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 Welcome to Ontario Community Church, where we are encouraging, equipping, and engaging lives for Christ.

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 I'm Pastor Patrick Daly, and each week I share sermons that balance the grace and love of Jesus Christ with the truth of the Word of God.

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 Together, we'll explore Scripture using observation, interpretation, and application.

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 This helps us discover practical ways to live out our faith every single day.

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 Let's dive in together into God's Word.

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 It is great to be here with you as we are almost done with January of 2025.

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 Didn't that just fly by real quick?

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 I don't know about you. I feel like I blinked, and it was just here we are at the end.

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 Today, we're doing a message titled, The Invitation.

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 If you want to turn your Bibles and be proactive, go ahead and do so.

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 You can turn on your ESV Pew Bible.

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 It's going to be page 983.

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 It is the parable of the wedding feast.

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 But before we begin here,

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 when was the last time,

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 I don't know if my handwriting is visible to be seen here,

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 when was the last time you received a letter or an invitation to a birthday party?

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 Maybe the last time you received an invitation to a wedding.

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 You think of the last time that happened.

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 When we get these invitations,

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 this is just an example.

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 It's not an actual party,

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 but it's a representation of what we're going to go over today.

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 And I want you to think for a moment how exciting it must be to receive an invitation

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 that someone thought with intentionality

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 to invite you to a birthday party,

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 to a wedding anniversary,

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 or a wedding celebration.

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 Maybe it's some sort of,

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 someone got a promotion.

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 Maybe it's something completely different.

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 Or maybe it's a baby shower.

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 We can think of all these events where we receive these invitations.

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 Sometimes they're really simple.

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 Or sometimes they're very over the top and fancy.

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 I know we've gotten those before.

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 And the feeling that we have when we receive an invitation

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 is something that is something that's significant.

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 Maybe it's that milestone celebration.

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 Did you feel nervous the last time you received an invitation?

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 Maybe you felt excited that someone did think with that intentionality,

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 with you.

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 And what I want us to think about

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 when we think of these different emotions that we have

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 when we receive different invitations,

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 let us think of the greatest invitation that we have,

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 and that's to come to the feast.

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 Or in this case, it is to come to the wedding feast.

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 Because God invites us,

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 as we can see here as a realistic example,

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 God invites each and every one of us to come to the feast,

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 to taste and see that the Lord is good,

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 or just as Jesus said in the Gospel account,

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 to come and see.

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 Let us turn to Matthew 22, verses 1-14,

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 whether that be your ESVP Bible or your Bible of choice,

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 your mobile device.

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 And we see that Jesus is telling a parable

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 about a king who sends out invitations.

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 So let's read together.

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 And again, Jesus spoke to them in parables,

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 saying,

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 Would they come?

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 They would not come.

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 And again, he sent other servants, saying,

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 Tell those who are invited,

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 See, I have prepared my dinner,

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 my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered,

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 and everything is ready.

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 Come to the wedding feast.

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 But they paid no attention and went off,

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 one to his farm, another to his business,

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 while the rest seized his servants

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 and treated him shamefully and killed them.

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 That's a pretty drastic scene here,

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 if you think about it.

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 Killing the messengers here.

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 The king was angry,

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 and so he sent his troops

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 and destroyed those murderers and burned the city.

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 Then he said to his servants,

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 The wedding feast is ready,

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 but those invited were not worthy.

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 Go therefore where?

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 To the main roads,

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 and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.

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 And those servants went out into the roads

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 and gathered all whom they found,

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 both what?

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 Good and bad.

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 So the wedding hall was filled with guests.

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 But when the king came in

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 to look at the guests,

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 he saw,

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 and this is interesting,

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 I always thought this was a very interesting part of the parable.

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 He saw there was a man who had no wedding garment.

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 He just invited everyone to the feast,

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 and there's this guy who has no appropriate clothing.

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 And he said to him,

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 Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?

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 And he was what?

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 He was speechless, right?

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 Then the king said to his attendants,

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 Bind him hand and foot,

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 and cast him out into the outer darkness.

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 In that place there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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 It kind of ends, really.

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 You're like, what just happened here?

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 You have all these people at the wedding feast,

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 and there's this one guy there,

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 doesn't have the proper clothing,

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 and you just throw him out, right?

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 But we'll see in just a moment here.

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 Cast him into outer darkness.

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 In that place there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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 I've always, even as a kid,

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 I never liked that kind of imagery, right?

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 The gnashing of teeth.

