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Title:  Jesus Never Called Shotgun  
Text:  Luke 14:1-14
              

I have to confess that when I hear someone call “shotgun” it gets my feathers up a bit. When they say shotgun I hear
“me; me; me.” It reminds me of when we were kids and momma would tell us not to say “I’m the king of the castle and
you’re the dirty rascal.” It seemed so unChristlike to her and she would tell us that we are all dirty rascals.

On a website called shotgunrules.com I found the official rules for calling shotgun. Here’s a couple of the highlights.

Section I - General Rules
1) The first person to yell "SHOTGUN" gets to ride in the front seat.
2) The word "shotgun" must be loud enough to be heard by at least one witness. If no witness is to be found, or in
case of a tie, the driver has the final word.
3) Early calls are strictly prohibited. All occupants of the vehicle (including the driver) must be outside of the
building and directly on the way to the vehicle before shotgun may be called. Under no circumstances may a person
call shotgun inside a building. For sake of simplicity, a garage is considered to be outside. Parking structures and
detached garages are always considered as being outdoors, even if they are underground.
4) A person may only call shotgun for one way of a trip. Shotgun can never be called while inside a vehicle or still
technically on the way to the first location. For example, one can not get out of a vehicle and call Shotgun for the
return journey.
5) Being as how everyone is created equal, men have the same right as women to the front seat of the car. i.e.
women don’t own the front seat.
6) One is allowed to ride shotgun as many times as he can call it, but for himself only. No one can call shotgun for
their slower friend, unless the friend has a speech or mental handicap that prevents them from calling it for
themselves.
7) The driver has final say in all ties and disputes. The driver has the right to suspend or remove all shotgun
privileges from one or more persons.
Section II - Special Cases

These all seem to be rules about being drunk or sick or obese.

Section III - The Survival Of The Fittest Rules
1) If the driver so wishes, he/she may institute the Survival Of The Fittest Rules on the process of calling Shotgun. In
this case all rules, excepting 1.8, are suspended and the passenger seat is occupied by whoever can take it by force.
2) The driver must announce the institution of the Survival Of The Fittest Rules with reasonable warning to all
passengers. This clause reduces the amount of blood lost by passengers and the damage done to the vehicle.

Jesus has just 1 rule for calling shotgun: Don’t do it. Just don’t do it - do not seek the seat of honour. Jesus never
called shotgun and He instructs us to “take a back seat”.
Luk 14:7-14 Jesus noticed how some of the guests were choosing the best places, so he told this parable to all of
them: (8) "When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place.

t have name tags on the table the riff raff of the family will fill up the front of the hall and the wedding party and the t
have name tags on the table the riff raff of the family will fill up the front of the hall and the wedding party and the
immediate family will have to sit at the back. And in some families, even with place names, it is actually a good idea to
immediate family will have to sit at the back. And in some families, even with place names, it is actually a good idea to
have a security guard posted because they might come and start rearranging the name tags when no one is looking.
have a security guard posted because they might come and start rearranging the name tags when no one is looking.