Everyday, a Wedding Feast!

Introduction

Last minute change

I needed a reminder

Change the Church

Change you

(Opportunities for Bible Study at Church)

Scripture/Prayer (Matthew 22:1-14)

Meaning of the Parable (clearer than most)

Identify the Cast Players

Wedding Feast - Kingdom of God

The wedding feast represents fellowship and Joy with God.

Extended celebration (many days)

The King - God, the Father

The Servants - the Prophets and Apostles. Those who preach the good news.

The Son - Jesus the Christ

Those initially Invited - The People of Israel

Rejected the invitation - rejected Christ as Messiah

The King’s anger - Israel rejected

The “good” and the “bad” (everday people) - The nations, the gentiles

The one who did not have a garment - One who would enter the kingdom apart from Christ.

Wedding Feast - Kingdom of God

The wedding feast represents fellowship and Joy with God.

3 applications (multi-temporal)

During Jesus Day

Throughout Church History - The Gospel message

Everyday! An invitation of joyful fellowship with Jesus!

We have an invitation to fellowship with Jesus everyday!

Enjoy a Wedding feast with Jesus everyday!

An feast where he lays out everyday the most lavish meal fro the Word that we can imagine and the opportunity for him to teach us.

The Gospel is not just about a future hope of heaven but the privilage of an everyday walk with Jesus!

It’s as we walk with him that we become like him!

We have an invitation and must make a choice!

If Jesus asked you out to dinner with him would you go? He is! Everyday.

Those invited said “no!”

I must go to my farm. I must tend to my business.

I’m too busy to come to your Son’s wedding feast

Leave us alone!

killed the messengers!

Spending time with Jesus everyday.

The King, - I will invite others who will come and appreciate my kindness.

We fellowship (feast) with Jesus when we meet with him in His Word.

Life changing for our Church

Why?

God has prepared a feast

The feast is lavish. Everything you need and want! The point is not the food, but the relationship and the fellowship with Jesus.

John 6:35 ESV

35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

Psalm 34:8 ESV

8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

Psalm 63 ESV

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 1 O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. 3 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. 4 So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. 5 My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, 6 when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; 7 for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. 8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. 9 But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth; 10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for jackals. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.

Revelation 3:20 ESV

20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Do you want be invited by Jesus to spend time daily in his word and say, “no.”

How to have a feast with Jesus. (devotional, quiet time)

Some don’ts

When you are not your best.

When you are on the run

From a sense of obligation.

Make a Commitment

Make a commitment from Love not legalism

Count the cost and be ready to pay it.

Make it a priority.

When will you start?

Develop a Plan

Ask for help

Give God the best of your day.

Read and pray

The wedding feast represents fellowship and Joy with God.

Start with a short

Mediate

When will you start

I will start my daily time with God on June ___________, 2017.

Execute the Plan

Pray (conversation)

Read and pray

Meditate

Evaluate and grow!