13 Luke - A Party Of Friends

By Richard

Jesus is asked in Luke 13: 26-27 about how many people will be saved. He goes on to tell them that it’s, “None of [their] business”. Our task is not to play around with theological questions but to focus our attention and energy on God.

Jesus goes onto tell the Parable of the Banquet. Many people will find themselves outside the Kingdom of Heaven (the Banquet) and will say, “How’s this possible God? We’ve known you all of our lives!” And we read that God will respond. “Your kind of knowing can hardly be called knowing…You don’t know the first thing about me!” (Luke 13: 27, the Message)

God’s words might be strong, but how true they are. God’s not building a kingdom full of people with a casual acknowledgement of his reality. He wants his party to be filled with friends; friends who love and care about him (and how many of us would want our party to be filled with people who don’t give a rip about us?). He will fill his kingdom with people who have shown a desire to focus all of their energies and attentions on him! He will fill his Kingdom with friends.