Parable of the Marriage Feast
Matthew 22:1-14
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast,
and they were unwilling to come.
Again, he sent out other slaves saying,
‘Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner;
my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready;
come to the wedding feast.’
But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,
and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.
But the king was enraged,
and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.
Then he said to his slaves,
‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the main highways,
and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.’
Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good;
and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.
But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests,
he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,
and he said to him,
‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’
And the man was speechless.
Then the king said to the servants,
‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness;
in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
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Called or Chosen?
Properly clothed for the wedding feast?
Called you will just show up for the benefits.
Chosen you will show up prepared.
Being called to the wedding feast does not mean you will partake of the wedding feast.
Only those who show up prepared will partake.
How to be prepared?
Except Christ as your Lord,
repent of your sin’s and give your life back to Christ Jesus.
Stop playing the harlot with the world.
The bride of Christ are the chosen ones,
those who love Him and keep His commandments.
In John 14:15 Jesus states:
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.”
The word of GOD tells us:
Father God sees those who have repented of their sins and excepted His Son Christ Jesus, are forgiven, and He (Father God) see them as clean.
As righteous, as pure, for they are covered by His (Christ Jesus) blood.
The sinners, those who are evil but have repented and asked for forgiveness they are forgiven and enter in,
Those who choose to love the world and not Christ Jesus are those who will be cast out in to the darkness and will forever more be in hell.
Just as the Pharisees played church for their own gain,
those today who are playing church thinking they are God gift to the Church and only live for their own gain,
the only thing they will gain is an eternity in Hell.
Philippians 2:1-11
Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ,
if there is any consolation of love,
if there is any fellowship of the Spirit,
if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind,
maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit,
but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;
do not merely look out for your own personal interests,
but also for the interests of others.
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
who, although He existed in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant,
and being made in the likeness of men.
Being found in appearance as a man,
He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
For this reason also, God highly exalted Him,
and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW,
of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Whether you except the Love of Christ or not you will show up to the wedding feast,
and either be allowed in or cast out and in to hell.
Either way you will Bow your knee to Christ Jesus and you will confess that He is LORD.
If you have not shown up prepared it will be out of fear but if you have prepared, it will be out of love and respect,
Those who are called and do not heed the call and prepair, will show up and hear these word from Christ Jesus;
“I never knew you, depart from Me”
That choice is made today.
Will you choose to surrender to Christ the Son of Father God,
Or will you choose to live for yourself, for your own pleasure?
To serve the world and self, (the evil) or to serve the Lord GOD?
Wake up your time is running out.
Why would a groom want a bride who does not love Him?