Whom Should We Invite to Church?

Read Luke 14.1-14

Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

Why does it make such an eternal difference whom you invite to church? It’s not so much that Sunday morning is all-determining or even that a church meeting is all-determining. It makes an eternal difference because, along with many other occasions, it reveals where our treasure is. Is Jesus, with his commands and promises, more valuable to us than tradition, convenience, and preference? Is Jesus our treasure? Or are the things and pleasures of this world our treasure? That question is not decided by you inviting someone to church—however, you should ask people to church—but by the question: is Jesus your treasure? Which is determined hour by hour and day by day as to whether we are willing to inconvenience ourselves for those who can’t repay or whether we avoid them, and so preserve our placid routine.

Is Jesus our treasure? Or are the things and pleasures of this world our treasure?