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February 13, 2021

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Reading along with us in Matthew? Here’s today’s reading:

Matthew 22 (NIV)

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
1Jesus 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..........Continue Reading

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  1. God invites us all to follow Him but not all accept that invitation and not all that come to God truly believe and stand in faith. I think that was the meaning behind the parable of the wedding banquet.
    It is frustrating to see the Pharisees and Sadducees constantly trying to trick Jesus into incriminating himself but it is awesome to watch Him calmly silence them at every turn! Glad to have God on my side!

  2. God is excited and sends out invitations to the wedding of his son, those invited range from uninterested to murdering the very messengers that deliver the invitation. I believe these are the Jews who rejected Jesus. Then God sends out the servants to invite anyone that would come. I think these are Gentiles and those that accepted and followed Christ. I was confused about the rejection of the man without the wedding garments and I did some research. The garments were provided to the wedding guests, so he was in attendance without the garment provided. This makes sense as we are given all that we need to attend the wedding of the lamb. We are given righteousness in Christ, we are washed white in the blood of the lamb.

  3. God invites all to come to Him and be part of His kingdom. He wants all to be saved. But many reject the invitation and most sadly the Jews whose invitation was more direct. But Jesus and the rest of Scripture make it clear that this did not stop God from inviting others. But all those invited must have the right clothes on…we must have the righteousness of Christ. Thank God that that righteousness is available by grace and through faith.

    What follows are challenges that come from different groups in Jewish society. The fact that the Pharisees join with the Herodians to challenge Jesus about Roman taxes is laughable because they were enemies on so many other matters. It is also laughable that the Sadducees who did not believe in the resurrection ask Jesus a question about it. It is neat how Jesus answers the question but also affirms the truth of the resurrection at the same time. And it’s like they are lining up to challenge Him..and so the Pharisees come at Him again. I imagine they were amazed at His quick and succinct answer but they couldn’t admit it. All things are summarized by loving God and loving people!

    And next, since they could not stump Him, He decides to stump them while pointing to His connection to David and His deity at the same time. It’s no wonder they resolved not to try to challenge Him again….they had too much egg on their face. And still no repentance….Jesus though just shows Himself to be awesome!

  4. 36“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
    37Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38This is the first and greatest commandment.39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

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