“An Invitation to a Feast”

Описание: Bellevue Community Church
November 2, 2025
Pastor Fred Coleman

“An Invitation to a Feast”
Matthew 22:1-14
Introduction:
The purpose of this parable is to demonstrate and communicate the joy there is in living a kingdom life.

The invitation extended. (v. 1)
The reason I am coming to the feast is because I love the Son.

Question: Have we entered?

Clarification of Parable:
Kingdom: of the redeemed
King: God
Son: Christ
Banquet: Salvation/Life
Invitation: Enter
Targeted guests: already invited ones

The response of this group (v. 3)
Two Responses:
Indifference
Hostility

The judgment delivered (v. 7)

The invitation redirected. (v. 9)
Three Responses from the group:
Not for me and walks away.
Try to patch their unworthy garments.
The 3rd needs another garment because they can’t do it on their own.

Close: Three questions:
Have you heard the invitation to the bouquet?
Have you accepted the invitation?
What role are you wearing?

Matthew 22:1-14
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. 4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’ 5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. 13 “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.’ 14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

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