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 And verse 14, it ends by saying,

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 For many are called, but few are chosen.

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 And I want to go to this next slide here,

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 because when we're reading this specific parable,

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 like many parables,

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 you'll find, first off, there's a list here,

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 and second off, I was very thorough in my notes.

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 Full disclaimer, you'll see probably the most footnotes references

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 I've probably ever done in a sermon before.

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 And we're not going to go through all the footnotes.

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 That's for you in your own study.

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 But the thing that we find here

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 is that there's the king that represents God.

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 And the wedding banquet represents the kingdom of heaven.

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 Then we go on to the Son, Jesus Christ.

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 And the servants, which represents most specifically the prophets,

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 but also later the apostles.

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 Remember how there was mentioning of the murders that happened?

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 Think about that.

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 The invitation then is an invitation to come to the wedding banquet,

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 to come to salvation.

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 And it's very important to note,

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 we see that this wedding feast

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 is a representation of the biblical account.

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 The entire narrative,

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 all jam-packed into a few verses here.

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 The first invitation is a representation of Israel

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 to the people of God.

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 And the second invitation,

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 remember what the verse said,

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 to everyone good and bad.

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 The second invitation then is to all people.

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 And then we have the guests,

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 all who responded.

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 Isn't this interesting?

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 And we think for a moment that there's finally the wedding clothes,

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 Christ's righteousness.

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 When we think of how we become Christians,

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 we put on the new clothes, right?

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 The new identity in Christ.

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 Think about that.

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 It's as though you're putting on the wedding garment for this great feast.

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 Do you realize that when we look at the entire biblical account,

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 it's a love story between God and his people,

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 and it goes all the way until there's the wedding feast,

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 there is the amount of time where eventually not enough time will happen,

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 and there will finally be judgment representing what's happening in this great wedding.

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 Just like how we,

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 some of us may know,

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 and this is,

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 it's simple,

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 but it's complex.

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 When we think of Christ being the bridegroom and the church being the bride,

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 the representation of the marriage that will happen.

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 Do you see it?

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 And then finally you have outer darkness,

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 which is the final judgment.

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 And you'll see in your notes here,

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 that section,

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 if you want to pull out your notes real quick,

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 that Jesus speaks in parables,

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 which are simple stories revealing deeper spiritual truths.

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 The king God prepares the wedding banquet,

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 for his son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 The king's servants,

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 the prophets and apostles invite guests,

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 Israel,

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 the people of God,

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 but they refuse.

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 Okay.

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 A second invitation shows God's patience,

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 yet some guests make excuses,

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 and others kill the servants.

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 Do you see how it's kind of showing the whole narrative within scripture?

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 The invitation then is opened up to anyone willing to come,

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 both good and bad.

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 It shows that the gospel invitation is greater than the first invitation.

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 And one guest is found without wedding clothes,

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 which symbolizes the lack of Christ's righteousness,

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 which is no different than when we find,

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 Lord,

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 Lord,

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 when did we,

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 when did you ask,

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 when were you hungry,

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 and we didn't feed you?

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 Right?

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 In those verses where it says,

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 Lord,

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 Lord,

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 and God said,

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 the Lord,

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 Jesus says,

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 I never knew you.

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 The difference between authentic and inauthentic faith,

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 those that truly believed in Christ,

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 and those that didn't.

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 And this is a parallel with that.

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 So,

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 symbolizing lack of Christ's righteousness,

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 in other words,

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 it's a works-based system that he followed.

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 He is speechless.

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 He is shocked at the fact

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 that he gets called out.

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 The improperly clothed guest is cast out into outer darkness,

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 and this foreshadows the final judgment

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 to those who lack true salvation.

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 And then finally,

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 many are called and few are chosen,

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 shows that the invitation is available to everyone.

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 And so this goes into,

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 what can we learn from this?

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 Right?

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 We can see here,

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 as I mentioned,

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 it's part of the narrative of Scripture.

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 It shows to,

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 what we can learn is that God's invitation

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 is for the good and the bad,

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 as it were.

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 We think about it,

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 we need to see that this invitation,

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 just as I showed the letter,

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 salvation is free for all who believe.

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 And it's the question

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 of whether or not you are going to respond

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 to the invitation or not.

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 So we have to think

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 that every moment and every day of our lives

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 is an opportunity for us to respond to God's invitation,

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 come to the Lord,

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 and respond to it.

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 We then also have this idea

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 that we must wear the right garment,

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 Christ's righteousness.

