SEPTEMBER 06 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, the Only Begotten of the Father, sent by the Love of the Father,
and in Obedience to the Will of the Father, You gave up Your Deity to
become Flesh to dwell among us and to suffer and die for our sins
so that man would have a just and reasonable Sacrifice that
would serve as an Atonement for our iniquities. For it is only by Belief
in the Son that our sins are Forgiven and our immortal souls are Free
from the penalty of death that our sins deserve. Lord Jesus, You did
all this for us sinners, and all You have asked in return is that we
“Love One Another”!!! All Praise, Glory, and Honor to Jesus, who died
to set us Free!!!
Lord, my prayer today is that the Holy Spirit will move among
Your Church and we will live completely as Living Sacrifices
so that the world will be consumed and AMAZED
with the Love and Grace of the Living God!!
AMEN
THE JESUS QUESTIONS
Jesus concludes this all important 3rd Parable on the
Power and Authority of God as Jesus Teaches that
God “again” extends His Invitation of Mercy, Grace,
Salvation, and Bountiful Provisions for all who will accept His
Graciousness, but Jesus also Teaches that God is Supreme
and as such, we must Honor and Respect both the Father
and the Son and “accept” the invitation to “come” on the
terms that will be proportional to the Gracious Invitation sent
out by the King of kings, Lord of lords, and the Almighty Creator God!!!
The main problem with the world is that we want to be our own god
therefore we are “not willing to come [on God’s terms]” and we
“make light” of God’s Invitation. The disease of man wanting to be
his own god has become so widespread that we turn a blind eye to the
Truth of God that He and ONLY HE is the Final Judge
and that each person will stand before God and face the consequence
of our actions! These consequences have already been made
well known to man, therefore our choices will result in either our
condemnation or our commendation according to
God’s already published terms
(consequences to our actions) in His Holy Bible
and not to the terms that the majority of men have “modified” in their
quest to be their own god — these self-promoting modifications are
now declared by those men who would be society’s god to be the
law of the land as according to the “doctrines of men”, men who
have usurped the Authority of God — and the sad part is that we
as a society accept man’s judgement and ignore God’s Final Judgement!!!
We miss the Truth that only God is the Judge
and our own actions will be the only evidence presented at our trial!
Jesus Teaches this in the 3rd Parable as the servants go out into
the highways and byways and fill the wedding hall with guests but some
came on the king’s terms and wore a wedding garment that honored
the king and his son but others made “light” of the wedding
and came to take advantage of the king ——— they that try to take
advantage of “Grace” are the ones that feel that they are their own
“king” and the rules of God simply don’t apply to them!?!?
However, we read how Jesus Teaches the consistency of
God and His Unchanging Character as
“…the king came in to see the guests [and] he saw a man
there who did not have on a wedding garment. So [the certain king]
said to him,
‘Friend, how did you come in here
without a wedding garment?’”
(Matthew 22:11-12)
Jesus wraps it all up as He warns us:
“not to fear those that can kill the body”
but that we should respect
“Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”
(Matthew 10:28)
Jesus finished by describing the Final Judgement:
the “certain king” told his servants to
“bind [the man without a wedding garment] hand and foot,
take him away, and cast him into outer darkness;
there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 22:13)
The Final Lesson Jesus Taught on God’s Power and Authority
was “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
(Matthew 22:14)
Friend, our “choice” is to determine why only a few will be “chosen”
— I’ll give you a clue — all who honor God and His Son and
accept God’s Gift of Grace are still sitting at the wedding table
in their wedding garments and feasting on the
Bountiful Provisions of God while those who made “light” of Him
who gave the “Invitation” are in “darkness” ——— is that the sound of
“weeping and gnashing of teeth” I
hear coming out of the place that has no
“Light” ?!?!?!?!
