WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.240 Welcome to Burning Lab Podcast. The daily refresh 00:00:05.240 --> 00:00:09.820 for your life. Jesus is the center of everything 00:00:09.820 --> 00:00:34.259 we do. Burning Lab Church. So we're gonna see 00:00:34.259 --> 00:00:36.979 a parable that Jesus shared in a place where 00:00:36.979 --> 00:00:45.439 he was invited. Oops. Can you hold this one for 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:55.079 me? This was two weeks ago. It's Luke 14. We're 00:00:55.079 --> 00:01:02.520 gonna go just one chapter back. Now we're ready. 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:33.090 So now we're in the supper of the Lord. Verse 00:01:33.090 --> 00:01:35.549 7. So he told a parable to those who were invited 00:01:35.549 --> 00:01:37.969 when he noted how they chose the best places, 00:01:38.310 --> 00:01:40.590 saying to them, when you are invited by anyone 00:01:40.590 --> 00:01:42.689 to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best 00:01:42.689 --> 00:01:45.549 place, lest one more honorable man you be invited 00:01:45.549 --> 00:02:01.379 by him. And he who invited you and him come and 00:02:01.379 --> 00:02:04.459 say to you give place to this man and then you 00:02:04.459 --> 00:02:22.719 begin with shame to take the lowest place. But 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:24.800 when you are invited, go and sit down in the 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:26.639 lowest place, so that when he who invited you 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:29.159 comes to you, and he says, friend, go up higher, 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:31.479 then you will have the glory in the presence 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:41.599 of those who sit at the table with you. Or whoever 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:44.199 exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:58.560 himself will be exalted. The reason for this 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:01.330 parable is because the Lord was seeing how The 00:03:01.330 --> 00:03:03.270 people would walk in, and they were very picky 00:03:03.270 --> 00:03:08.330 with where they were sitting. So he saw pride 00:03:08.330 --> 00:03:15.750 in them. And he wanted to bring correction to 00:03:15.750 --> 00:03:17.469 their life. But more than bring correction to 00:03:17.469 --> 00:03:21.930 their life, he wanted to bring a principle to 00:03:21.930 --> 00:03:30.030 the kingdom. The Lord allows to bring this parable. 00:03:36.900 --> 00:03:39.319 And he says that whenever you're picking a place, 00:03:39.539 --> 00:03:41.460 it's better for you to pick the lowest place. 00:03:44.379 --> 00:03:48.219 In another translation, it says in the lower 00:03:48.219 --> 00:03:57.460 place. And it speaks about a posture when someone 00:03:57.460 --> 00:04:05.039 comes even to his house. Of how our posture should 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:11.360 be when we are invited by him. If I would give 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:14.919 today a title that I would tell them, invited 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:17.279 to his supper. You are invited to his supper. 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:26.019 Though that teaching was not a teaching for those 00:04:26.019 --> 00:04:31.800 that were invited by ethics. It wasn't an etiquette. 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:36.980 It wasn't something about teaching them where 00:04:36.980 --> 00:04:43.290 to sit. It was more of them. learning how to 00:04:43.290 --> 00:04:49.189 grow close to the table of the king. How to come 00:04:49.189 --> 00:04:57.149 close when the king or the lord is present. Who 00:04:57.149 --> 00:04:59.629 invited them to the house was a Jewish governor. 00:05:00.709 --> 00:05:07.459 He was a pharisee. He was a religious person 00:05:07.459 --> 00:05:11.540 who walked with pride. And he invited his friends. 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:21.420 All his friends were similar like he was. I know 00:05:21.420 --> 00:05:23.199 that there's a saying that says, show me who 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:31.060 you gather. Show me who you walk with and I'll 00:05:31.060 --> 00:05:34.240 tell you who you are. Something like that. Tell 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:38.699 me who your friends are and I'll tell you who 00:05:38.699 --> 00:05:45.740 you are. So the group of people that he had before 00:05:45.740 --> 00:05:53.959 him were people that were prideful. There were 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:56.160 people that thought they deserved a position. 00:05:56.560 --> 00:06:08.180 Pride allows you to think that something is already 00:06:08.180 --> 00:06:13.139 yours. Like you deserve something. Today we live 00:06:13.139 --> 00:06:22.579 in a very entitled generation. Not you. Not this 00:06:22.579 --> 00:06:27.579 generation. But somewhere over there in Oklahoma. 