V.1-6 In today’s chapter nothing satisfies Him, nothing is according to His mind. If we are close to Him, we will be thinking the same. The Lord is invited into a Pharisees’ house, and at once He feels that He is opposed by those there. The house is surely a picture of man’s world. He notices a poor man suffering from dropsy. He asks them a question, They wanted to trap Him in His words so they hypocritically keep silent. He heals the man, then asks them a question. Some question! He exposes their wicked hearts and ours.
V.7-11 The Lord notices that the guests chose the best possible seats! Like our old nature? Yes indeed. If you could see the world today through God’s eyes, you would see exactly the same sight. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.
V.12-14 The Lord now looks at the host. But he is no different! Selfishness in another form! If the Lord had acted this way toward us, inviting to heaven the rich and attractive ones, how many would have accepted the offer?
V.15-24 The Lord opens up a view of a feast to be spread in heaven. What a difference! Not one invited guest turns up! God must force His guests in! If there was only the work of the Lord Jesus, there would never have been a single guest. If there had only been the work of the Holy Spirit, there would have been no feast! What love of God in sending both!
V.25-35 A large crowd follows along after Jesus. They were looking at Him as someone to follow. But the first contact every sinner needs to have with Him is as a Savior. But the Lord says to them something like this “If you want to be like Me, you must give up everything.”