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While the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s may have been rightly called the “Wedding of the Century”, the Bible declares that there will be a royal heavenly wedding that will top all weddings, the union of Jesus Christ and His bride, the Church.
2. There will also be a royal heavenly wedding feast, “The Marriage Feast of the Lamb”, a wedding feast that will top all wedding feasts.
3. The amazing thing about this royal heavenly wedding is that you do not merely have to be a spectator, you can be a participant; You’re Invited!
4. In Matthew 22, we will discover the nature of the invitation and the response that God desires from us.

Matthew 22:1-14

Context
1. Last week we noted that the day after the Triumphal Entry, Jesus returned to Jerusalem, immediately entered the Temple, and began to teach the people. (23)
2. The chief priests and elders saw Him and challenged Him, asking, “By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?” (23)
3. Jesus replied, “I will also ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?” (24-25)
4. After reasoning together, they lied and said, “We do not know” because they feared the people for they all regarded “John as a prophet”. (26)
5. So, Jesus told them three parables which were like mirrors so that they may see the condition of their hearts.
6. Last Sunday night we studied the first two parables, “The Parable of the Two Sons” and “The Parable of the Landowner”.
7. The third parable, “The Parable of the Marriage Feast” is like the other two, a call to look at one’s heart so that one may rightly respond to God’s heavenly invitation.

Transition – The first lesson is this…

I. God Expects a Response to His Invitation (1-10)
• Today, when we send out an invitation, we will often write, “RSVP”, meaning “Respond if you please”.
• In those days, they did not have a postal service, nor did they have social media, so they would send servants to give out invitations by hand.
• Once the celebration was ready, the servants would knock on the doors of the invitees to let them know the feast was ready.
• The point of this parable is that God is expecting a response to His invitation.

A. There are no excuses when the King is calling
1. The king had prepared a wedding feast for his son and made all of the preparations for a grand celebration.
a. The animals were butchered and cooked to perfection.
b. The wedding clothes were made with the finest of materials for the guests to wear.
2. Everything was ready but where were the guests?
a. Jesus said that some were unwilling to come! (3).
b. Jesus said the slaves were sent out again but this time the wedding guests “paid no attention and went their way, one to his farm, another to his business”. (5)
c. Jesus said others responded by killing the king’s servants. (6)

APPL – Can you imagine making light of a king’s invitation?
• Can you imagine refusing or ignoring a king?
• Can you imagine killing a king’s servant when all the king wants to do is bless your life and include you in the wedding celebration of his son?

APPL – There is a difference between a reason and an excuse.

Quote: The famous preacher, Billy Sunday, once said, “An excuse is the skin of a reason stuffed with a lie”.

A person gives a reason for saying “No” when they truly cannot do something.

But an excuse is given when a person is unwilling to come and does not want to offend or does not want to be bothered anymore by more invitations.

B. The truth is, some people refuse to change
1. People make excuses or pretend to not hear because ultimately, they are unwilling to change.
2. They don’t want to take responsibility for the truth or they try to shift responsibility from the truth.
3. Sometimes it’s small and insignificant, but it’s still an untruth, nevertheless.

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