Hey everybody and welcome back to I just want to talk about the Bible.

If this is your first time joining us, then let me just welcome you, saying that I am genuinely

glad that you are here. My name is Christian Keeter and I live in the southeast of the United

States of America with my amazing,

beautiful godly wife Lacey and our two wonderful daughters, Felicity and Serenity.

So let's just hit the ground running here. I'm going to jump right into a parable that Jesus told.

So Luke 14, 7 through 11 says, now he told a parable to those who

were invited when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,

when you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone

more distinguished than you be invited by him. and he who invited you both will come and say

to you, give your place to this person, and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.

But when you were invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you,

friend, move up higher. Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. For everyone

who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Now, this is a

parable that I have, that I've really loved for a long time. I like this passage of scripture

a whole lot. It's, I think it's actually pretty straightforward.

And in fact, Jesus says the whole point of the parable here in the final verse of it,

where it says down in verse 11,

for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,

and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

And so that's basically just a summary of the entire thing.

So it's pretty straightforward.

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