00:06:27.939 --> 00:06:33.920 So we live in a generation where we don't know 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:39.279 how to grow close to the table of the Lord. There's 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:41.060 a people that forgot how to come close to the 00:06:41.060 --> 00:06:46.160 table of the Lord. And I believed on behalf of 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:47.680 the Lord that it was good to bring this teaching. 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:54.040 Because the Lord wants to re -teach us how to 00:06:54.040 --> 00:07:02.160 come close to Him. So this teaching was not about 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:07.240 etiquette. But how the children of the Lord should 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:09.420 come close to, learn how to come close to His 00:07:09.420 --> 00:07:14.139 table. And the way to come close to Him is through 00:07:14.139 --> 00:07:19.040 humbleness. Not as if we deserve a position. 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:31.110 Not as if we deserve to gain the table. Or as 00:07:31.110 --> 00:07:34.089 we deserve to get something from the kingdom. 00:07:34.310 --> 00:07:43.750 In verse 12 we see something in particular. I'm 00:07:43.750 --> 00:07:45.129 not going to enter into too much of the pride, 00:07:45.170 --> 00:07:46.290 but there's something else that the Lord wants 00:07:46.290 --> 00:07:53.329 me to teach you. Cuando hagas comida o cena, 00:07:53.370 --> 00:07:57.689 no llames a tus amigos, ni a tus hermanos. You 00:07:57.689 --> 00:08:00.009 can read up to there. Okay. Then he also said 00:08:00.009 --> 00:08:02.470 to him, who invited him, when you give a dinner 00:08:02.470 --> 00:08:04.550 or a supper, do not ask your friends or your 00:08:04.550 --> 00:08:12.709 brothers. So, from verse 7 to verse 11, he spoke 00:08:12.709 --> 00:08:17.839 to those that came close first. But then... On 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:33.850 verse 12, he speaks to the host. He says when 00:08:33.850 --> 00:08:35.850 you give a dinner or supper do not ask your friends 00:08:35.850 --> 00:08:37.789 your brothers your relatives nor rich neighbors 00:08:37.789 --> 00:08:40.409 Lest they also invite you back and you be repaid 00:08:40.409 --> 00:08:44.929 And jesus here begins to reveal the heart of 00:08:44.929 --> 00:08:53.809 the father But when you give a feast invite the 00:08:53.809 --> 00:09:00.049 poor the main the lame the blind And you will 00:09:00.049 --> 00:09:05.940 be blessed because they cannot repay you For 00:09:05.940 --> 00:09:08.159 you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:15.759 just. And then in verse 15 he begins and he brings 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:26.870 another parable. Now one of those who sat at 00:09:26.870 --> 00:09:28.789 the table with him heard these things. He said 00:09:28.789 --> 00:09:31.009 to him blesses he who shall eat bread in the 00:09:31.009 --> 00:10:23.019 kingdom of God. Versículo 21. Entonces enojado 00:10:23.019 --> 00:10:26.220 el padre familia dijo a su siervo ve pronto por 00:10:26.220 --> 00:10:29.340 las plazas y las calles y de la ciudad y trae 00:10:29.340 --> 00:10:32.639 acá los pobres los mancos los cojos y los ciegos 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:37.240 Verse 16 and this is where he begins the parable 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:39.440 a certain man gave a great supper and Invited 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:41.580 many and sent his servant at suppertime to say 00:10:41.580 --> 00:10:43.740 to those who were invited come for all things 00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:46.440 are now ready But they all with one accord began 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:48.539 to make excuses the first said to him I have 00:10:48.539 --> 00:10:50.799 bought a piece of ground or land and I must go 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:54.440 and see it I asked of you to excuse me and another 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:57.340 said I have bought five yoke of oxen and I am 00:10:57.340 --> 00:11:01.139 going to test them I Asked you to have me excused 00:11:01.139 --> 00:11:03.000 still another said I have married a wife and 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:05.200 therefore I cannot come So that servant came 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:07.080 and reported these things to his master then 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:09.019 the master of the house being angry said to his 00:11:09.019 --> 00:11:11.440 servant Go out quickly into the streets and lane 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:13.799 and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:16.840 the main the lane and the blind So commienza 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:19.559 dando una parabola de la boda so he begins to 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:21.620 give a