The Wedding Feast (Matt. 22:1-14)

 Matt: 22:1-14, Eph. 5:31-32

1-Invite

2-Compel

3-Willing to Come In

Matt. 22:1-10

Compel them to come in all that are willing

Eph. 5:31-32

Eph. 5:22-33

Kingdom of Heaven may be  compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son

For those called to the service of the King their role is to compel other to come to the wedding feast 

For those invited to the wedding feast their role is to be willing to come in.

It is not our job to chose who we invite, we are called to invite all, and the only requirement for the wedding feast entry it to be willing to come in.

The invitation can come at an inconvenient time. So the consideration must be how important is this wedding feast and will one drop everything in order to make it? Will you not be willing to go to the wedding feast because you have a schedule, agenda, or plans in this life that will keep you from attending?

So in the text we see 3 stages. 

1-a select group is invited and they do not come (Matt. 22:1-3)

Eph. 5:7-16

2-the select group is compelled to come in and they get hostile toward those who are compelling them to come in. (Matt. 22:4-7)

3-the invitation is made to all and those who are willing come in (Both good and bad) and the banquet is full (Matt. 22:8-10)

1-a select group is invited and they do not come (Matt. 22:1-3)

Eph. 5:31-32 (22-33)

We are the bride. This wedding feast is to celebrate us being joined to Christ. If we choose not to come or are not willing to come we are in reality saying we don’t want to go to our own wedding. (Good news for us fathers of daughter the man’s family pays for this wedding)

In the Bible story we see the first child that God fathers recorded in scripture and that is to the nation of Israel. But in the New Testament we see other children from other nations grafted into the family of God. This group of people that was originally invited and refused to come in is the first son, and the last group is the gentile nations that were grafted in because of the first sons refusal to attend the wedding feast.

2-the select group is compelled to come in and they get hostile toward those who are compelling them to come in. (Matt. 22:4-7)

Vs. 4, Tell those who are invited “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.

1-vs 5, they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business (Misinformed)

2-vs 6, while the rest seized his servants and treated them shamefully (Mockers)

3-and killed them (Murderers)

3-the invitation is made to all and those who are willing come in (Both good and bad) and the banquet is full (Matt. 22:8-10)

Both good and bad. Not based on your moral character or your natural abilities. Based on the willingness to be joined in marriage to Christ. Willingness to become one with Him. Willingness to respond to the invitation given to come.

Matt. 22:11-14

King came to look at guest

One had no wedding garment

How did you  get in here without a wedding garment?

Cast him out

Many are called, but few are chosen