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 So what does it mean?

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 Do I need to change my clothes

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 and just put on a coat and tie,

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 or I need new jeans or some shiny shoes?

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 What does that mean?

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 We're talking about that

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 when we believe in Jesus Christ,

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 we put on the new self.

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 There's a verse that's in Revelation,

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 blessed is the man who washes his robes,

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 representing how sin gets washed away

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 by believing in Christ.

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 And that kind of imagery

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 is the kind of imagery we can think of

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 when we are putting on the new self,

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 talking about transformation

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 that comes from the Lord,

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 being restored unto Him,

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 being reconciled unto Him,

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 and realizing it's not about the shirt that I wear,

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 but it's about whether I believe in Jesus Christ or not.

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 And upon that belief,

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 when you put on the new self,

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 are you going to grow in Christ?

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 Are you going to act upon what you are learning?

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 That's the question that you have to think about.

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 We cannot...

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 It also goes to show us,

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 when we look at the man

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 that didn't have the proper clothes

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 and the people that did,

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 is that it has to do with,

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 are you relying on your own works

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 or your own merits?

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 Or are you trusting what has been done for you?

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 In a simplistic way,

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 it would be said,

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 what can you do

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 versus what has been done for you?

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 And we believe as Christians

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 that Christ died on the cross,

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 He was buried,

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 and He was raised on the third day.

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 It was in accordance of the Scriptures

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 to fulfill the prophecies

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 and to show it's not about what we can do,

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 it's about what has been done for us.

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 And we respond by receiving that invitation, right?

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 We respond to the invitation,

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 being saved by grace through faith.

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 We need the new clothes that God provides,

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 and it's the putting on of the new self.

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 And I want you to ask yourself for a moment,

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 what does it look like

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 to put on the new self?

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 Realize there is inner transformation

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 when we think of the attributes of the new self.

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 Laying aside the former things

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 and the former darkness,

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 the sin that once existed,

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 all of these things.

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 How many of you have had that one shirt

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 or that one pair of pants

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 you just refuse to get rid of?

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 Right?

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 Think of it like that.

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 You got to get rid of it.

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 You got to move on to what,

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 in this, in the spiritual sense,

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 I have them too.

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 The one that God provides.

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 And to put on the new self

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 is to exhibit Christ-like qualities.

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 Living and loving like Jesus.

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 Sharing in the gospel and your testimony.

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 When we studied Colossians,

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 there are specific attributes.

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 When we think of our Advent season,

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 we think of the peace that surpasses all understanding,

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 the inexhaustible, inexpressible joy,

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 the love that comes from Christ,

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 the hope that's in Him.

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 That should shine for others to see.

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 Right?

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 Just like that song.

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 Hide it under a bushel?

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 No.

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 I'm going to let it shine.

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 And then we go into that next point,

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 which says that rejecting God's invitation

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 has consequences.

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 It's just like rejecting any invitation.

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 Right?

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 Are you going to go to the birthday party or not?

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 You know?

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 I get it.

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 Sometimes we don't like the people who are there,

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 so we reject it.

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 But when we think of spiritual matters,

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 when we're thinking of this invitation to salvation,

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 you have a choice

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 on whether or not you're going to respond

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 or not to respond.

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 That is a decision that only you can make.

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 And I pray that if you haven't responded to the Lord,

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 that you will.

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 That you'll respond to this invitation.

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 Because we don't know how long our life will be.

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 So take every moment and think for one moment or one day.

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 Do you believe in Jesus?

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 Do you follow in His footsteps?

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 Have you responded to the invitation?

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 Have you put on the wedding clothes?

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 Are you ready to partake in the feast?

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 I mean, when we think of a feast,

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 it sounds like a wonderful time.

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 If you guys can ever think of those commercials

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 where it shows a Thanksgiving

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 and the turkey looks just right.

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 You've got that fancy cranberry sauce,

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 the mashed potatoes.

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 You guys are going to probably be hungry in this, right?

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 But you get that image, right?

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 Of a Thanksgiving celebration, right?

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 Now, we think of that being like a feast in the physical world.

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 But in the spiritual world,

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 it's something that's in abundance.

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 And then finally, it says that many are called

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 and few are chosen.

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 Now, we must keep in mind that the call for salvation,

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 to be chosen is to respond to that invitation.

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 Response involves receiving this gift of salvation

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 and living it out.

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 Let us have not just faith,

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 but a living and active faith.

