WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:18.199 Matthew 22, 1-14. When Chris did the reading, if you're familiar with the Bible, you might have thought déjà vu. You might have said to yourself, I've read something very like that somewhere else before. 00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:29.939 And you'd be quite right, wouldn't you? Because if you're precisely in Luke's Gospel, in chapter 14, there's another parable, or story, and Jesus sounds almost identical. 00:00:30.859 --> 00:00:33.859 But it's quite different, and quite distinct. 00:00:34.859 --> 00:00:41.280 A story about a man who was holding a feast, and he sent out invitations, which was normal for a feast. 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:48.359 And then people were pressed to come. And the emphasis of that parable, if you remember it, is that people made excuses. 00:00:48.859 --> 00:00:54.359 Got a field, got lots, and all sorts of things. I'm getting married. I can't come. 00:00:56.340 --> 00:01:02.180 The emphasis of this parable, though, is there's a king who has made a feast. 00:01:03.020 --> 00:01:07.859 And this feast is a wedding feast, and the person who's getting married is his son. 00:01:07.859 --> 00:01:14.200 And the emphasis, as we're going to look at it, is not so much on the excuses that are made, 00:01:14.700 --> 00:01:18.719 as upon the refusal of those who were invited. 00:01:19.739 --> 00:01:22.400 They refused even after repeated invitations. 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:27.760 And we'll see how the way that they refused elicited the anger of the king. 00:01:29.019 --> 00:01:32.560 And the account of Matthew has a sting in the tale, it adds a little bit, 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:39.379 a particularly sharp reminder that the invitation the king gave is to be accepted on the king's terms. 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.400 And so the story is a different one from Luke 14. 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.100 Here in Matthew 22, the circumstances of this story are different. 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:53.680 Jesus has been engaged, has he, with controversy with the religious leaders. 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:58.600 It's the start of the week, when he will be killed on the Friday. 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:03.660 And they're moving to the point where they're trying to ensnare him, and arrest him, and destroy him. 00:02:03.880 --> 00:02:05.660 And they hope to silence him forever. 00:02:08.500 --> 00:02:10.400 They're challenging him on his authority. 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:11.520 Who do you think you are? 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:15.260 He teaches and performs miracles. 00:02:15.259 --> 00:02:19.919 And it's within that context that Jesus tells this remarkable story. 00:02:20.019 --> 00:02:22.199 There are four scenes in the story. 00:02:23.519 --> 00:02:25.799 In verses 1 to 6, there is the invitation. 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:30.280 The rejection of an invitation. 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:34.739 In verse 7, there is the indignation of the king. 00:02:34.979 --> 00:02:37.680 The king is enraged and sent in his army. 00:02:38.859 --> 00:02:42.719 And then thirdly, you see, the third scene is, this invitation is redirected 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:45.300 to an altogether different company of people. 00:02:48.379 --> 00:02:52.400 And then the final scene is the exclusion of an intruder. 00:02:53.860 --> 00:02:57.139 For those who are listening when Jesus preached, it wouldn't have been difficult 00:02:57.139 --> 00:03:01.759 for those who immediately grasp who and what he was speaking about. 00:03:03.020 --> 00:03:06.699 All of these parables focus on them. 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:09.099 He is addressing the Jewish leaders. 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:12.560 He's addressing the people who are already plotting his death. 00:03:13.699 --> 00:03:16.639 And he's at the same time explaining to them his ministry. 00:03:16.740 --> 00:03:19.900 And it doesn't take much imagination or much knowledge 00:03:19.900 --> 00:03:22.699 to see that Jesus is speaking about that. 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:27.680 When the king gives his invitation. 00:03:28.060 --> 00:03:31.879 When he's preparing the marriage of his son. 00:03:32.740 --> 00:03:35.520 And the invitation is pressed upon the king's subjects. 00:03:35.819 --> 00:03:36.639 And they refuse. 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:37.599 And the king is angry. 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:41.780 It's very easy for you and I to see exactly who Jesus is speaking about. 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:48.000 And as we go through, you'll see that this is not only speaking to those original hearers. 00:03:48.579 --> 00:03:52.500 But the sting in the tale is we find ourselves in this story this morning. 00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:55.800 So first of all, the rejection of an invitation. 00:03:58.159 --> 00:03:59.580 The rejection of an invitation. 00:04:01.139 --> 00:04:04.599 You need to realize that there's a preliminary scene which we all get here. 00:04:05.620 --> 00:04:08.599 Jesus doesn't even speak about it because it was taken for granted 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:12.900 that when anyone was sending out invitations in this particular time in history. 00:04:13.659 --> 00:04:15.359 There was of course no postal service. 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:17.839 No email. 00:04:19.159 --> 00:04:20.139 No church suite. 00:04:21.300 --> 00:04:22.339 No Facebook. 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:23.480 No Insta. 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:26.160 But they did have couriers. 00:04:27.460 --> 00:04:29.160 And the king had couriers who were his servants. 00:04:30.020 --> 00:04:31.340 And he dispatched through the kingdom 00:04:31.340 --> 00:04:34.340 with the initial invitation that we don't see here 00:04:34.340 --> 00:04:35.800 that his son was getting married. 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:40.920 The invitations are not like the wedding invitations we receive. 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:43.840 Saying there's going to be a wedding on such a time 00:04:43.840 --> 00:04:45.680 and such a date in such a place. 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:49.819 There was a kind of casual and laid back attitude towards times and dates. 00:04:49.819 --> 00:04:54.319 And what would happen is that the messenger would initially have gone and said 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:56.480 that the king's son is getting married. 00:04:56.899 --> 00:04:58.240 You're welcome to come. 00:04:58.699 --> 00:05:01.099 But then he would have sent another messenger. 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:04.740 He would have gone and said the people concerned. 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:09.100 And he would have said everything is ready. 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:12.579 When that initial invitation came 00:05:12.579 --> 00:05:15.759 nobody thought of saying where and when and what time. 00:05:16.740 --> 00:05:18.360 Because the invitation would be repeated. 00:05:19.819 --> 00:05:21.579 And that's why you get the king saying 00:05:21.579 --> 00:05:22.500 the food is ready. 00:05:22.659 --> 00:05:23.620 Everything is now ready. 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:23.980 Come. 00:05:27.060 --> 00:05:30.159 So the invitation that we read up in verse 1 00:05:30.159 --> 00:05:32.019 and verse 2 00:05:32.019 --> 00:05:34.279 is actually the second invitation. 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:38.120 It was the pressing personally 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:40.860 of an invitation which had been delivered earlier. 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:44.219 And the couriers went back out 00:05:44.219 --> 00:05:46.620 when the wedding plans had come to a climax. 00:05:46.740 --> 00:05:48.019 And they say everything is ready. 00:05:48.019 --> 00:05:51.699 They would have allowed just the right amount of time 00:05:51.699 --> 00:05:52.680 for people to come 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:55.459 to make their way to the king's banquet in Paul. 00:05:56.339 --> 00:05:58.419 And they went out and they pressed this invitation 00:05:58.419 --> 00:05:59.099 on those people. 00:06:01.859 --> 00:06:03.599 And what happened was totally unpredictable. 