Matthew 22:1-14

Have you ever planned a big party and sent out the invitations to your friends, but no one showed up?

In Jesus's parable, a king threw a big party for his son's wedding, but none of the people he invited showed up.

Of course the king got angry and ordered his servants to go to the main streets to invite everyone to the banquet.

The servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the wedding hall was full.

In those days, wedding robes are given to guests for free. That explains why the king got angry when he saw a man not wearing a wedding robe. So the king had him thrown out.

By refusing to attend the banquet, the invited guests did not only disrespect the king, but also rejected his authority over them.

Accepting God’s invitation to be intimate with Him is of supreme importance that it should relativize all our other plans and concerns.

God invites us not because we are worthy but because God loves us and wants us to be with Him.

Just like the man who did not wear a wedding robe, there are those of us who think that all we have to do is to show up.

We need to be “properly dressed”, we need to become like Christ, whose only concern is to do the Father's will.

We need to live our lives in accordance with the Father's will: love our neighbors and help those in need.

If we do not accept the Father's love and reject his will, we will have no place with him in his heavenly banquet.

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