In Luke 14:16-20, Jesus tells a parable about a dinner party. The host prepared a great feast and sent out his invitations to many people. When the feast was ready, the host asked his servant to let all the invited people know the feast was ready.
However, the people invited began to make excuses.
The first one said, "I just bought a field and must go see it." This excuse is unsettling to the host because the invited person could examine the field at any time, but they chose to examine the field during the great feast.
The second one with an excuse said, "I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out." This excuse seems a little bit untrustworthy because just like you test drive a car before purchase, who buys a yoke of oxen before trying them out? If this was the case, the "trying out" should have already occurred. I think this excuse is worse than the first.
The third excuse is from someone that said, "I just got married, so I can't come." I am a huge fan of marriage and love all its components, but using this as an excuse to get out of attending a feast that you were invited to seems far-fetched and pompous. It appears that this someone could play the "just married" card to get out of a lot.
I think this parable is important because God lays out this great feast before us from serving him, making disciples of all nations, or loving others, but we continue to make excuses as to why we can't come and participate.
Why do people make excuses for why they can't come to things?
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