Come to the Party (RSVP #1 of 4)
Channel: The Gathering Christian Church
Date: 28/05/2013

Speaker: Don Vanzant
Title: Come to the Party
Series: RSVP, #1 of 4
Full Sermon or Excerpt (w/ Link): Full Sermon
Subject: What is the Heavenly kingdom like?  A lot of people think its a monotonous and boring place, yet nothing could be further from the truth according to Scripture.  
Date: May 26, 2013
Sermon Notes: 
* Kingdom of God= the world a God intended
* The title Son of God (most often used title by Jesus) is from Daniel 7 and refers to the establishment of the Kingdom of God
* The metaphor of banquet or party for the Kingdom of God was often used by Jesus to explain the Kingdom.
* What is difficult for many people to accept is that the Kingdom is about joy and celebration rather than about judgment.
* Everyone is invited to the Kingdom.   The prominent are invited as well as those who would never be invited to any banquet.
* The invitation to the Kingdom requires a complete reprioritization of life.
* The more power that people have, the closer they are to the power of a culture, the less they prone to like the gospel.
* The gospel is that God loves us and was willing to die for our sins so that we might be reconciled (made acceptable) to Him.
* The party is for the poor and the hopeless of spirit.
* Most people want to be Middle Class of spirit, not poor of spirit
* The invitation and the party compels us to invite others.
* Previously Jesus had told the people at the party he was attending that they should not use parties to make connections for themselves.
* Jesus tells us to invite others who no one else wants to the Kingdom.
* Evangelism plans for the Gathering: invite the biggest losers — the poor in spirit.
* In God's hands the hopeless are a rich seedbed for the gospel.   They (we) have God-potential.
 
Isaiah 25:6
Matthew 8:11
John 2:1-11
Luke 14:16-24
Matthew 5:3
Luke 14:12-13
 

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