Our paragraph topic is: (The marriage feast) Part 4.
You see, Jesus is comparing the kingdom of heaven to a king preparing a wedding feast for his son. He wants to have fun and merriment during the celebration and he wants all those invited to have a good time. So he has made all these elaborate preparations so that there will be music and wine and food enough for all. He has sent out invitations to all those that he would like to attend but they refused to come.
Those that were invited talked about coming. They thought about making preparations to come. They did not show. "But they made light of it, and went off, one to his farm, and another to his business."
We are party people. Why would one turn down an invitation to a party? In this day and time a well planned party is a welcomed opportunity. It is like a vacation away from the ordinary dull drums of the work-a-day world we live in. But Christ was making a comparison for those to hear who could understand his meanings and his message. One has to question himself as to why would one not go to a celebration.
We can think of reasons why: "It's going to be a bad party.", "No one is going to be there.", "The celebration will be dull and boring, the same as before.", "It will not be a fun time that one will remember because one cannot have fun with the king present." There are many reasons that they did not want to go to the wedding celebration.
What are our reasons today? Do we not want to be at the celebration? Do we not want to go to the wedding feast of the king's son? Do we not want to praise and honor to the one so blessed as to unite with a bride to begin a new life? What do we have to say about the feast? There are things that we have to do to prepare ourselves. We must have the proper clothing to wear. We must have the right attitude when attending so that we might enjoy ourselves. Are we preparing to go to the feast?
Christ wants us to understand the kingdom of heaven. He provides us with examples that we can understand and relate to so that our minds are open to the message he wants to give us. Just as those who laughed at the invitation and made light of it, we do the same today. We say that we want to go but we make no plans. We say that we want to be there but we do not want to make the preparations to be there. We say that we will be there but we go about doing the same things that lead us in a different direction. What do we want? What are we doing?
The path that leads to the celebration is like a path of enlightenment. For this celebration the whole path is filled with wonderful joys and happiness that we can not even imagine. Our eyes are opened. Our hearts are filled along the way. And that which is within us is awakened to the truth of who we are. We become more alive because we realize who we are becoming and where the path is taking us. The celebration is a wonderful place to be and the path that leads to it is filled with prizes of enlightenment.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
You see, Jesus is comparing the kingdom of heaven to a king preparing a wedding feast for his son. He wants to have fun and merriment during the celebration and he wants all those invited to have a good time. So he has made all these elaborate preparations so that there will be music and wine and food enough for all. He has sent out invitations to all those that he would like to attend but they refused to come.
Those that were invited talked about coming. They thought about making preparations to come. They did not show. "But they made light of it, and went off, one to his farm, and another to his business."
We are party people. Why would one turn down an invitation to a party? In this day and time a well planned party is a welcomed opportunity. It is like a vacation away from the ordinary dull drums of the work-a-day world we live in. But Christ was making a comparison for those to hear who could understand his meanings and his message. One has to question himself as to why would one not go to a celebration.
We can think of reasons why: "It's going to be a bad party.", "No one is going to be there.", "The celebration will be dull and boring, the same as before.", "It will not be a fun time that one will remember because one cannot have fun with the king present." There are many reasons that they did not want to go to the wedding celebration.
What are our reasons today? Do we not want to be at the celebration? Do we not want to go to the wedding feast of the king's son? Do we not want to praise and honor to the one so blessed as to unite with a bride to begin a new life? What do we have to say about the feast? There are things that we have to do to prepare ourselves. We must have the proper clothing to wear. We must have the right attitude when attending so that we might enjoy ourselves. Are we preparing to go to the feast?
Christ wants us to understand the kingdom of heaven. He provides us with examples that we can understand and relate to so that our minds are open to the message he wants to give us. Just as those who laughed at the invitation and made light of it, we do the same today. We say that we want to go but we make no plans. We say that we want to be there but we do not want to make the preparations to be there. We say that we will be there but we go about doing the same things that lead us in a different direction. What do we want? What are we doing?
The path that leads to the celebration is like a path of enlightenment. For this celebration the whole path is filled with wonderful joys and happiness that we can not even imagine. Our eyes are opened. Our hearts are filled along the way. And that which is within us is awakened to the truth of who we are. We become more alive because we realize who we are becoming and where the path is taking us. The celebration is a wonderful place to be and the path that leads to it is filled with prizes of enlightenment.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
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