Parable of the Wedding Feast

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Parable of the Wedding Feast
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Background

• Triumphal Entry
• Cleansing of the Temple
• Healings
• Confrontation with the Chief Priests and Elders
• The Parable

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Preparation of the King

• Royal wedding
• Great Honor to be invited
• Great Celebration
• Invitation (RSVP)
• Reminder ( day of)
• No one coming

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Plea of the King

• Ive prepared everything
• Food is ready
• All things are ready
• Just Come!

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Response of the Chosen

• Some
• Paid no attention
• Not serious
• Made light of
• Went their own way
• Farm
• Business

• The Rest
• Seized the servants
• Mistreat them
• Abused
• Killed them

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The King Response

• Anger
• Sent armies to destroy
• Murders
• Their City

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Second Invitation of the King

• Those who were invited are not worthy
• Go everywhere
• Invite everyone
• Good and bad
• Wedding Hall is full
• Great Celebration

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Kings Second Response

• The King sees the guests
• Notices one not wearing wedding clothing
• All was provided
• Friend, how did you get in without wedding
  clothing
• Speechless
• Bound and cast out into darkness weeping and
  gnashing of teeth
• Many are called few are chosen

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Lessons for Us

• Our response to Gods invitation is crucial
• Dangerous to make light
• How shall we escape if we neglect so great a
  salvation? (Heb 23)
• Where are our priorities?
• Gods invitation is extended to everyone
• Rev 2217
• 1 Cor 69-11

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Lessons for Us

• Grace doesnt eliminate standards.
• All things have been prepared by God
• Grace is offered through Christ
• The kingdom of God involves living by His
  standards.
• Through grace everything has been prepared
• The blood of Christ is our wedding garment
• Why would we try to come to the Lord on our terms
  and not His?

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Put on Christ

• The armor of God (Rom 321)
• The new self (Eph 424)
• The full armor of God (Eph 611)
• Love (Col 314)
• Gal 326-29, You are all sons of God through
  faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were
  baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with
  Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor
  free, male nor female, for you are all one in
  Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you
  are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the
  promise.