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to help us understand what his kingdom is like.
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Jesus told us this story.
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It was once a king who prepared a wedding feast
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for his son.
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He sent servants to invite guests to the wedding feast
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guests from throughout his kingdom.
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But when the king's servants arrived with the invitations, the
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guest refused to come.
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They rejected the invitation.
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The king sent more servants.
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Tell those who have been invited.
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He said that I have prepared a dinner.
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There's going to be a feast and everything is ready.
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Please come to the wedding party.
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Please come to the wedding feast.
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But the people who had been invited paid no attention.
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They just didn't listen.
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One even went off to his fields to work.
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Another went to his business.
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And even worse, some of the guests took the king's
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servants, treated them badly and beat them.
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When the king here's what had happened, he was incredibly
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cross. He sent his army and destroyed the city of
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the guests who rejected his invitation.
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Another came with a problem, he said to his servants.
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The wedding feast is ready, but those that I invited
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didn't come.
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They didn't deserve to come.
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They rejected my invitation.
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So this is how the king responded, he said to
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his servants.
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Go now to the street corners and invite to this
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feast. Anybody you can find.
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So out went the servants into the streets and they
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gathered all the people.
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They could find the good and the bad and invited
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them to the wedding feast.
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The wedding hall was completely filled with guests.
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The king noticed one of his guests was not wearing
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wedding clothes.
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Yes. How did you get in here without wedding clothes?
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The man was speechless.
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Then the king told his attendance to take the man
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and throw him out into the darkness.
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He just finished his story by saying that many are
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invited, but few are chosen.
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Now you see in the story the wedding feast represents
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heaven. The king represents God, and we are all invited
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to join God in Heaven for the feast for the
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party. Each of us has the option to accept God's
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invitation or reject God's invitation.
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There are two responses for us.
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The invite is their God makes the invite to us
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in his word, the Bible.
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And he tells us that if we accept the invitation.
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Then we will be brought in to happen.
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We will be brought into this feast.
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The feast represents heaven.
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All we have to do is accept the invitation.
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However, if we reject the invitation what happened in the
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stories of the people who rejected the invitation?
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Well, the answer is that they were destroyed and there
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are consequences for us.
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If we reject God's invitation, the party in heaven will
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be the best ever.
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The wise decision for us.
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The only sensible decision for us to make is to
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accept the invitation.
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Yeah, the question is, will we Will we reject God's
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invitation and be destroyed?
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Or will we accept God's invitation and be brought into
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heaven?