The prince was getting married and all the
best people of the kingdom were invited to the celebration. But they didn’t want to come! Apparently they had better things to do. They had other ideas of what was important. Then Matthew records,
“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding
banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 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,
both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.” (Matthew
22:8-10)
The king sent his servants to invite those
who “did not deserve to come.” And so
they invited “anyone” they could find.
Of course, it’s a parable about God’s grace and His invitation to us to
join His eternal party with the Prince as the guest of honor!
We sure don’t deserve to come, “all have
sinned and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) But we’ve all been invited, “everyone who
calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Romans 10:13)
That’s grace, an undeserved and unearned
invitation to God’s eternal celebration … Heaven! Everyone who has a relationship with God has
received grace. It’s the ONLY reason
we’ll be in heaven for eternity!
Isn’t that great! Thank God for it.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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