Matthew 22:1-13
Jesus is once again addressing the religious. Have you noticed that it is never the nonreligious that Jesus is upset with; it is only those who should know better. The overwhelming majority of those who are not attending church today are doing so because of some hurt they have received from church people or some hypocrisy they have assumed. While we can not accept blame for how everyone feels it is very important that we truly live what we believe. People are watching to see if what we believe is real.
In this parable, a king invited his servants to a great wedding feast for his son. The servants reject the invitation, so he invites more. In turn the servants beat up, abuse and kill the messengers sent by the king. The king in his anger destroys those who killed his messengers. He then invites all of the people he can see to the feast, supplying each of them with a wedding garment. One of the guests chooses not to wear the garment and is thrown out. Jesus told this entire story to explain God’s plan.
God the Father has invited the nation of Israel to believe in Jesus as their Messiah and His Son, yet they scoffed at Him and all of the messengers sent before him. Israel had even had some of them killed. Because of this rejection, God allows the armies to come and destroy much of Jerusalem. He also invites all the people of the earth to come to Him. The challenge is that while all of us are called of God to follow, few are chosen. That is to say few will actually put on the garment of right-ness that we ca only receive from Jesus. We can purchase entrance into heaven; we can’t be good enough to get into heaven. Our heavenly Father has already made a way through Jesus death on the cross. All we need to do is put on the garment God has provided, His right-ness and we can begin a love relationship with him that will fulfill our hearts desires, give us a distaste for sin, and cause our to complete our purpose.
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