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:07.000 The altogether unbelievable happened. 00:06:08.979 --> 00:06:10.620 To be invited to any wedding 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:13.079 we know, don't we, is a privilege. 00:06:14.579 --> 00:06:16.740 But to be invited to the royal wedding 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:19.100 that's a great privilege. 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:22.819 To be invited to the wedding of the king's son 00:06:22.819 --> 00:06:26.240 just imagine you've got an invitation 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:27.160 to a royal wedding. 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:30.519 An invitation sent out 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:31.680 from the greatest person 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:33.000 that they could have imagined 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:34.860 for the greatest occasion 00:06:34.860 --> 00:06:36.280 that they could ever have imagined. 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:38.239 they were, weren't they, 00:06:38.259 --> 00:06:39.779 the most privileged of people. 00:06:40.899 --> 00:06:42.500 And so it's an extraordinary thing 00:06:42.500 --> 00:06:43.899 to receive this information 00:06:43.899 --> 00:06:45.659 and the amazing thing is 00:06:45.659 --> 00:06:46.359 they turned it down. 00:06:47.500 --> 00:06:48.199 All of them. 00:06:50.379 --> 00:06:51.319 You'd have almost thought 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:52.079 that there was a pact. 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:54.599 They refused the invitation. 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:58.080 And the most remarkable thing 00:06:58.080 --> 00:06:59.080 of all is that 00:06:59.080 --> 00:07:02.700 the king then sent his servants back. 00:07:03.960 --> 00:07:05.060 And said there must be 00:07:05.060 --> 00:07:06.340 some kind of mistake. 00:07:06.620 --> 00:07:08.420 The servants went back again 00:07:08.420 --> 00:07:09.660 and they paid no attention. 00:07:12.300 --> 00:07:13.700 What makes their refusal 00:07:13.700 --> 00:07:14.860 even more extraordinary 00:07:14.860 --> 00:07:16.040 is the number of times 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:16.660 they were asked. 00:07:16.860 --> 00:07:17.740 It's the third time. 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:19.939 The third time 00:07:19.939 --> 00:07:21.200 they'd be invited to the wedding. 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:22.520 The trouble that the king 00:07:22.520 --> 00:07:23.320 has gotten to 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:26.379 the nature of the feast 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:27.819 is a glorious 00:07:27.819 --> 00:07:29.680 and lavish affair. 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:31.599 And the nature of their reply 00:07:31.599 --> 00:07:32.879 well it's extraordinary. 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:34.180 Look at verse 5. 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:37.379 But they paid no attention 00:07:37.379 --> 00:07:39.939 and went off. 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:42.039 They just ignored him. 00:07:43.719 --> 00:07:44.879 One went off his field 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:45.879 another went off his business. 00:07:46.139 --> 00:07:47.139 They were indifferent 00:07:47.139 --> 00:07:48.860 about the king's invitation. 00:07:49.159 --> 00:07:50.139 They were apathetic. 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:51.120 They couldn't care less. 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:55.540 And they were really saying 00:07:55.540 --> 00:07:58.259 to him 00:07:58.259 --> 00:08:01.300 they were saying to him 00:08:01.300 --> 00:08:03.439 in our lives 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:05.819 and in our plans 00:08:05.819 --> 00:08:08.639 you and your plans 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:09.600 have no place. 00:08:11.740 --> 00:08:12.839 Do you see the application there? 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:14.860 In our lives 00:08:14.860 --> 00:08:16.920 and in our plans 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:17.860 you 00:08:17.860 --> 00:08:19.860 and your plans 00:08:19.860 --> 00:08:20.879 have no place. 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:23.500 And so they went on 00:08:23.500 --> 00:08:24.339 in their daily business. 00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:26.740 But not all of them. 00:08:26.939 --> 00:08:27.719 I'm looking very sick. 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:30.120 Some of them 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:30.800 get angry. 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:33.279 Some of them 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:34.080 react violently. 00:08:35.500 --> 00:08:36.559 And they didn't respond 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:37.320 with apathy 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:38.259 and care less 00:08:38.259 --> 00:08:39.340 but with antipathy 00:08:39.340 --> 00:08:40.120 with anger 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:40.720 and rebellion 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:41.439 and hostility 00:08:41.439 --> 00:08:42.340 and enmity 00:08:42.340 --> 00:08:43.039 towards the king. 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:45.379 And some of his 00:08:45.379 --> 00:08:46.179 servants 00:08:46.179 --> 00:08:47.240 mistreated them 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:48.159 and killed them. 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:52.459 So for some reason 00:08:52.459 --> 00:08:53.059 we're not told 00:08:53.059 --> 00:08:53.539 in the parable 00:08:53.539 --> 00:08:54.339 the overtures 00:08:54.339 --> 00:08:54.919 of the king 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:56.019 and the summons 00:08:56.019 --> 00:08:56.759 they received 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:58.039 to enter into his plans 00:08:58.039 --> 00:08:59.139 and receive the riches 00:08:59.139 --> 00:09:00.879 of what he was giving them 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:03.000 infuriates them. 00:09:06.199 --> 00:09:07.139 You ask yourself 00:09:07.139 --> 00:09:07.620 as you read it 00:09:07.620 --> 00:09:08.339 what unburden 00:09:08.339 --> 00:09:09.659 would stop you 00:09:09.659 --> 00:09:11.219 gladly accepting 00:09:11.219 --> 00:09:12.000 and coming 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:14.000 but instead 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:14.579 it actually 00:09:14.579 --> 00:09:15.539 enraged them. 00:09:15.539 --> 00:09:17.539 it produced 00:09:17.539 --> 00:09:18.019 a venom 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:18.819 and a hatred 00:09:18.819 --> 00:09:19.399 in them 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:19.959 that ultimately 00:09:19.959 --> 00:09:20.699 led to murder 00:09:20.699 --> 00:09:22.079 because they murdered 00:09:22.079 --> 00:09:22.839 his servants 00:09:22.839 --> 00:09:23.959 and abused others. 00:09:26.860 --> 00:09:27.319 And it wouldn't be 00:09:27.319 --> 00:09:28.039 taking much thought 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:28.399 for this 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:30.599 or much imagination 00:09:30.599 --> 00:09:31.919 for the Pharisees 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:34.199 in some corner 00:09:34.199 --> 00:09:34.740 of their minds 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:35.299 to recognise 00:09:35.299 --> 00:09:35.939 that Jesus 00:09:35.939 --> 00:09:37.199 is describing them 00:09:37.199 --> 00:09:38.379 precisely 00:09:38.379 --> 00:09:40.439 and describing 00:09:40.439 --> 00:09:41.899 their ancestors 00:09:41.899 --> 00:09:43.879 because what were 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:44.699 they planning to do 00:09:44.700 --> 00:09:45.500 what were they plotting 00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:46.220 to do 00:09:46.220 --> 00:09:47.860 they were planning 00:09:47.860 --> 00:09:48.500 to kill him. 00:09:50.340 --> 00:09:51.160 The glorious 00:09:51.160 --> 00:09:52.160 good news 00:09:52.160 --> 00:09:53.100 good news 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:54.100 of restoration 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:54.860 and joy 00:09:54.860 --> 00:09:55.600 and forgiveness 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:56.820 and God's kingdom 00:09:56.820 --> 00:09:57.300 coming 00:09:57.300 --> 00:09:58.200 it had produced 00:09:58.200 --> 00:09:58.920 in these people 00:09:58.920 --> 00:09:59.340 what? 