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Parable of Wedding Banquet

3/16/2015

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March 8, 2015
GOSPEL:  Matthew 21:45-46 & 22:1-14  

Parable of Wedding Banquet
Sermon Title:  Seizing and Killing

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The king in the parable of the wedding banquet was a generous king, but also one who refused to be taken advantage of. Initially he invited family and friends to the banquet, but they would not come. This may have been a parallel to the Jewish leaders who refused to walk in God’s ways, even as they were claiming to do just that. The king then invited everyone to come, perhaps an open invitation from God to come into God’s kingdom. A twist near the end shows one man, improperly dressed for the banquet, thrown out of the party. This may have been to indicate that God’s people were expected to behave in a manner fitting of guests of the king; to treat one another with kindness and respect. 

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