Matthew 22 – The invitation

Jesus tells the story of a wedding banquet to which many of the invited guests decide not to attend. The grooms father sends his servants out to make sure they guests know they are invited. However, some are too busy tending to their affairs and others are too busy the others mistreat and kill the servants. The groom’s father then sends out his servants to invite anyone who is willing to come. The good and the bad are all invited to the wedding because the original guests spurned the invitation.

We have been invited to God’s banquet. God has sent and continues to send servants into the world offering invitations to God’s table. We have the opportunity to be a part of the Kingdom of God; both during our life and after our death. All that is required for us to feast at God’s table is for us to accept the invitation. The invitation is belief in Jesus as the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God, the Savior of the world, and the Lord of your life. If you believe in Jesus you are accepting God’s invitation.

The story ends with a section that I do not understand. I have no comment on the concluding portion, I will just write it here and let it stand for itself. “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. 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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