MANY ARE INVITED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN!!!

Oct. 14, 2013

MANY ARE INVITED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN!!! (Matthew 22)

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

………“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find. So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find,

the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.  He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’

The man was speechless. “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.’ FOR MANY ARE INVITED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN.“

The Marriage represents the unification of Jesus Christ incarnate as the son of God and humanity. The wedding garment represents the transformation of our character to be like that of God’s only Begotten Son Jesus Christ. For in

1 John 3:2 it tells us Dear friends, “now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”

The first invitation was sent out to God’s Chosen the lineage of Abraham. And they rejected Him as the Son of God. So the King, once again sends out an invitation to everyone throughout the universe good and bad.

The good news is everyone who receives the Call and accepts the invitation is welcomed. And many will accept. What is so amazing, the Banquet Hall where the wedding will take place is large enough for everyone with faith,

and believed that the king would invite A sinner like me to such an occasion. Oh my friends what An Honor. The guest arrive the King examines our Characters, which represents the judgment which is going on now.

For Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.”

But our character must be like the King for He tells us “I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,”  Because every Garment, or character is A gift from the king because we gave him our all.

Oh what faith, and the Sacrifice of Calvary that was made so that everyone who accepted the invitation could be there. But there will be some clothed in the dress of the world. It will show that they spent no time in knowing,

or making the preparation required by the king to be there. For in Matt. 7:21 it tells me “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

And the saddest words we will ever here will be “How did you get in here without wedding clothes ” And what could possible be one’s answer when the King gave everyone who was invited His own robe of righteousness,  His only Begotten son.

The only thing that was required was to accept the kings invitation and the free gift of His garment. So in not accepting we have condemned ourselves. And then the king said, “Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness.”

Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you;

depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ Matt7:21-23. “FOR MANY ARE INVITED BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN.” “My Friends everyone who accepted the Kings invitation to the banquet profess to be A follower of the Good Shepherd.

But not everyone is willing to give it all to the King. So Before the invitation goes out we must decide today if you are willing to be fitted to be in that “great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, Rev. 7:9

My friends, God’s Kingdom is where the final banquet of the redeemed will take place. The decision is yours are you willing to do whatever it takes to be there for my God will come, and His reward is with Him, “to give every man according as his work shall be.” Rev. 22:12

So friends stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY