SEPTEMBER 03 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#27 “Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?” (Matthew 22:12)

 SEPTEMBER 03  THE JESUS QUESTIONS   JQ#27  “Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?”  (Matthew 22:12)

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer    

JESUS, Lord I pray that as I stand in the shadow of sickness that You will hold my tongue that I might not project anger or hurt to those around me, Your Salvation is so much greater than any sickness, Lord I pray that You will make Yourself manifest in my attitude with those around me, especially in this time of healing — anyone can praise You on the mountain top but Lord Jesus I know how important You are to my day-to-day life, sick or well, so Lord I am still Praising and Thanking You for this wonderful life You have provided for us, I just don’t want to blow my witness by showing others my “self-pity” because of any “physical ailment” or “temporary sickness”— instead I am going to keep Your Praise on my lips that is Due to the King of kings and Lord of lords, my Redeemer Jesus Christ and our Forever Father!!!   AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus Teaches this all important 3rd Parable (Matthew 22:1-14) on the “Authority and Power of God Almighty” in two sections and again the order of these 2 sections teach us even more about the character of God. Section 1 of the 3rd Parable covers Matthew 22:1-4 and contains the introduction of God’s Invitation to the “arranged marriage” of His Son and all the many “preparations” God has made for this “wedding”. The fact that this wedding feast parable is the 3rd of 3 Parables that Jesus is Teaching the religious rulers (who were questioning Jesus’ “Authority”) is significant. After the discussion of the Baptism of John and the Lessons Jesus Taught with the first two parables, everyone must come to the conclusion that Jesus is using all the parables to Teach the Truth of God that God alone is the Supreme Power and Authority and that God’s Plan for His creation includes His Son ——— God has chosen to express its significance in common terms that everyone can understand — Marriage — but if we consider that it is the Supreme Power and Authority [OF ALL CREATION] that is “arranging” this “marriage of His [ONLY BEGOTTEN] Son”, then we do a great dishonor to both the Father and the Son if we reject the “Invitation” to the “marriage” — especially when it is so obvious that the Father has “prepared” the “wedding” in such great detail as we see in Section 1 of the 3rd Parable! However, the second section presents what is the major problem in the world today so Section 2 is a mirror for our modern society and our “rejection” of God’s “invitation”!!! We do not recognize God as the Supreme Authority and Power and we listen to the same lie Satan deceived Adam and Eve with in the Garden of Eden when Satan gave them this line which I will paraphrase here; “Adam and Eve, it’s your life and you can choose for yourself (Pro-Choice), I know God told you that if you eat of the fruit you will die but you won’t (satan literally called God [the original Pro-Lifer] a liar). In fact, if you choose for yourself to eat of the fruit then you will be like God and there will be no penalty to pay.” Genesis 3:1-6   A close reading of the “Fall of Man” shows that Eve misquoted God even before Satan called God a liar and in the end it was Eve who made the decision based upon her observation that “the tree was good for food (lust of the flesh), that it was pleasant to the eyes (lust of the eyes), and a tree desirable to make one wise (the boastful pride of life), so she took of its fruit and ate.” (Genesis 3:6/1 John 2:16) So in the 3rd Parable, Section 2 shows God has not changed a single bit from His Character that was revealed in the Garden of Eden, God said that Adam and Eve would die and the Bible records that they did not die physically but they did die spiritually “the day they ate of the forbidden fruit”. Here in Section 2 of the 3rd Parable we read that all those that reject God’s invitation are going to have to pay the penalty for not accepting God’s Invitation and questioning the Power and Authority of God Almighty — like Adam and Eve paid for their disobedience to God in the Garden when they rejected God’s Authority as they disobeyed God’s Single Command to “not eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil”, for after the king had prepared the “wedding” and said “All things are ready. Come to the wedding” (Mathew 22:4)  that we read about the people’s rejection of God’s Authority: “But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business {Parable 1}. And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully and killed them {Parable 2}.” (Matthew 22:5-6) God has proven over and over that His Word will stand and everyone that is so proud of themselves that they think that they do not have to listen to God, will be in for a Great Fall themselves! If Jesus is Teaching that God is the Supreme Power and Authority, do you not think that God will show His True Character and administer punishment for those that reject God’s commands? God is Merciful and He is Gracious but if we forget that He will hold us accountable and that GOD HAS THE SUPREME POWER AND AUTHORITY and WHAT GOD SAYS  WILL HAPPEN WILL COME ABOUT, we will be making the same mistake that everyone who questions God makes!!!!  So we should read Section 2 of this 3rd Parable to see the character of God that everyone thinks can be ignored by establishing “popular traditions” and legislating by man-made rules the moral standards of a society by the “doctrines of men” — the Commands of God are as valid today as they were the day they were Spoken by God the first time! Before you decide that this “wedding” is not worth attending you might want to read in Matthew 22:5-14 and see what happened to those that did not accept the “Wedding Invitation” in Section 2 of this 3rd Parable on True Power and Authority!?!?!?!?!?