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:00.300 Envity 00:10:00.300 --> 00:10:01.520 and anger 00:10:01.520 --> 00:10:02.900 and rebelliousness 00:10:02.900 --> 00:10:03.460 and hatred. 00:10:04.900 --> 00:10:05.460 And so by the end 00:10:05.460 --> 00:10:05.740 of the week 00:10:05.740 --> 00:10:06.400 they had been crucified. 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:09.460 And down through 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:10.100 the years 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:10.820 the ancestors 00:10:10.820 --> 00:10:11.660 of these people 00:10:11.660 --> 00:10:12.440 had stoned 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:13.040 and killed 00:10:13.040 --> 00:10:13.740 the prophets. 00:10:14.140 --> 00:10:14.760 They had reacted 00:10:14.760 --> 00:10:15.760 against God's servants 00:10:15.760 --> 00:10:16.680 with violence 00:10:16.680 --> 00:10:17.400 and rage. 00:10:20.580 --> 00:10:21.300 And you say 00:10:21.300 --> 00:10:23.000 what a generation 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:23.500 are they in? 00:10:24.660 --> 00:10:25.520 How primitive 00:10:25.520 --> 00:10:26.320 these people were. 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:27.380 How uncultured. 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:28.440 How uncultivated. 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:32.640 But you know 00:10:32.640 --> 00:10:34.620 it's not just true 00:10:34.620 --> 00:10:35.520 is it to say 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:39.220 that a reaction 00:10:39.220 --> 00:10:40.720 to the Lord Jesus 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:41.740 and the gospel 00:10:41.740 --> 00:10:43.759 and the riches 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:44.279 of God 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:44.819 that's offered 00:10:44.819 --> 00:10:45.600 in Jesus Christ 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:46.419 when that's offered 00:10:46.419 --> 00:10:46.740 to people 00:10:46.740 --> 00:10:47.379 it's not true 00:10:47.379 --> 00:10:48.120 just to say 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:48.699 that the reaction 00:10:48.699 --> 00:10:49.819 is apathy today 00:10:49.819 --> 00:10:51.079 in our world. 00:10:53.340 --> 00:10:54.039 There is 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:54.519 isn't there 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:55.720 really infuriatingly 00:10:55.720 --> 00:10:56.679 enormous amounts 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:57.159 of apathy 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:57.860 in our culture. 00:11:00.220 --> 00:11:00.699 Materialism 00:11:00.699 --> 00:11:01.980 that preoccupation 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:02.600 with the business 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:03.519 of our daily life 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:04.679 has blinded people 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:05.519 for real values. 00:11:06.739 --> 00:11:07.539 That certainly happened. 00:11:09.239 --> 00:11:09.819 Sultan Eatsen 00:11:09.819 --> 00:11:10.500 spoke about 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:11.739 the western world 00:11:11.739 --> 00:11:12.659 that it was like 00:11:12.659 --> 00:11:14.159 a shop window 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:16.099 where all the price tags 00:11:16.099 --> 00:11:17.039 have been changed 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:18.399 and so the cheap things 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:19.620 are the most expensive 00:11:19.620 --> 00:11:20.819 and the really 00:11:20.819 --> 00:11:21.919 valuable things 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:23.479 are priced cheaply. 00:11:24.599 --> 00:11:25.399 And the estimates 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:26.079 that our culture 00:11:26.079 --> 00:11:26.899 puts on 00:11:26.899 --> 00:11:27.799 all manner of things 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:29.539 is crazily upside down. 00:11:30.059 --> 00:11:30.599 And so people 00:11:30.599 --> 00:11:31.379 value things 00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:31.979 which are worth 00:11:31.979 --> 00:11:32.719 nothing 00:11:32.719 --> 00:11:34.019 and that which is 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:35.299 worth most important 00:11:35.299 --> 00:11:35.960 is not valid 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:36.460 at all. 00:11:38.740 --> 00:11:39.620 There's an enormous 00:11:39.620 --> 00:11:41.079 amount of apathy 00:11:41.079 --> 00:11:43.740 from the dead 00:11:43.740 --> 00:11:44.439 and the blind 00:11:44.439 --> 00:11:47.960 and we must never 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:48.460 be surprised 00:11:48.460 --> 00:11:49.240 when we find that. 00:11:50.779 --> 00:11:51.659 We find ourselves 00:11:51.659 --> 00:11:52.179 dealing with it 00:11:52.179 --> 00:11:52.720 but there's something 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:53.399 else isn't there? 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:55.460 When people 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:56.759 hear about the Lord 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:57.039 Jesus 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:57.819 and they understand 00:11:57.819 --> 00:11:58.319 his claim 00:11:58.319 --> 00:11:58.939 on their life 00:11:58.939 --> 00:12:01.899 we see particularly 00:12:01.899 --> 00:12:03.259 in dead religion. 00:12:04.539 --> 00:12:05.819 When the invitation 00:12:05.819 --> 00:12:06.980 comes to the Lord 00:12:06.980 --> 00:12:07.759 Jesus Christ 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:09.039 and from the Lord 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:09.819 Jesus Christ 00:12:09.819 --> 00:12:12.120 and people 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:12.879 understand 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:13.639 what the message 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:14.039 of Jesus 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:15.000 is all about 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:17.340 that it is about 00:12:17.340 --> 00:12:18.039 you and I 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:18.779 being naturally 00:12:18.779 --> 00:12:19.899 spiritually dead 00:12:19.899 --> 00:12:20.620 and we need 00:12:20.620 --> 00:12:21.340 new life 00:12:21.340 --> 00:12:22.259 and we are under 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:23.279 the wrath of God 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:24.159 unless we accept 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:24.679 his son. 00:12:26.819 --> 00:12:27.679 What is that? 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:28.460 There is often 00:12:28.460 --> 00:12:29.139 anger 00:12:29.139 --> 00:12:30.899 and there is 00:12:30.899 --> 00:12:31.240 often 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:31.960 incense 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:32.740 outrage 00:12:32.740 --> 00:12:33.639 how dare 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:34.220 you believe 00:12:34.220 --> 00:12:34.580 that? 00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:40.199 We find 00:12:40.199 --> 00:12:40.460 don't we 00:12:40.460 --> 00:12:40.740 that when 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:41.319 somebody is 00:12:41.319 --> 00:12:41.720 confronted 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:42.100 with the 00:12:42.100 --> 00:12:42.580 authentic 00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:43.059 gospel 00:12:43.059 --> 00:12:43.360 of the 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:43.519 Lord 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:43.759 Jesus 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:44.240 Christ 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:45.840 with that 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:46.740 sobering 00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:47.319 reality 00:12:47.319 --> 00:12:47.840 of his 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:48.500 kingly 00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:49.100 right 00:12:49.100 --> 00:12:49.559 of the 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:49.840 living 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:50.460 God 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:51.019 over every 00:12:51.019 --> 00:12:51.559 single one 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:51.840 of us 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:52.639 it's amazing 