Reading:
And
Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain
king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that
were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying,
Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my
fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the
marriage. But they made light of it,
and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and
entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he
was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned
up their city. Then saith he to his
servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as
many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways,
and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the
wedding was furnished with guests. And
when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a
wedding garment: And he saith unto him,
Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was
speechless. Then said the king to the
servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into
outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are
chosen.
Commentary:
Our Lord tells us in the Gospel that all sins are
now forgiven, for Jesus' sake. The preaching
of this Gospel is here compared to a king who invites all to the wedding of his
son. Those who were invited and made
excuses represent the Jews of Jesus' day, but they are also those in our day
who love the world and find no "use" for Christ. As Christians who know Christ, we also make
excuses however, for we let the world interfere with our church attendance, the
Means of Grace, and we always have "better" things to do. Just as bad, we call upon God only when we
need Him or when He is convenient, or we can fit Him into our calendar. When we see how easily and how often we put
Christ last rather than first, we should in all earnest confess these sins to
God in prayer and ask forgiveness for Jesus' sake. Faith then is to dress oneself in Christ knowing
Jesus is the Lord our Righteousness.
Only those who believe in Him will be saved.
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