parable of a wedding list I mean ghetto 00:11:21.620 --> 00:11:24.700 porque los que estaban en la habitación estaban 00:11:27.580 --> 00:11:29.899 He was uneasy because the first people to come 00:11:29.899 --> 00:11:40.480 were ready to take the first seat. And they brought 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:42.860 in a spirit of pride, and we could see that because 00:11:42.860 --> 00:11:44.879 in verse 11, he says, for whoever exalts himself 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:46.980 will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will 00:11:46.980 --> 00:11:52.559 be exalted. And then he speaks to the host. And 00:11:52.559 --> 00:12:02.129 he says, don't invite your friends. But he says, 00:12:02.269 --> 00:12:04.289 go to the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the 00:12:04.289 --> 00:12:09.889 blind. And then he speaks of a feast in verse 00:12:09.889 --> 00:12:15.009 16. A certain man gave a great supper and invited 00:12:15.009 --> 00:12:22.649 many. And this feast, sometimes we interpret 00:12:22.649 --> 00:12:24.970 it as the feast that there will be on the wedding 00:12:24.970 --> 00:12:29.090 day of the lamb. But it's not for the feast of 00:12:29.090 --> 00:12:35.029 the lamb. It's for the feast of the banquet that 00:12:35.029 --> 00:12:38.269 the father is inviting his children for today. 00:12:41.350 --> 00:12:43.850 This isn't for... This isn't the feast for when 00:12:43.850 --> 00:12:48.509 the bridegroom comes to look for his bride. But 00:12:48.509 --> 00:12:52.570 this banquet is today. It's here. It's in this 00:12:52.570 --> 00:12:57.350 moment. It's the father calling his children 00:12:57.350 --> 00:13:11.610 to come. So how do we know it's the father? In 00:13:11.610 --> 00:13:13.490 verse 21, he says, so that the servant came and 00:13:13.490 --> 00:13:15.610 reported these things to his master. Then the 00:13:15.610 --> 00:13:17.769 master of the house, if you read it, that's what 00:13:17.769 --> 00:13:24.970 it says. And now there's wisdom in this. Because 00:13:24.970 --> 00:13:28.629 he began speaking of the wedding. And then he 00:13:28.629 --> 00:13:33.340 linked it to a banquet. And if you read the book 00:13:33.340 --> 00:13:38.500 of Esther, in the first chapter, he begins with 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:45.460 a banquet, where the virgins come, and then they 00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:50.299 prepare themselves in the palace, and then they 00:13:50.299 --> 00:13:54.740 participate in the king's table, speaking prophetically. 00:13:57.070 --> 00:13:59.470 of how the Lord is going to prepare his bride. 00:14:01.649 --> 00:14:04.970 The bride prepares herself in the banquet with 00:14:04.970 --> 00:14:12.100 the banquet. At the feet of the Lord. With Esther, 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:14.059 the king did that banquet. And he called the 00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:18.799 candidates to come and get ready. Today, the 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:24.279 Spirit of God wants to prepare the bride. And 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:27.460 he calls a banquet. He calls us to the table. 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:33.360 To prepare the bride. Because surely he will 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:38.759 come to seek his bride quickly. The big difference 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:43.340 between Esther and the bride of Christ is that 00:14:43.340 --> 00:14:46.940 in the bride of Christ, Christ already chose. 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:52.899 Esther had to wait to see who the king was going 00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:59.100 to choose. But in us, who are the bride, Christ 00:14:59.100 --> 00:15:03.419 has already chosen and Christ says, this is who 00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:09.409 I want. that I want. Are we here? That's why 00:15:09.409 --> 00:15:11.730 I pray that the Lord open up our hearts and open 00:15:11.730 --> 00:15:22.169 up our vision. So for Esther, the preparations 00:15:22.169 --> 00:15:28.330 were in the same palace. The virgins would eat 00:15:28.330 --> 00:15:35.879 out of the table in the palace. They were prepared 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:42.620 with bossums, with oils. With perfumes. They 00:15:42.620 --> 00:15:48.899 had royal robes. They were saturated in that 00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:53.519 oil and they were perfumed. It speaks of the 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:59.860 preparation of the bride. It speaks about the 00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:02.080 anointing of the Spirit of the Lord for the bride. 