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:52.960 isn't it 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:53.740 how apathy 00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:54.340 gives way 00:12:54.340 --> 00:12:55.120 to anger 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:58.179 don't you find 00:12:58.179 --> 00:12:58.399 that? 00:13:00.059 --> 00:13:00.679 So it's not 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:00.980 surprising 00:13:00.980 --> 00:13:01.360 we're taking 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:01.620 to the 00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:02.220 second scene 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:02.600 which is in 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:03.179 verse 7 00:13:03.179 --> 00:13:03.840 and that is 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:04.740 the indignation 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:05.559 of the 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:05.879 king 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:08.360 the indignation 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:08.679 of the 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:09.000 king 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:11.939 now the 00:13:11.939 --> 00:13:12.439 reason the 00:13:12.439 --> 00:13:13.019 king responded 00:13:13.019 --> 00:13:13.500 and he did 00:13:13.500 --> 00:13:13.939 the king is 00:13:13.939 --> 00:13:14.659 enraged 00:13:14.659 --> 00:13:15.220 he sent his 00:13:15.220 --> 00:13:15.779 army and 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:16.419 destroyed those 00:13:16.419 --> 00:13:17.019 murderers and 00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:17.740 burnt their 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:18.080 city 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:19.799 was that they 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:20.639 mistreated his 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:21.179 servants of 00:13:21.179 --> 00:13:21.659 course 00:13:21.659 --> 00:13:23.120 but the reason 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:23.960 the king reacted 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:24.480 in the way that 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:25.039 he did was not 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:25.620 simply because 00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:25.899 they were 00:13:25.899 --> 00:13:26.580 ungrateful 00:13:26.580 --> 00:13:27.720 and impolite 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:28.460 and they were 00:13:28.460 --> 00:13:29.019 rude 00:13:29.019 --> 00:13:33.199 but it was 00:13:33.199 --> 00:13:33.960 simply because 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:34.679 they were his 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:35.460 mutinous 00:13:35.460 --> 00:13:36.240 subjects 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:38.759 you see 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:39.220 these people 00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:39.579 whom the 00:13:39.579 --> 00:13:40.199 invitation went 00:13:40.199 --> 00:13:40.639 out to 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.519 could not 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:42.279 simply say 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:42.639 I've got 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:43.120 nothing to do 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:43.480 with him 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:44.899 I don't 00:13:44.899 --> 00:13:45.460 know him 00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:47.579 his invitation 00:13:47.579 --> 00:13:48.240 is irrelevant 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:48.860 to me 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:50.220 I've got no 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:51.059 relationship with 00:13:51.059 --> 00:13:51.399 him and I 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:52.159 don't want it 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:53.360 and he's got 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:55.039 no relationship 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:55.799 with me 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:56.740 and the 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:57.279 longer that 00:13:57.279 --> 00:13:57.659 continues 00:13:57.659 --> 00:13:58.120 the better 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:00.079 I've got no 00:14:00.079 --> 00:14:00.620 interest in 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:00.879 God 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:01.299 I don't 00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:01.979 do God 00:14:01.979 --> 00:14:03.439 he's got 00:14:03.439 --> 00:14:03.859 nothing to 00:14:03.859 --> 00:14:04.120 do with 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:04.539 me and I 00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:04.939 want nothing 00:14:04.939 --> 00:14:05.419 to do with 00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:05.679 him 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:07.500 if he does 00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:07.939 exist 00:14:07.939 --> 00:14:09.539 I'm a free 00:14:09.539 --> 00:14:10.339 man or a 00:14:10.339 --> 00:14:10.939 free woman 00:14:10.939 --> 00:14:12.240 or a free 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:12.839 boy and a 00:14:12.839 --> 00:14:13.259 free girl 00:14:13.259 --> 00:14:13.779 and I will 00:14:13.779 --> 00:14:14.379 do whatever 00:14:14.379 --> 00:14:14.799 I want 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:15.199 and I don't 00:14:15.199 --> 00:14:15.419 want him 00:14:15.419 --> 00:14:15.879 interfering 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:19.679 the simple 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:20.220 truth is 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:20.620 that that 00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:21.100 position is 00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:21.399 just a 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:22.019 figment of 00:14:22.019 --> 00:14:22.139 our 00:14:22.139 --> 00:14:22.679 imagination 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:25.659 because this 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:26.059 morning 00:14:26.059 --> 00:14:26.820 whether you like 00:14:26.820 --> 00:14:27.120 it or not 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:27.559 you do have 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:28.019 a relationship 00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:28.500 with him 00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:32.179 whether you 00:14:32.179 --> 00:14:32.600 want it or 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:32.840 whether you 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.100 don't 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:36.639 you have a 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:36.980 relationship 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:37.659 with God 00:14:37.659 --> 00:14:38.500 because he 00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:38.820 is your 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:39.279 rightful 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:39.659 king 00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:42.299 in the 00:14:42.299 --> 00:14:42.879 coronation 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:43.539 of 00:14:43.539 --> 00:14:44.759 Queen Elizabeth 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.740 the second 00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:48.320 they came 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:48.799 and they 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:49.740 presented her 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.519 to the 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:51.360 lords and 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:52.139 the commons 00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:53.060 in Westminster 00:14:53.060 --> 00:14:55.180 and they 00:14:55.180 --> 00:14:56.279 said I 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:57.299 present you 00:14:57.299 --> 00:14:58.120 I present 00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:58.600 to you 00:14:58.600 --> 00:14:59.100 Elizabeth 00:14:59.100 --> 00:15:00.060 our undoubted 00:15:00.060 --> 00:15:00.580 queen 00:15:00.580 --> 00:15:03.180 and the 00:15:03.180 --> 00:15:03.940 lords rose 00:15:03.940 --> 00:15:04.299 and the 00:15:04.299 --> 00:15:04.720 commons 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:05.320 rose 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:07.159 and they 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:08.279 said God 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:08.840 save the 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:09.180 queen 00:15:09.180 --> 00:15:12.259 and what I 00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:12.720 am saying to 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:13.200 this morning 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:13.620 what every 00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:14.379 faithful preacher 00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:14.879 of the gospel 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:15.700 should be saying 00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:16.220 to you 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:17.160 is in the 00:15:17.160 --> 00:15:17.580 name of 00:15:17.580 --> 00:15:18.200 God 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:19.700 I present 00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:20.040 to you 00:15:20.040 --> 00:15:20.840 your undoubted 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:21.200 king 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:23.640 whose name 00:15:23.640 --> 00:15:24.160 is Jesus 00:15:24.160 --> 00:15:24.800 Christ 00:15:24.800 --> 00:15:25.840 the king 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:26.360 of kings 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:26.980 and lord 00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:27.620 of lords 00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:29.160 and you 00:15:29.160 --> 00:15:29.600 are his 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:30.100 subject 00:15:30.100 --> 00:15:33.060 whether you 00:15:33.060 --> 00:15:33.640 want to be 00:15:33.640 --> 00:15:34.200 or not 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:34.759 is irrelevant 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:37.040 God has 00:15:37.040 --> 00:15:37.400 made him 00:15:37.400 --> 00:15:37.980 king of kings 00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:38.460 and lord 00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:38.780 of lords 00:15:38.780 --> 00:15:39.160 and you 00:15:39.160 --> 00:15:39.620 are his 00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:39.940 subject 00:15:39.940 --> 00:15:40.540 this morning 00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:43.299 and because 00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:43.719 these are 00:15:43.719 --> 00:15:44.339 his subjects 00:15:44.339 --> 00:15:44.719 and the 00:15:44.719 --> 00:15:45.199 king sent 00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:45.539 out his 00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:45.980 army 00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.740 and after 00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:47.299 repeated 00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:48.000 impetitions 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.639 and repeated 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:49.139 rebellion 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:49.819 and repeated 00:15:49.819 --> 00:15:50.500 refusal 00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:51.439 his patience 00:15:51.439 --> 00:15:52.019 came to 00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:52.599 an end 00:15:52.599 --> 00:15:56.439 but you 00:15:56.439 --> 00:15:56.819 say to me 00:15:56.819 --> 00:15:57.120 God 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:57.879 will never 00:15:57.879 --> 00:16:00.480 do that 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:04.059 let me read 00:16:04.059 --> 00:16:04.459 to you a 00:16:04.459 --> 00:16:04.980 verse from 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.959 Genesis 6 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:08.759 in Genesis 6 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:09.300 the story 00:16:09.300 --> 00:16:09.780 of Noah 00:16:09.780 --> 00:16:12.379 when God's 00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:13.060 patience ran 00:16:13.060 --> 00:16:13.800 out in the 00:16:13.800 --> 00:16:14.460 days of Noah 00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:17.400 and God 00:16:17.400 --> 00:16:17.780 said my 00:16:17.780 --> 00:16:18.340 spirit 00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:20.200 shall not 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:20.900 strive 00:16:20.900 --> 00:16:21.920 always with 00:16:21.920 --> 00:16:22.340 man 00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:24.900 and God 00:16:24.900 --> 00:16:25.060 sent 00:16:25.060 --> 00:16:25.460 judgment 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:28.000 and that's 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.500 exactly what 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:28.879 Jesus is 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:29.259 telling us 00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:29.560 here 00:16:29.560 --> 00:16:31.519 there will 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:32.180 be a day 00:16:32.180 --> 00:16:32.440 when the 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:32.940 patience of 00:16:32.940 --> 00:16:33.340 God runs 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:33.600 out 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:38.940 the king's 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:39.600 lavish 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:40.340 hospitality 00:16:40.340 --> 00:16:40.879 they would 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.320 never 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:42.120 experience 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.540 but his 00:16:42.540 --> 00:16:43.000 wrath and 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.399 his judgment 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:44.040 they did 00:16:44.040 --> 00:16:46.800 the third 00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:47.100 scene 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.639 the rejection 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.040 of an 00:16:48.040 --> 00:16:48.460 invitation 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:49.600 the indignation 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:49.800 of the 00:16:49.800 --> 00:16:49.940 king 00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:50.620 and thirdly 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.779 wonderfully 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.940 the redirection 00:16:52.940 --> 00:16:53.740 of the 00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.240 invitation 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:54.820 look at 00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:55.200 verses 8 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:55.620 to 10 00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:58.220 notice the 00:16:58.220 --> 00:16:58.580 point of 00:16:58.580 --> 00:16:58.779 this 00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.420 the wedding 00:16:59.420 --> 00:16:59.920 banquet is 00:16:59.920 --> 00:17:00.460 now ready 00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:03.399 but those 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:04.099 who are 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:04.599 invited 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:06.000 do not 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.480 deserve to 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:06.720 come 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:08.379 they refuse 00:17:08.379 --> 00:17:08.799 to come 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:12.639 so the 00:17:12.639 --> 00:17:12.960 king says 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.339 you go to 00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:13.639 the street 00:17:13.639 --> 00:17:14.019 corners 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:14.339 and you 00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:14.839 invite to 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:15.259 the banquet 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:15.559 and you 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.240 find anyone 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:16.920 you can 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.920 and they 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:18.299 