So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests. Matthew 22:10
A king held a wedding and many were not willing to come. However, at the end there is this gathering of apparently homeless people, both bad and good, from the highways. The wedding hall is filled with guests and the king comes in, only to find one not in wedding clothes. Though the parable does not specifically say it, we understand that these vagrants must have been given a certain wedding garment. This other one, with no wedding garment must therefore have snuck in somehow; he crashed the party. However, without that certain garment, he stands out to the king in the worst way and is tossed out to a place none would want to go. It has this weeping and teeth gnashing thing going on, and it is dark. So, the moral of the story, other than not refusing the invitation of the king of course, is that at this wedding we must have the right clothing? Yes, it seems that in the story this garment is something special...and it is given, not earned.
It sounds like the sort of garment only our Lord can give. Be the guest, wear the garment, rejoice in Christ Jesus the bridegroom.
Bucky
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