In or Out?
Matthew 22:1-14 Jesus
spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a
king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to
those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they
refused to come. 4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who
have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle
have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’ 5
“But they paid no attention and went off — one to his field, another to his
business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7
The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned
their city. 8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but
those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 Go to the street corners and invite
to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets
and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding
hall was filled with guests. 11 “But when the king came in to see the guests,
he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 ‘Friend,’ he
asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was
speechless. 13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and
throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.’ 14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
WHEN Jesus told this parable of judgment upon those who
would reject God’s invitation to salvation, the Pharisees were enraged and
plotted to kill him. What’s your reaction? Obey Jesus or “kill” him?
It’s True! Jesus saves.
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