come back 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.579 to him 00:17:18.579 --> 00:17:18.940 and they 00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:19.920 say we've 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.259 done that 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.539 but there's 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.139 still room 00:17:21.139 --> 00:17:22.240 and they 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:22.579 gathered 00:17:22.579 --> 00:17:23.400 together all 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:23.759 the people 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.079 they could 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.599 find and 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:24.940 the wedding 00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.339 hall was 00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:25.779 filled with 00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.180 guests 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:29.060 the whole 00:17:29.060 --> 00:17:29.440 point is 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.720 that the 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:29.960 king's 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:30.360 plans were 00:17:30.360 --> 00:17:31.000 changed 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:33.160 you know 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:33.380 when they 00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:33.640 rebelled 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.279 against him 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:35.980 and when 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.400 they turned 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:36.960 against him 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.420 these people 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:37.779 and when 00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.279 they murdered 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.860 his servant 00:17:38.860 --> 00:17:39.220 they thought 00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:39.640 that's the 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:40.100 end of it 00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:41.720 it's all 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:42.039 over and 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.500 done with 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.019 but the 00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:43.320 king's 00:17:43.320 --> 00:17:43.640 plans 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:43.960 have not 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.539 changed 00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:46.140 he was 00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:46.680 going ahead 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--> 00:19:13.380 and came 00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:14.460 again to 00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:14.759 Israel 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.460 offering the 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:15.900 invitation 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:16.300 and John 00:19:16.300 --> 00:19:16.720 the Baptist 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:18.400 and now 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:18.740 the Lord 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.000 Jesus 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.600 Christ 00:19:19.600 --> 00:19:21.900 but they 00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.360 rejected 00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:23.680 and they 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.160 stoned 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:25.400 and they 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:25.759 killed the 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.240 messengers 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:29.240 and they 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:29.599 were about 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:30.160 to crucify 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.500 Jesus 00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:30.920 Christ 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:33.839 but now 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.819 the new 00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.180 guests 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00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.720 to the 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.039 of course 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.860 he wished 00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.820 to receive 00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:48.500 the invitation 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.640 he wanted 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.440 to participate 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.259 in this 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.360 lavish reception 00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:53.240 the riches 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.880 of the king 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.720 that he was 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.120 laying on 00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:55.420 for them 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.140 but he was 00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.620 determined 00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.299 to come 00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:58.240 on his 00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.440 own 00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.080 terms 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:02.259 I'm not 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.500 going to 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.899 wear 00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:03.259 what the 00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.379 king 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00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:27.920 Isaiah 61 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.740 verse 10 00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:31.560 Isaiah 61 00:23:31.560 --> 00:23:31.840 10 00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.259 let me read 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.720 it to you 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.500 it speaks 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.560 about when he 00:23:34.560 --> 00:23:35.020 says this 00:23:35.020 --> 00:23:35.340 he says 00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:36.280 I will rejoice 00:23:36.280 --> 00:23:37.000 greatly in the 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.400 Lord 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:38.000 Isaiah 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.540 says 00:23:38.540 --> 00:23:40.720 my soul 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.220 will 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:42.320 exalt him 00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:42.759 in my 00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.320 God 00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:44.020 because he 00:23:44.020 --> 00:23:44.940 has clothed 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.280 me 00:23:45.280 --> 00:23:46.480 with the 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.020 garments of 00:23:47.020 --> 00:23:47.480 salvation 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:49.700 he has 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.640 wrapped me 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.360 in a robe 00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.960 of righteousness 00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:55.039 he has 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.759 clothed me 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.039 in the 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.559 garments of 00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.000 salvation 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.340 he has 00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:57.980 wrapped me 00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.559 in robes 