Saturday, May 5, 2018
Matthew 22:1-14
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Cory/
Lakeland, Florida U.S.A.
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Bible Texts:
Matthew 22:1-14 KJV (The
Kings Wedding Feast.)
1 And Jesus answered and
spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven
is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
3 And sent forth his
servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would
not come.
4 Again, he sent forth
other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have
prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all
things are ready: come unto the marriage.
5 But they made light of
it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6 And the remnant took
his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
7 But when the king heard
thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed
those murderers, and burned up their city.
8 Then saith he to his
servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not
worthy.
9 Go ye therefore into
the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
10 So those servants went
out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they
found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
11 And when the king came
in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding
garment:
12 And he saith unto him,
Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And
he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to
the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him
into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called,
but few are chosen.
This is
Jesus, speaking to the Jewish people. The Old Testament, The Law and
The Prophets, were an invitation to be one with The Lord, and then in
His earthly ministry, He again invited all to be joined to Him.
This
story was exactly the Jews wedding custom. First and early
invitation, months or a year of notice. Then came the notification,
when the wedding feast was ready to begun.
What
happened, to The Lord's wedding notifications, early or late? The
nation of Israel, God's people, rejected Him, and would not become
one with Him.
Isaiah
53:1-12 NLT
1 Who has believed our
message? To whom has The Lord revealed His powerful arm?
2 My servant grew up in
The Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry
ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about His appearance,
nothing to attract us to Him.
3 He was despised and
rejected— A Man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We
turned our backs on Him and looked the other way He was despised, and
we did not care.
4 Yet it was our
weaknesses He carried; it was our sorrows that weighed Him down. And
we thought His troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for
His own sins!
5 But He was pierced for
our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be
whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.
6 All of us, like sheep,
have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet
The Lord laid on Him the sins of us all.
7 He was oppressed and
treated harshly, yet He never said a word. He was led like A Lamb to
the slaughter. And as A Sheep is silent before the shearers, He did
not open His mouth.
8 Unjustly condemned, He
was led away. No one cared that He died without descendants, that His
life was cut short in midstream.
But He was struck down
for the rebellion of My people.
9 He had done no wrong
and had never deceived anyone. But He was buried like a criminal; He
was put in a rich man’s grave.
10 But it was The Lord’s
good plan to crush Him and cause Him grief.
Yet when His life is made
an offering for sin, He will have many descendants. He will enjoy a
long life, and The Lord’s good plan will prosper in His hands.
11 When He sees all that
is accomplished by His anguish, He will be satisfied. And because of
His experience, My Righteous Servant will make it possible for many
to be counted righteous, for He will bear all their sins.
12 I will give Him the
honors of a victorious soldier, because He exposed Himself to death.
He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and
interceded for rebels.
So what
is the consequence of those who “reject,” The Messiah, The
Savior?
Matthew
22:13,14 KJV
13 Then said The King to
the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him
into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called,
but few are chosen.
Hebrews
10:31 KJV
It is a fearful thing to
fall into the hands of The Living God.
Prayer:
Nehemiah 9:17 KJV
"...but thou art a God ready to
pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
kindness..."
Psalm 86:5 KJV
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready
to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalm 130:7 KJV
"...hope in The Lord: for with
The Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.
Isaiah 1:18 KJV
Come now, and let us
reason together, saith The Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they
shall be as wool.