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:08.360 Today, the bride is prepared. With the presence 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:13.240 of the King With the presence of the Lord With 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:15.740 the washing of the water and the Word of God 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:21.700 If we go to Ephesians chapter 5 just to make 00:16:21.700 --> 00:16:36.320 a quick reference Ephesians 5 25 para santificarla, 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:40.019 habiéndola purificado en el lavamiento del agua 00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:44.100 por la palabra, a fin de presentársela a sí mismo. 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:47.080 ¿Quién es que lava la novia? Él mismo lava la 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:50.799 novia. Una iglesia gloriosa que no tuviese mancha 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:54.299 ni arruga ni cosa semejante, sino que fuese santa 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:57.190 y sin mancha. husbands love your wives just as 00:16:57.190 --> 00:16:59.149 Christ also loved the church and gave himself 00:16:59.149 --> 00:17:01.529 for her that he might sanctify and cleanse her 00:17:01.529 --> 00:17:04.089 with the washing of water by the word that he 00:17:04.089 --> 00:17:06.950 might present her to himself as a glorious church 00:17:06.950 --> 00:17:08.670 and who does as he does and that's what it says 00:17:08.670 --> 00:17:10.869 not having spotted wrinkle or any such thing 00:17:10.869 --> 00:17:14.349 but that he that she may but that she should 00:17:14.349 --> 00:17:17.509 be holy and without blemish we shouldn't be aware 00:17:17.509 --> 00:17:24.599 that we're in a time now of preparation The Lord 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:29.140 is preparing his bride. I'm heading with a direction 00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:34.920 with this, okay? So it's in the presence of the 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:38.839 Lord. The preparation of the bride is there. 00:17:41.700 --> 00:17:45.099 It's the washing of the water by the word of 00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:51.529 God. It's to be anointed by the Holy Spirit himself. 00:17:55.569 --> 00:17:57.849 It's to be dressed with the robes of justice, 00:17:57.869 --> 00:18:01.690 and that's how the bride prepares himself. And 00:18:01.690 --> 00:18:05.170 she's established in the love of the King. Nowadays. 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:10.160 You don't come to church. You come to a banquet. 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:15.319 You come to the table of the Lord. You come to 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:19.440 be prepared. Look at the person next to you and 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:22.799 tell them we're being prepared. Tell them we've 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:27.579 been invited and you are the bride. And you have 00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:36.519 to prepare yourself. So all of this happens meanwhile 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:41.740 we are redeemed to the Lord. That we are surrendered. 00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:50.900 Rendidos. Yielded. The one who is in charge of 00:18:50.900 --> 00:19:00.099 preparing the bride is the Holy Spirit. 2 Corinthians 00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:06.890 3 verse 16. It says that when we turn to the 00:19:06.890 --> 00:19:12.230 Lord, the veil is falling. And that's where he 00:19:12.230 --> 00:19:20.190 begins to prepare the bride. Nevertheless, when 00:19:20.190 --> 00:19:22.230 one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 00:19:22.430 --> 00:19:34.279 Verse 17. Can I have verse 17? Now the Lord is 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:36.140 the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:40.619 there is liberty. The original translation says 00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:45.559 because the Lord is the Spirit and where the 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:54.750 Spirit is Lord, there is liberty. It's a surrender 00:19:54.750 --> 00:19:57.210 or a yielding to the Lordship of the Spirit. 00:19:57.369 --> 00:20:02.829 It's the Spirit of God that takes us. He's going 00:20:02.829 --> 00:20:06.210 to prepare us. And then in verse 18 it says, 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:13.119 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:18.460 in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are being 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:26.339 transformed, from glory to glory, into the same 00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:31.880 image of our Lord. And this is the work of the 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:37.349 Spirit. And that's how the scripture says. When 00:20:37.349 --> 00:20:40.210 you come here to the church, it's the palace 00:20:40.210 --> 00:20:49.970 where Esther would prepare herself. It's a place 00:20:49.970 --> 00:20:54.470 that the Lord prepared to prepare yourself. You're 00:20:54.470 --> 00:20:58.190 not here just coming to church. The King is here 00:20:58.190 --> 00:21:03.660 present. His presence is here present. to prepare 00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:08.380 you, to cleanse you, to purify you, to anoint 00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:14.099 you, to dress you of righteousness, to establish 00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:17.319 you in love, so that you may get to know Him. 00:21:22.329 --> 00:21:25.109 But this is only able when one is surrendered 00:21:25.109 --> 00:21:29.670 to the spirit. And barely the church is learning 00:21:29.670 --> 00:21:35.329 to do this. But there comes a great transformation 00:21:35.329 --> 00:21:39.069 and acceleration. Because there's an invitation. 