Don’t Stumble – Session 4: The Great Banquet | Living Church Study | Pastor Ben Conway

Don’t Stumble – Session 4: The Great Banquet Living Church Study | Pastor Ben Conway What if the parables we’ve heard our entire lives were never about proving ourselves worthy — but about recognising that we never could be? In this fourth Living Church Study in the Don’t Stumble series, Pastor Ben explores the Parable of the Great Banquet in Luke 14 and reframes it through the lens of grace rather than performance. This parable is not about earning a place at God’s table, future judgment, or qualifying for heaven. It is about present-day grace — a feast already prepared and freely given. Jesus is not inviting the impressive, the capable, or the deserving. He invites the poor, the broken, the overlooked — those who know they cannot earn their way in. This session introduces a ground mentality: like soil receiving seed, we simply receive what God has already prepared through Christ’s finished work. The three excuses in the parable reveal what often keeps people from grace: Land — feeling too blessed or self-sufficient Oxen — trusting in effort and achievement Marriage — clinging to tradition instead of truth This teaching will help you: Stop striving to deserve God’s favour Understand grace as something available now, not later Recognise the attitudes that block receiving Learn how to “feast” with Jesus daily, not someday Rest in what Christ has already accomplished The Gospel is not about climbing your way to God. It is about accepting the invitation that has already been extended.