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 Let us be like the soil that receives the seed in the ground,

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 but let us grow having those deep roots

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 and growing to the point where we bear fruit.

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 It helps us understand.

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 Learning these parables helps us understand

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 the simplistic, but the deep truths of how our God works.

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 Isn't it remarkable?

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 We can look at plants that grow in the ground

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 and think of how we should be like a plant

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 and grow and be cultivated.

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 Much like when we ever,

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 if you ever go to a wedding celebration,

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 a reception,

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 you can think of this parable

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 about the invitation.

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 And ask yourself,

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 have you, again,

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 have you responded by receiving salvation?

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 Are you living out your faith?

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 Let your light,

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 the light of Christ,

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 shine for others.

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 We now go to the next,

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 which is the application.

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 And it's how can I apply

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 and live out these verses?

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 And it's very important.

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 No matter where you're at

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 in your life journey,

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 I pray that you come to know

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 who Jesus Christ is.

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 That you receive that gift of salvation.

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 And upon receiving that gift of salvation,

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 may you grow in him.

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 And may you be moved

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 to do good in the name of Christ.

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 And so here we see

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 there are specific

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 people.

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 Maybe you identify with one of them.

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 Maybe you have been invited

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 and you haven't responded.

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 Maybe you identified with the unwilling.

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 This is a call for you to,

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 if you're either of those,

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 to respond to the invitation.

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 If you have been invited,

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 respond in faith.

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 If you have been unwilling,

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 let this be a call for you

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 to be open to receive

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 that free gift of salvation.

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 Let's face it.

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 There are many people

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 who have been invited.

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 Have they all responded?

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 And there are some people

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 that are unwilling.

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 Even for us as Christians,

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 we should pray for those

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 who are unwilling.

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 For a changing of the mind.

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 A softening of the heart.

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 Much like how we were praying

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 earlier

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 for these terrible things

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 that happen in the community.

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 We have got to pray

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 for the hearts

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 and the minds of those

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 that do

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 naughty or evil things.

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 Right?

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 I can say that as a parent.

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 Right?

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 Don't be naughty, kids.

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 We pray for hearts

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 to be changed.

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 And so,

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 for the invited

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 and the unwilling,

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 it is respond

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 to the invitation.

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 No matter what

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 your background is,

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 even if you've said no

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 up until this point,

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 you can still respond.

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 Don't wait

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 until it's too late.

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 God welcomes you

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 to his feast.

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 And ask yourself

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 the question then,

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 what if today

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 is the day

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 that you respond

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 and say yes

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 to the Lord?

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 What if you say yes

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 to God's invitation

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 and trust in him

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 for salvation?

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 Well, then,

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 there's the gathered

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 and the unworthy

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 to return

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 to the banquet.

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 Some of us

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 have been gathered.

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 We might have walked away.

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 Some of us

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 have been unworthy.

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 I want you to know,

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 specifically,

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 it doesn't change

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 God's ongoing invitation

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 for your life.

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 God's call

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 for your life.

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 Like I've mentioned before

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 and I'll mention again,

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 man

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 will fail you.

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 People will fail you.

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 But God

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 will never fail you.

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 And our faith

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 should be much stronger

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 and much deeper

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 than what man does.

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 We place our trust

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 in the living God,

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 the firm foundation

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 for our lives.

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 And so,

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 perhaps you identify

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 with one of those two.

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 Remember,

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 when we read that,

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 it is the good

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 and the bad

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 that we're invited.

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 Think about that.

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 The good

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 and the bad

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 were invited.

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 Maybe it is time,

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 maybe you identify

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 or maybe you know someone

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 that it's time

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 to step back

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 into

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 the body of Christ.

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 To step back

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 into church.

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 Maybe it is time

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 to ask God

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 for healing.

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 But in any case,

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 I want you to know

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 that God loves you.

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 No matter what

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 people have done

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 or what people

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 are doing

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 or even what people

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 will continue to do,

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 God is our constant

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 and he will never

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 abandon you.

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 So come to the feast.

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 Return to the banquet.

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 And then finally,

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 for the guests

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 and the unprepared,

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 we can think of

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 what that means, right?

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 Those who are wearing

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 the wedding clothes

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 and those that are not.

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 Examine your garment.

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 It is the call

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 for us to not

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 to rely on our own works

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 or on our own merit

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 to save us.

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 It is what Christ

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 has done for us

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 and us responding

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 to that.

