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Title: Weddings and WalgreensScripture Reading: Matthew 22:1-14Series: SaltAre you treating the people around you like background characters in a video game or as souls invited to a royal banquet? Jesus illustrates the Kingdom of Heaven through the Parable of the Wedding Banquet, warning against the eternal consequences of rejecting God's invitation for worldly excuses. Believers must stop viewing neighbors as NPCs (non-playable characters) and instead embrace the command to invite everyone they encounter to the feast of Christ. Stop seeing people as background characters and intentionally invite someone in your daily life to experience the grace of God.
October 11, 2020 The Gospel goes out as an invitation to a wedding banquet for God’s Son. It should be the hope of every Christian to be part of it. The parable also emphasizes the need for a special wedding garment that other parts of Scripture indicate is the righteousness of Christ. Scripture: Matthew 22:1-14
Jeff McLain looks at Matthew 22:1-14 as he continues our series, Illustrate. Illustrate is our 13-week, Sunday morning series, exploring the parables Jesus used to illustrate for us the realities and inbreaking of the Kingdom of God; and so we can embody what life in the Kingdom looks like.Support the show (https://tithe.ly/give?c=397080)
Historical Jesus 12: Intensified Conflict Once Jesus came into Jerusalem, his enemies threw “stumper questions” at him in an effort to discredit him before the populace. Jesus ably diffused these theological bombs and lobbed his own in return. He told parables about the religious leaders that infuriated them while delighting the crowds. Coupled with his Read more about Podcast 36: Intensified Conflict (Historical Jesus 12)[…]
Historical Jesus 12: Intensified Conflict Once Jesus came into Jerusalem, his enemies threw “stumper questions” at him in an effort to discredit him before the populace. Jesus ably diffused these theological bombs and lobbed his own in return. He told parables about the religious leaders that infuriated them while delighting the crowds. Coupled with his Read more about Podcast 36: Intensified Conflict (Historical Jesus 12)[…]