Good Morning Friends,
“When the king came in to see the guests, he
noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. ‘Friend,’ he asked,
‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless. 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.’ For many
are invited, but few are chosen.” (Matthew 22:11-14)
The story Jesus told is a strange one of an
invitation given and then taken back because the man didn’t come dressed
appropriately. It sounds elitist -- if you can’t afford to dress right, you
don’t get into the feast!
But the wedding garments are freely given by
the King and the one not wearing them did so because of his own stubbornness. He
would come to the banquet, but only on his own terms.
The truth of the matter is that we can only
come to God’s banquet on His terms! No matter how much He wants us there and
how often He has invited us to come, He will not allow us in on our own terms.
And what is the wedding garment that we must
put on before we are allowed into the eternal feast with God? Paul’s admonition
was to “clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 13:14) He is the
wedding garment, freely given by God, without which we will never be allowed to
enter the feast.
Jesus is the terms of salvation … the only
terms. None will come to the feast without Him. With Jesus, anyone can come to
the feast.
Thank God for Jesus.
His, by Grace, Steve
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