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What to Expect at the Table with Jesus

Louie Giglio
April, 3, 2022

in week two of At the Table with Jesus, Louie Giglio shares seven expectations we can have when sitting at the Table with Jesus.

Scripture References

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

1Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

3Then Jesus told them this parable: 4

“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?
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And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders
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and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’
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I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

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“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins
and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
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And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’
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In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

The Parable of the Lost Son

11Jesus continued:

“There was a man who had two sons.
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The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

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“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.
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After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.
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So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
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He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

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“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
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I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
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I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’
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So he got up and went to his father.

“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

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“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

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“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
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Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.
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For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

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“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.
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So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.
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‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

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“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.
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But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
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But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

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“ ‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.
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But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ ”

37A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume.
38As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
39When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”
40Jesus answered him,
“Simon, I have something to tell you.”

“Tell me, teacher,” he said.

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“Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,
and the other fifty.
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Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
43Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”

“You have judged correctly,”
Jesus said.

44Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon,
“Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
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You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet.
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You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet.
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Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”
48Then Jesus said to her,
“Your sins are forgiven.”
49The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
50Jesus said to the woman,
“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
17As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
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“Why do you call me good?”
Jesus answered.
“No one is good—except God alone.
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You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’
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20“Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”
21Jesus looked at him and loved him.
“One thing you lack,”
he said.
“Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
22At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.

Jesus Changes Water Into Wine

1On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”

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“Woman,
why do you involve me?”
Jesus replied.
“My hour has not yet come.”

5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

6Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.

7Jesus said to the servants,

“Fill the jars with water”
; so they filled them to the brim.

8Then he told them,

“Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”

They did so, 9and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”

11What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

12After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.

Jesus Clears the Temple Courts

13When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16To those who sold doves he said,

“Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”
17His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

18The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”

19Jesus answered them,

“Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”

20They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21But the temple he had spoken of was his body. 22After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

23Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.24But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. 25He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.

5But he was pierced for our transgressions,

he was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was on him,

and by his wounds we are healed.

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Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.