longweekend58 wrote on Mar 16
th, 2019 at 8:16am:
So let me ask you these few biblical questions.
1) who is the central character in the Bible
2) who authored the Bible
3) explain Grace to me
4) what is a biblical 'type'
The grace of God, is available to all men.
But it is only offered to those who qualify as His children.
The children of the spirit [of God].
grace = =
1 elegance of movement.
2 courteous good will. an attractively polite manner of behaving.
3 the free and unearned favour of God. a divinely given talent or blessing. a person’s favour.A parable
The marriage of the king's son...
Matthew 22:1
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
LW,
Why doesn't the rejected wedding guest qualify, to be in attendance at the son's marriage ?
Even though he was invited !
Why is he roughly ejected ?
What was he lacking ?
'For many are called, but few are chosen.'
What is the warning, in this parable ?
Good post Yadda.