The Wedding Feast
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I love weddings and the food usually offered.
It is so special to be invited to one — Really develop this
Jesus has now told two parables and he is still not done.
So grievous was the self-righteousness and self proclaimed authority of the Jewish leaders in misleading God’s people he tells another parable.
1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business.
6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’
10 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.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
13 “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.’
14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
This is the word of God…
In verse 1 “them” the Pharisees, elders, and chief priests.
The previous parable of the tenants focused on the rulers and the rejection of God’s messengers.
The parable of the wedding feast focuses on the message God’s messengers brought and how serious the rejection of the rulers.
Those Invited
Those Invited
There is a wedding feast to be offered for the son of a king.
Through his servants the king sends out this invitation to come celebrate with His son.
Those invited refused the invitation — Matthew 22:5
5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business.
“Paid no attention” — unconcerned, no interest, disregard
This is not an invitation to be ignored or refused!
The others — Matthew 22:6
6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
The people did not realize the gravity of the of the invitation.
How true of the Jewish leaders ignoring and refusing to see what was right in front of them — Matthew 4:17
17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
Legitimate excuses in society are offered, but others repeat the actions from the previous parables and abuse the servants.
The king is rightly angered by their actions and destroys their city —
Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem in 586 B.C
Titus destroyed Jerusalem in 70 A.D.
Others Invited
Others Invited
The King refuses to allow His son’s feast to be poorly attended — Matthew 22:9-10
9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’
10 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.
An invitation is sent to others, those on the road outside the city — marginalized, outcasts, those society would deem unfit!
In Acts 2 Peter invites people into the kingdom
The Gentiles eventually receive their invitation
A full wedding banquet for His Son! — Develop this point on how people so often judge
That one Guest
That one Guest
As the king went around the banquet he found one poorly dressed
Again consider the gravity of the invitation
It is an invitation to a changed life and this guest had not changed!
He falls into judgment — Matthew 22:13
13 “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.’
It is a fearful thing — Hebrews 10:31
31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Conclusion
The words that give pause — Matthew 22:14
14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
The kingdom of God and the invitation are about changed lives.
The Jewish leaders loved their status, power, and authority.
They could not accept the gospel because they refused to change their lives from love of self
We can’t accept the gospel and not have our lives changed.
That is the warning of Jesus here!
Jesus wasn’t bringing a physical kingdom!
Are we any different?
I think of Revelation 19:6-9
6 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: “Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
8 Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)
9 Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”
Are we going to accept the invitation to the wedding feast and be willing to change?
