Ability to of discernment the values worldly in the perspective of the Kingdom of God (Lk 14:15–24)

Abstract

In Gospel of Luke there are a number of critical statements about rich people. The third Evangelist wrote down, for example: “[God] sent the rich away with empty hands” (Lk 1:53), “But how terrible for you who are rich now, you have had your easy life” (Lk 6:24), “How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God. It is much harder for rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle” (Lk 18:24–25). The third Evangelist wrote down not only single, critical sentences about the rich, but extensive excerpts. He enrolled, for example: the text about the greed (Lk 12:13–21), the text of the rich man (Lk 18:18–30), the parable about the rich man and Lazarus (Lk 16:19–31), and the text of the great feast (Lk 14:15–24). The last one, namely the text about great feast (Lk 14:15–24) focuses on the ability to make choices in the perspective of the Kingdom of God. It is a sharp rebuke directed to the rich. Luke in this text warned the rich, that the penalty for them for their sinful choices in temporality, will be eternal damnation.