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 To be clothed

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 in righteousness,

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 to be clothed

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 in Christ,

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 to put on that new

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 identity,

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 that new self.

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 It is saying yes

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 to Christ

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 and believing in him

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 and be saved.

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 Sometimes

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 we get too much

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 into the groove.

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 Sometimes people

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 forget

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 that it's about

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 us believing in Christ.

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 Sometimes we

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 focus more on

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 rituals

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 or we focus more

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 on routines

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 rather than

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 who Christ is.

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 And I pray

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 that doesn't happen

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 to any of us.

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 let us focus

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 on the death,

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 burial,

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 and resurrection,

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 the power of the gospel,

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 the transformation

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 that comes from him

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 rather than just

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 rules and regulations

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 because there is

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 freedom

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 that is in Christ.

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 Think about that.

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 Sometimes it's good

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.279
 to examine

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 your garment

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 and especially,

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 most especially

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 if you're unprepared.

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 Maybe you've been

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 invited

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 but you didn't

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 really get it.

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 Maybe you didn't

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 realize that you

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 do have to believe

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 in Christ.

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 Maybe you were

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 told something

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 contrary that

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 you know,

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 it's about how

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 much money I

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 donate,

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 it's about how

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 many times I

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 pray,

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 how many times

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 I read certain

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 literature and

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 books.

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 No.

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 It is about

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 what Christ

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 has done for you.

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 I pray

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 that if you

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 identify as a guest

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 or unprepared

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 and you do

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 examine your

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 heart,

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 examine your

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 garment,

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 that you do

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 have a genuine

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 and authentic

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 faith in Jesus.

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 And then finally,

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 for the servants

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 and for the chosen,

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 it's to extend

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 the invitation

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 to other people.

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 When we think

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 about this,

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 just like the

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 king's servants

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 went out into

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 the world,

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 we too are

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 called to go

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 out and to

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 invite others

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 to the wedding

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 feast.

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 And I want you

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 to really think

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 about that.

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 Maybe you identify

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 with the servant

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 or the chosen.

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 Let us tell

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 our friends,

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 our family,

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 even our

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 neighbors,

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 about the

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 invitation to

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 the feast,

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 that they too

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.940
 may come and

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 see that the

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.940
 Lord is good,

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 or that they

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:12.059
 may experience

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.640
 his love

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 and hear from

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 the word of

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 God.

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 I pray that

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:20.220
 if you are a

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.920
 servant or you

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.779
 identify with

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.380
 the chosen,

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:24.039
 that you will

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.759
 extend that

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.539
 invitation to

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:25.940
 others.

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 Ask yourself

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.059
 then the question,

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 who do I know

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 who has not

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.460
 been invited?

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 Or who do I

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.660
 know maybe

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:35.980
 has been

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.440
 unwilling?

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 This is a

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.840
 question that

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.640
 you can answer.

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 Think of those

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.820
 who are in

00:26:42.820 --> 00:26:43.059
 need.

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.380
 Think of those

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.420
 who are yet

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.519
 to be invited

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.519
 or those that

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.960
 maybe they just

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.460
 need you to

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:49.980
 show up.

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.900
 Be present

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.400
 with them.

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 Be authentic

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.420
 with them.

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 Not saying

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.519
 go in,

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.519
 guns a-blazing,

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.019
 you know.

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.920
 It's all about

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.620
 relationships.

00:27:01.820 --> 00:27:02.700
 It's all about

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:02.980
 that.

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.400
 We cultivate

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:05.140
 healthy

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.880
 relationships.

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:08.700
 So who do

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.039
 you know

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.480
 that needs

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.820
 to hear

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:10.299
 of God's

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.840
 invitation?

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.299
 Only you

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.779
 can answer

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.080
 that.

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.220
 And in all

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.660
 of this,

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.980
 I want us

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.480
 to remember

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.759
 this parable

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.160
 of the

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.820
 wedding feast.

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.620
 The king

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:23.340
 wants to put

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:24.059
 on a

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.059
 wedding feast

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.460
 for the

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:27.019
 son and

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.519
 sends out

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.120
 all these

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.740
 invitations

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.400
 which shows

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.920
 the old

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.299
 covenant,

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:32.140
 how it was

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.660
 with the

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.900
 Old Testament,

00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:34.540
 with all

00:27:34.540 --> 00:27:35.220
 the laws,

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.380
 but yet it

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:37.080
 was rejected.

