THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING BANQUET, Dr. Samuel Lee
THE WEDDING BANQUIT
Passage: Matthew 22:1~14  
Key verse: 2
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet(A)
22 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like(B) a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants(C) 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(D) 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(E) 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(F) 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,(G) 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(H)?’ 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.’(I)
14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”(J)
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The king destroyed them and invited people on the street without regard to social status, race, or nationality. The Gentiles received God’s invitation because the Jews rejected it. This invitation is still open today. But there is one thing we need to join the heavenly feast. We must wear wedding clothes. The king provided everyone wedding clothes to enter the feast. But he found a man who did not wear the wedding clothes and expelled him from the feast. The wedding garment refers to the righteousness of Christ, and God himself provides it. We need to take off our own filthy unrighteousness and pride and put on the righteousness of Jesus. The sad reality is: “Many are invited, but few are chosen.”
Prayer: Lord, thank you for your invitation to the heavenly feast. Let me wear Jesus’ righteousness.
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