SEPTEMBER 02 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#27 “Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?” (Matthew 22:12)

 

SEPTEMBER 02  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, consume me, guide my every thought, may all that I do 

be done to glorify You and praise Your Name, the Matchless Name of Jesus.

 You Lord are the Great Teacher, in You is all Truth and Wisdom. 

Through You the Love of the Father is manifest, His Grace and Mercy

 given to a lost and dying world by His Only Begotten Son, for it is

 through Faith in God’s Son Jesus that we may have fellowship 

with the Most High God. Jesus, You are the Way, and every knee 

shall bow and every tongue will confess You. Lord, the world also 

will proclaim Your Glory as will the Heavens and every living thing 

under Heaven and in Heaven will worship the King!

 Praise be to Him who comes to set men free!   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus introduced in His 3rd Parable a list of 15 Phrases that makes

 us look at our daily lives and all the things that we accept in the 

way of the “traditions of men” and typical family values that do not 

require us to “figure-it-out” but these are the things we do day-in

 and day-out. Jesus is demonstrating that we can know God by

 looking at our daily lives, God has established the institution of

 family and has proven that He will provide everything we need if 

we will simply accept His “Invitation” to the marriage. The previous 

4 Phrases - {Phrase 6-9} gave us great insight into how we typically

 respond to His “Invitation” and the next 6 Phrases demonstrate

 the great effort God has extended to us — 

{Phrase 10} “…[the certain king] prepared…” and beyond preparing

 everything needed for the “Wedding Supper” God has prepared 

in detail above and beyond anything we could prepare for ourselves 

as Jesus gives details of the “preparation” as He lists 

{Phrase 11} “…my dinner…” and 

{Phrase 12} “…my oxen…”

 {Phrase 13} “…and [the] fatted cattle are killed…” 

then He sums it all up with 

{Phrase 14} “…all things are ready…” 

When you look at these 5 Phrases together we see that God has provided

 not only for our physical needs with a “dinner” for food for our bodies

 but also the spiritual needs of our souls God provides the 

“oxen” and “the fatted cattle are killed” 

thereby providing sacrifices for our spiritual needs for the remission of sin ———

 Friends, God has done everything necessary 

for our Eternal Joy and Salvation  

but we must do our part and 

{Phrase 15} “…Come to the wedding…” !!! 

All preparations are made on God’s Part, all that’s left is for us to

 honor the King by wearing the “proper wedding garment” —

—— Jesus has Taught that if we will “Accept” God’s Invitation

 that we will be clothed in His Righteousness which is just 

another thing God Provides for all who Repent and Believe 

that Jesus is God’s Son!!!!    

Indeed, what is man that God would love us so much and sacrifice so 

much of Himself to insure our inheritance in the Kingdom of Heaven? 

The hardest thing for us to do is to admit to ourselves that we 

are not kings and queens 

— we are your average run-of-the-mill sinners —

 the really GOOD NEWS is

 that it is not because of our “merit” that we are invited to the “Wedding” —

 IT IS BY THE GRACE OF GOD WHO FORGIVES!!!