 33So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 What Did YOU Hear? CAN NOT DO NOT SHALL NOT IS NOT HAD NOT WILL NOT NOT

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 15Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 Luke 14:15–34 (NKJV) 15Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!” 16Then He said to him, “A certain man gave a great supper and invited many, 17and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 18But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’ 19And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’ 20Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 21So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.’

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 22And the servant said, ‘Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.’ 23Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 24For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.’ ”

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 DO YOU TRUST GOD?

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 DO YOU TRUST GOD? No matter what?

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 27And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 33So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 1 Corinthians 15:57 (NKJV) 57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 Philippians 2:13 (NKJV) 13for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 Matthew 5:13 (NKJV) 13“You are the salt of the earth;

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 34“Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? 35It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 34“Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? 35It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 Luke 14:15–34 (NKJV) INVITATION IS OUT: 17and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’

“You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 “You ARE Able”

“You ARE Able” Hebrews 10:23 (NKJV) “You ARE Able” Luke 14:15-24 “You ARE Able” Hebrews 10:23 (NKJV) 23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.