00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.120 of righteousness 00:23:59.120 --> 00:23:59.860 and that 00:23:59.860 --> 00:24:00.579 is Isaiah 00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:01.079 61 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.799 verse 10 00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:05.480 and so 00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.100 this man 00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:06.500 at the 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.220 wedding feast 00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.900 and the 00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.380 host of the 00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.100 wedding feast 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.600 he would have 00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:11.340 offered to him 00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:12.539 garments of 00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.319 salvation 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:15.440 he's provided 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.380 for him 00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.579 the robe 00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.539 of righteousness 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:22.339 they need 00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:23.399 the garments 00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.039 of salvation 00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.899 they cannot 00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.680 choose 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.139 how they 00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.639 will appear 00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:28.159 before the 00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:28.420 king 00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:30.299 they have 00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.639 to take 00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:30.940 what the 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.519 king has 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:31.899 given 00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.819 and be 00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.659 wrapped in 00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.399 his righteousness 00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:35.480 and clothed 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:35.740 with the 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.279 garments of 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.819 salvation 00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:40.359 you see 00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:40.619 it's not 00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.139 just a matter 00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.720 of receiving 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.359 and healing 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.599 and accepting 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.159 an invitation 00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:45.279 from God 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:48.240 you can only 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.220 come to 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.819 God 00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:51.619 on God's 00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.200 terms 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:55.839 and being 00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.319 clothed 00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.920 not with 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.720 a marriage 00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.079 of your 00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.559 own 00:24:58.559 --> 00:25:00.799 and a 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.180 righteousness 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.680 of your 00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.000 own 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.759 but only 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.180 in the 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.660 righteousness 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.480 that he 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.000 offers to 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.279 you 00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:08.480 now what 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:08.879 about your 00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.559 response to 00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:09.819 God's 00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.220 invitation 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.779 this morning 00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:12.099 what about 00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.319 it 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:14.259 there's a 00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.579 personal 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:14.899 element 00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.340 isn't it 00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:15.820 to Jesus 00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.120 teaching 00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.460 which is 00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.259 inescapable 00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:20.900 don't turn 00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.380 away at 00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:21.640 this point 00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:21.920 and say 00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.240 to yourself 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.620 well I 00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.040 know exactly 00:25:23.040 --> 00:25:23.340 where 00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:24.100 he's going 00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:24.940 he's going 00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.220 to talk 00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.560 about 00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:26.840 he's going 00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.259 to appeal 00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.720 to those 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:27.980 who've 00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.340 never 00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:28.740 received 00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.180 Christ 00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:32.060 that they 00:25:32.060 --> 00:25:32.380 might have 00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.700 the right 00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.080 attitude 00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:35.800 I want us 00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:36.060 to think 00:25:36.060 --> 00:25:36.440 more 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.000 than that 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:39.500 how do 00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.000 you respond 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.340 to the 00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:40.740 word of 00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.140 God 00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.759 and the 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.240 invitations 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.840 of God 00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:44.899 in Jesus 00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.359 Christ 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.980 this morning 00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:49.279 so what 00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:49.599 about the 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.019 apathy 00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:53.759 what about 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:53.919 the 00:25:53.919 --> 00:25:54.899 preoccupation 00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:56.519 with the 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.019 