God has extended His call through the gospel, the question becomes are you indifferent, hostile, or willing to be changed by it?

2. Matthew 22:1-3
Jesus spoke to them again in parables,
saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a
king who prepared a wedding banquet for
his son. He sent his servants to those who
had been invited to the banquet to tell
them to come, but they refused to come.
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3. Matthew 22:4-5
Then he sent some more servants and said,
‘Tell those who have been invited that I
have prepared my dinner: My oxen and the
fattened cattle have been butchered, and
everything is ready. Come to the wedding
banquet.’ But they paid no attention and
went off—one to his field, another to his
business.
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4. Matthew 22:6-8
The rest seized his servants, mistreated
them and killed them. The king was
enraged. He sent his army and destroyed
those murderers and burned their city.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding
banquet is ready, but those I invited did not
deserve to come.
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5. Matthew 22:9-10
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.
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6. Matthew 22:11-12
But 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.
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7. Matthew 22:13-14
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.”
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9. The wedding banquet is
not the FIRST parable, but
the culmination in a series
of THREE parables.

10. The wedding banquet is
not the FIRST parable, but
the culmination in a series
of THREE parables.
Those INITIALLY chosen rejected the
INVITATION.

11. The wedding banquet is
not the FIRST parable, but
the culmination in a series
of THREE parables.
Those INITIALLY chosen rejected the
INVITATION.
To CHOOSE they had to first be CHOSEN (or
invited), but once invited they still had to
make the CHOICE to come.

12. The REPETITION of the
invitation HIGHLIGHTS
their REFUSAL to come.

13. The REPETITION of the
invitation HIGHLIGHTS
their REFUSAL to come.
Acceptance of the invitation is reflected in
one’s willingness to REPENT.

14. The REPETITION of the
invitation HIGHLIGHTS
their REFUSAL to come.
Acceptance of the invitation is reflected in
one’s willingness to REPENT.
The king chooses to EXTEND the invitation to
whoever will RECEIVE it.

15. Worthiness will be determined
by how one RESPONDS, not by
what their life was like PRIOR
to the invitation.

16. Worthiness will be determined
by how one RESPONDS, not by
what their life was like PRIOR
to the invitation.
While the invitation is INCLUSIVE, ‘wedding
clothes’ are REQUIRED.

17. Worthiness will be determined
by how one RESPONDS, not by
what their life was like PRIOR
to the invitation.
While the invitation is INCLUSIVE, ‘wedding
clothes’ are REQUIRED.
We have a distinction between being
CALLED and being CHOSEN.

18. God has extended His call through the
gospel, the question becomes are you
INDIFFERENT to it, HOSTILE to it, or willing
to be CHANGED by it? If the later, then you
are among, the chosen.

19. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Read Matthew 21:23-22:14 (for context)
( ) Evaluate my response to the gospel
( ) Identify where I need to repent
( ) Listen to “Who is God part 9 (What about
Predestination)” at vimeo.com/286773300
( ) Other________________________