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.560
 And then the

00:27:38.560 --> 00:27:39.640
 invitation happened

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.600
 where it was

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:42.380
 for all people

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.300
 good and bad.

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.580
 May you

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:46.240
 receive that

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.800
 invitation.

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.420
 May you

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:50.020
 respond by

00:27:50.020 --> 00:27:50.680
 saying yes

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.240
 to Jesus

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.780
 Christ.

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.340
 And upon

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:53.660
 that,

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.120
 may you

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:55.320
 grow and

00:27:55.320 --> 00:27:56.240
 be like

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.940
 the chosen

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.920
 and like

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.580
 the servants

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.759
 to extend

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:01.079
 the invitation

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.720
 to others.

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.240
 Let's pray

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.619
 together.

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.960
 Lord and

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.599
 Heavenly Father,

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.660
 we thank

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:08.119
 you that

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.599
 we've had

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:10.019
 this opportunity

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.980
 for us to

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:12.700
 go over

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:14.819
 this amazing

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:16.359
 and well

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:16.920
 connected

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:19.660
 section of

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.319
 verses from

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.900
 the Gospel

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.539
 of Matthew.

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.619
 I pray,

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.039
 Father,

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:26.160
 that our

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.799
 minds are

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.440
 open to

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:27.740
 you,

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.440
 our hearts

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.000
 are open

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.619
 to love

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.139
 like you

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:31.559
 and that

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:34.439
 we will

00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:35.319
 be transformed

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:37.139
 in knowing

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.419
 you,

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.099
 growing in

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.319
 you,

00:28:38.419 --> 00:28:38.859
 and doing

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.339
 good in

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.779
 your name.

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.279
 I pray,

00:28:41.459 --> 00:28:41.639
 Father,

00:28:41.739 --> 00:28:42.359
 for anyone

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:44.559
 who may

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.759
 have been

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.579
 invited but

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.479
 hasn't responded

00:28:47.479 --> 00:28:47.819
 yet.

00:28:48.479 --> 00:28:49.199
 I pray that

00:28:49.199 --> 00:28:49.619
 there will be

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.239
 a response.

00:28:50.739 --> 00:28:51.379
 I pray for

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.079
 those who

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:54.539
 might feel

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.399
 unworthy or

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.739
 they might

00:28:55.739 --> 00:28:56.359
 have left

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:56.899
 the feast

00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.599
 as it were.

00:28:58.219 --> 00:28:58.579
 May they

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.000
 return.

00:28:59.619 --> 00:28:59.879
 to the

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.199
 table.

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.199
 And I

00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:02.799
 also just

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:05.199
 pray that

00:29:05.199 --> 00:29:05.439
 there will

00:29:05.439 --> 00:29:06.000
 be healing.

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.359
 There will

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.000
 be restoration.

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.059
 You are the

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.479
 God of

00:29:10.479 --> 00:29:11.239
 miracles and

00:29:11.239 --> 00:29:12.559
 just as this

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.299
 parable has

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.459
 shown how

00:29:14.459 --> 00:29:15.099
 connected

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:16.279
 everything is

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.919
 within the

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.899
 context of

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.979
 the biblical

00:29:18.979 --> 00:29:19.500
 narrative,

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.599
 we pray that

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.500
 we can receive

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.239
 this parable,

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:24.399
 that it will

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:25.519
 help us grow

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:27.700
 in you and

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.500
 motivate and

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.099
 move us to

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.960
 act upon it.

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:32.599
 Let lives be

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.240
 transformed.

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:35.319
 Let minds be

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.960
 changed.

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.440
 Let hearts be

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.139
 softened.

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.039
 Let growth

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.879
 happen here.

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.319
 And let us be

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:44.000
 moved to live

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.160
 and love like

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.400
 you.

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.539
 It is in the

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:48.039
 name of

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.819
 Jesus Christ

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.480
 that we pray

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.119
 and we all say

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.519
 together,

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.900
 amen.

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.980
 Amen.

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.379
 Thank you for

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:55.139
 listening for this

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:56.059
 week's message from

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.879
 Ontario Community

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.299
 Church.

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.980
 I pray that you

00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:00.299
 are encouraged and

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.220
 strengthened in your

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:02.079
 walk with Christ.

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.599
 For more sermons and

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:05.039
 resources, visit

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:07.440
 OntarioCommunityChurch.org.

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:09.359
 May God bless you as

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:10.160
 you live out his

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:11.259
 grace and truth

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.440
 every single day.

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:50.500
 God bless you as