business 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.859 of daily 00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.379 living 00:25:58.379 --> 00:26:00.579 the 00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.259 preoccupation 00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.699 with the 00:26:01.699 --> 00:26:02.000 business 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.480 of daily 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:02.720 living 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.519 that shuts 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.339 out the 00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.179 living God 00:26:05.179 --> 00:26:05.879 and eternal 00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.480 matters 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.779 out of your 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.319 life and 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.799 consciousness 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.599 by and large 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.019 for large 00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.439 chances of 00:26:10.439 --> 00:26:10.659 the week 00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:12.980 we talk 00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.120 about 00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.700 apathy 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:13.940 in the 00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.320 world 00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:17.640 but God 00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.080 knows how 00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.500 much we 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.840 should be 00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.360 concerned 00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:19.960 about apathy 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.320 in the 00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:20.880 church 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:23.519 apathy 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.000 towards 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.700 God 00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.779 amongst 00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:25.940 his 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.259 people 00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:29.480 and what 00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.120 about anger 00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.900 against God 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:33.360 hostility 00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:33.920 to his 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.800 demands 00:26:34.800 --> 00:26:36.840 refusal 00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:37.759 to bow 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.500 before his 00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.380 rightful 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.120 place 00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:42.319 in our 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.699 life 00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:46.139 refusal 00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:46.419 of his 00:26:46.419 --> 00:26:46.779 rights 00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:49.079 we're 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.539 really into 00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.959 our rights 00:26:49.959 --> 00:26:50.339 aren't we 00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.899 we're 00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.279 obsessed 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.639 with our 00:26:52.639 --> 00:26:52.979 rights 00:26:52.979 --> 00:26:55.939 but what 00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.819 about God's 00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.319 rights 00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.879 in your 00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.399 life this 00:26:59.399 --> 00:26:59.759 morning 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:03.500 you should 00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.679 like 00:27:03.679 --> 00:27:03.939 study 00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.379 Matthew 00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:04.779 22 00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.459 what I've 00:27:05.459 --> 00:27:05.659 noticed 00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:06.039 is that 00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.539 I am 00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:06.959 far 00:27:06.959 --> 00:27:07.459 nearer 00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:07.859 than I 00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.299 imagine 00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.619 to the 00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:08.959 people 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.840 that I 00:27:09.840 --> 00:27:10.200 read about 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.480 in this 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:10.860 story 00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:15.519 and what 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.700 about 00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.120 entering 00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.360 the 00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.720 kingdom 00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.480 by 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.980 profession 00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.500 yeah I've 00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.039 accepted 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.779 the invitation 00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:21.700 and then 00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.340 going on 00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:23.340 to try to 00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:23.819 be part of 00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.160 the whole 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.579 scene in 00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.079 my own 00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.720 terms 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:28.940 you see 00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.339 there is a 00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:29.940 great deal 00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.500 more for 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.779 us to 00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.600 ask God 00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.220 to write 00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:32.600 into our 00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:32.920 hearts 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.240 here 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:35.740 and we 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.039 need to 00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.360 pray that 00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.720 in his 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.299 mercy 00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:39.360 he will 00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:39.759 help us 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.019 not to 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.400 run away 00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.779 from it 00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:43.600 let's pray 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.039 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.039 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.039 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.039 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.039 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.039 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.039 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.039 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.039 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.039 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.039 00:27:44.039 --> 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