Today on Summit Life with JD Greer.

Those who try to establish their worthiness before God will be rejected,

but those who admit their unworthiness before God will be accepted.

Those closest to the nexus of societal and religious power

have almost always rejected the gospel.

Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor JD Greer.

I'm your host, Molly Vitavitch.

Today, we are continuing our study in the Gospel of Luke,

where Pastor JD teaches us a lesson in how so many of us approach God with wrong motives or wrong

goals. Have you ever done that? Had a selfish motive or greedy intent to your prayers?

Okay, guess it's just me. As Pastor JD unpacks the meaning of two seemingly different

parables, he'll show us how they tie together and how our posture towards God is of utmost

importance. We're discovering how much God truly loves us in our teaching series from the Gospel

of Luke titled Kingdom Come. And remember, if you missed any teaching this week, you can always

catch up online at JD Greer.com. But for now, grab your Bible and here's Pastor JD with today's message.

Luke chapter 14 verse 7. Now, Jesus told a parable to those who were invited to this particular

party when he noticed how they chose the places of honor. And he said to them, when you were invited

by somebody to a wedding feast, don't sit down in the place of honor. Let someone more distinguished

than you be invited by him. And then he who invited you both will come to you and say,

give your place to this person. And then you will be embarrassed and begin with shame to take the

lowest place. No, no, but when you are 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

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