Our paragraph topic is: (The marriage feast) Part 5.
No one showed. No one came to the feast. The invitations were sent out twice but no one came to the party. Everyone was talking about it. Everyone said that they were going. But they were too busy to celebrate with the king and his son. He sent out the invitations twice so no one could say that they did not get it. They were complacent and had other more important things to do than to spend time with the king.
They were tired of hearing about the king's party. The messengers had come around on several occasions talking about the celebration and everyone was talking about it. But no one went when the time came. So they were frustrated and wanted to stop the talk about this event. And so: "The rest laid hold of his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them."
They killed the messengers. The king sent them out to remind those invited that the celebration was ready and they killed them. They beat them, kicked them, spat on them, and then killed them. Is that something that we would do today? Would we kill the messengers if they came around talking about the kingdom of heaven and we did not want to hear them? Would we treat them badly and kill them? We often see them on the corners of our local streets, preaching hell and damnation. Often we think of them as bible thumping preachers who have nothing else to do. We see them and then we continue on about our business. We believe that our message will be preached in the churches and not on the streets. But this was the way it was in the time of Christ. There were no churches, just the synagogue.
Today we don't kill them because it is against the law. But we do kill them because we ignore them. We see them but we do not. We hear them but we do not hear them. We believe what they are saying but we do not. We live in two worlds. We live in the physical world and we live in the spiritual world, if we believe. We respond to the physical world because that is what we see and feel everyday. But the spiritual world is within us. The spiritual world requires something of us that the physical does not, that we believe. We say that we believe but do we really.
God, our Father, calls us to be his children, created in his image and likeness. Our Father is a loving god and he would expect the same of us. He is a god of provision and protection. He would not allow anything to happen to his children just as we are parents and would not allow anything within our power to happen to our own children. We love them and they give us love and happiness. They are a part of us and we are a part of them. So as we grow and become more a part of the physical world let us reflect back and think about the part where we were young and had parents to provide for us. So today we are children of our God and he provides for and cares for us. He is having a celebration and all are invited. Come, join the party.
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.
No one showed. No one came to the feast. The invitations were sent out twice but no one came to the party. Everyone was talking about it. Everyone said that they were going. But they were too busy to celebrate with the king and his son. He sent out the invitations twice so no one could say that they did not get it. They were complacent and had other more important things to do than to spend time with the king.
They were tired of hearing about the king's party. The messengers had come around on several occasions talking about the celebration and everyone was talking about it. But no one went when the time came. So they were frustrated and wanted to stop the talk about this event. And so: "The rest laid hold of his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them."
They killed the messengers. The king sent them out to remind those invited that the celebration was ready and they killed them. They beat them, kicked them, spat on them, and then killed them. Is that something that we would do today? Would we kill the messengers if they came around talking about the kingdom of heaven and we did not want to hear them? Would we treat them badly and kill them? We often see them on the corners of our local streets, preaching hell and damnation. Often we think of them as bible thumping preachers who have nothing else to do. We see them and then we continue on about our business. We believe that our message will be preached in the churches and not on the streets. But this was the way it was in the time of Christ. There were no churches, just the synagogue.
Today we don't kill them because it is against the law. But we do kill them because we ignore them. We see them but we do not. We hear them but we do not hear them. We believe what they are saying but we do not. We live in two worlds. We live in the physical world and we live in the spiritual world, if we believe. We respond to the physical world because that is what we see and feel everyday. But the spiritual world is within us. The spiritual world requires something of us that the physical does not, that we believe. We say that we believe but do we really.
God, our Father, calls us to be his children, created in his image and likeness. Our Father is a loving god and he would expect the same of us. He is a god of provision and protection. He would not allow anything to happen to his children just as we are parents and would not allow anything within our power to happen to our own children. We love them and they give us love and happiness. They are a part of us and we are a part of them. So as we grow and become more a part of the physical world let us reflect back and think about the part where we were young and had parents to provide for us. So today we are children of our God and he provides for and cares for us. He is having a celebration and all are invited. Come, join the party.
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.
