In verses one through fourteen, we read the parable of the great feast. Jesus referenced the Kingdom of Heaven to be like a king who organized a great feast for his son. When everything was prepared for the feast, the king sent his servants out to gather the guests, but they refused to come. So he sent them out again, and once again, they refused to come. The king ended up telling the servants that the invited guests were not worthy to come to the feast. So he instructed them to gather people from the street corners and bring them to the feast. He told his servants that it did not matter if the people were good or bad. So the servants gathered many people from the street corners to come to the feast. When the king came into the feast, he noticed a man there that was out of dress code. When asked why he was out of dress code, he did not reply to the king so he was bond and cast into darkness. Let me break this parable down, God is preparing His kingdom. He is inviting all of us into the kingdom, but we are refusing to walk with Him, obey Him, be led by Him, surrender to Him, etc. He keeps inviting us in, but we keep refusing the invitation. Eventually, God deems us unworthy to join the Kingdom so He begins to seek out people from the street corners who are willing to come to the kingdom. Those people come due to His invitation to be a part of the kingdom, but many may not be one of God’s chosen ones due to being unholy, unrighteous, etc.
In verses 15 the 40, the Pharisees and Sadducees attempt to trap Jesus into saying something that could get Him arrested. But of course, Jesus already knew this and shut the mouths of both groups each time. I would like to point out verses 36 through 40. The Pharisees asked Jesus what was the greatest commandment in the law of Moses. Jesus replied for them to love the Lord with all their heart, mind and soul; He stated the second one was to love their neighbor as themselves. Those verses are self-explanatory, but I would like to drop a small nugget here. We cannot effectively love ourselves ad others until we know and fully accept God’s unconditional love for us. Once He fills us up with His love, we can spread it!
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