00:21:41.829 --> 00:21:43.650 And I think that we're in a season of preparation. 00:21:43.710 --> 00:21:47.670 If I could have the worship team, please. So 00:21:47.670 --> 00:21:53.970 let's go back to Luke 14. And we're gonna read 00:21:53.970 --> 00:22:11.200 from verse 15. Verse 15 now when one of those 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:13.019 who sat at the table with him heard these things 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:15.359 He said to him blesses he who shall eat bread 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:17.599 in the kingdom of God and remember this is one 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:22.019 of the ones that took took the first seats El 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:27.079 quería porque normalmente Mucha gente se cerca 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:29.500 Dios por el beneficio because normally a lot 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:31.740 of people grow close to the Lord for its benefits 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:36.579 for his benefits No, it's not you Porque estamos 00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:39.039 aprendiendo a marlo al porque somos amado por 00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:40.799 él Because we're learning to love Him because 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:50.400 we are loved by Him. But it catches my attention 00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:54.180 that when He sent this, this is basically correct. 00:22:58.160 --> 00:23:02.019 Jesus comes and He gives a parable. He doesn't 00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:08.769 affirm what He is saying. So then Jesus said 00:23:08.769 --> 00:23:13.230 a certain man gave a great supper and invited 00:23:13.230 --> 00:23:28.069 many Worship team And sent his servant at suppertime 00:23:28.069 --> 00:23:30.289 to say to those who were invited come for all 00:23:30.289 --> 00:23:33.289 things are now ready I love the way it says it 00:23:33.289 --> 00:23:40.039 there And right here it says everything, in that 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:42.500 translation it says all things are ready. But 00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:49.920 there's another translation that says All things 00:23:49.920 --> 00:24:06.730 are ready now. It speaks about time. I believe 00:24:06.730 --> 00:24:09.210 that for a long time now, the church, the body 00:24:09.210 --> 00:24:11.670 of Christ has been in a posture as if we have 00:24:11.670 --> 00:24:19.750 a lot of time. We don't have a lot of time. You 00:24:19.750 --> 00:24:27.009 cannot be... You cannot be ready at the instant 00:24:27.009 --> 00:24:32.490 that he comes to look, to seek. You can't go 00:24:32.490 --> 00:24:35.609 and prepare yourself in the instant that he's 00:24:35.609 --> 00:24:44.359 here looking for you. That's why this banquet 00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:49.380 is not in the future. It's now. It's the preparation 00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:56.319 now. It's coming close to the table now. It's 00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:59.759 learning to abide in His presence now. It's being 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:06.880 anointed now. It's renewing your mind to know 00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:12.740 that we are the righteousness of God now. It's 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:15.220 learning that we are established by love now. 00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:19.859 This isn't for the future. It's the preparation 00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:40.109 of the bride now. Many presented excuses. And 00:25:40.109 --> 00:25:43.150 look, look here, the servant goes first to a 00:25:43.150 --> 00:25:47.569 group. Say with me, this is the first group. 00:25:47.650 --> 00:25:53.349 This is the first group. The first group that 00:25:53.349 --> 00:26:01.900 he goes to is to his own children. this parable 00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:09.740 we've used it as if it's for the world but he 00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:11.259 begins first at the house