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The Heaviness of Hypocrisy - 12/10/25 - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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Welcome [music] to Meadows Baptist
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Pastor [music] Charlie Branch with a
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word from God.
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All right. Matthew's Gospel, chapter 22.
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If you would find your place there.
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Matthew's Gospel, chapter 22.
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I promise you, I'm telling you the truth
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when I tell you that I've been trying,
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searching for a Christmas sermon, but
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that's just been what it is. I've been
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searching for it. God ain't been sending
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it. And so, and so I'm just going to
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stick with what he sends me. All right?
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And I know if he gives me something,
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it'll be right. And uh I have come to
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find out in my short day of preaching uh
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three, four times a week now that if you
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don't preach what God tells you, it
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makes it a whole lot harder when you try
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to preach what you want to preach. And
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uh so I'd rather just do what he tells
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me to. Amen. And uh but I love each and
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every one of you. Thank you for being
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here this evening. Matthew's Gospel
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chapter 22 begin reading verse number
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one and uh probably we'll just uh preach
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a little bit tonight if that'd be all
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right and uh just mind the Lord best
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that we can. Matthew's Gospel chapter
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number 22 verse number one.
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Amen. Matthew's Gospel chapter 22 verse
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one. And Jesus answered and spake unto
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them again by parables and said, "The
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kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain
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king, which made a marriage for his son,
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and sent forth his servants to call them
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that were bidden to the wedding, and
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they would not come again." He sent
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forth other servants, saying, "Tell them
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which are bidden, behold, I prepared my
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dinner. My oxen and my fatlands are
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killed, and all things are ready come
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under the marriage." But they made light
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of it, and went their ways, one to his
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farm, another to his merchandise. And
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the remnant took his servants, and
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intreated them spitefully, and slew
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them. But when the king heard thereof,
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he was wroth, and he sent forth his
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armies, and destroyed those murderers,
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and burned up their city. Then saith he
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to his servants, "The wedding is ready."
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But they which were bidden were not
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worthy. Go ye therefore into the
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highways, and as many as ye shall find,
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bid to the marriage. So those servants
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went out into the highways, and gathered
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together all as many as they found, both
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bad and good. And the wedding was
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furnished with guest. When the king came
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in to see the guest, he saw there a man
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which had not on a wedding garment. And
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he saith unto him, Friend, how camest
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thou in hither, not having a wedding
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garment? And he was speechless. Then
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said the king to his servants, "Bind him
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hand and foot and take him away and cast
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him into outer darkness. There shall be
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weeping and nashing of teeth." In verse
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14, our Bible says, "For many are
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called, but few are chosen." Let's pray
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once more tonight. Father, thank you so
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much for the privilege to be in this
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service tonight. Lord, for the privilege
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to have this blessed Bible, Lord, in our
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hands and our hearts tonight, God, I
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realize, Father, just how important and
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imperative it is, God, that we stay by
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this book in these last days. And God, I
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pray, Father, tonight, Lord, that you
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would help us to uh receive with
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meekness the engrafted word. I pray that
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you would open our eyes that we might
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behold wondrous things in thy law, and
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help us to rightly divide this word of
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truth. Tonight, I pray you'd get glory
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unto yourself and we'd see no man save
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Jesus only in this service. Exalt your
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son and edify this precious church. And
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for every soul that's here, I pray,
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Lord, that we would all draw closer to
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you as a result of this sermon tonight.
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I pray for that one tonight that's here
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and lost, I pray tonight would be the
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night that they'd come to trust you and
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be saved by the grace of God. We'll be
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sure to thank you for what you do
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because we ask it in Jesus name. Amen.
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this text tonight that I've read to you,
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I I love this story. I think the reason
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why I love this story is because the
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picture that it paints. And I I'll be
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honest with you tonight, every time I
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come to a text of scripture, I always
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try to look at the big picture. But what
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we read in this text tonight, chapter 22
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and verse number one down through verse
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number 14 is a image of the entirety of
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the period of Christianity of
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Christendom. And uh you see that in
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verse number two where the Bible says
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the kingdom of heaven is like unto a
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certain king. Now we've studied that
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here before and that terminology has to
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do with the time period from the time
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that Christ was born on this earth until
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the time period that he comes back again
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and sets up his kingdom here upon this
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earth. And what you see in this ch in
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this story, this parable that the Lord
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gives in this text is a description of
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that time period. It goes all the way
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from the time that Christ came until the
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time that Christ is coming again. And I
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hope that I can show you that tonight.
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And so I'll give you the three thoughts,
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the three divisions of these 14 verses
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tonight on the way on by way of
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introduction. That way you can have this
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to divided up here in your notes. I
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consider in verses one down through
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verse number seven. Uh I consider the
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Jews time in verses one down through
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verse number seven. And then in verse
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number eight down through verse number
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10, I consider the juncture here that's
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mentioned, the juncture. And then in
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verse number 11 down through verse
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number 14, we consider the judgment. And
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so I want to deal with these these three
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thoughts tonight in this text and really
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want to get to that last one with the
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Lord helping us. And so let's jump in
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here tonight. Consider this. First of
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all, this thought of the Jews time, I
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want you to notice what's mentioned in
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verse number two. The Bible says, "The
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kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain
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king which made a marriage for his son."
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Now, we know tonight what this
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represents. Of course, the king is God
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the Father. And this marriage here
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represents the marriage of the bride of
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Christ and the bridegroom, which is
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Jesus Christ, the son of God. And the
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Bible says in verse three that he sent
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forth his servants to call them that
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were bidden to the wedding. And so,
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there is preparation. And in verse
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number two, you find that preparation in
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the word made there. In verse number
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two, the this certain king has made a
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marriage for his son. And so the king
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has set up his will. He has ordered this
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marriage. He has put together all the
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pieces. And and in eternity past, we
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know that God has ordained that the
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church would be the eternal purpose.
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That's what Paul said in the epistle to
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the Ephesians. And so the marriage has
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been what's in the mind of God all
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through history. And so the preparation
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is made in verse number two. And then we
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consider in verse number three, consider
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the prophets where the Bible says that
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he sent forth, who does he send forth?
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His servants to call them, notice this,
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that were bidden to the wedding. Now,
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what you find in verse number three is
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the prophets. They are his servants. And
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then there is this group. There's that
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them that's mentioned in verse number
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three, and that is the Jew. And you say,
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"Well, how do you point that out?" We'll
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notice the verse again. He sent forth
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his servants, notice this, to call them
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that were bidden. So, what do we know
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tonight about the Jew? From the time
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that Abraham was called out of the
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Caldes, God was promising them a land.
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Amen. And God had made a promise to
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Abraham that he was going to bless him
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and give him a seed. Amen. That was
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greater than the number of the stars and
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the number of the sand. Amen. And so
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from that time God's people they were
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bidden amen to a wedding. And so the
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prophets are mentioned in verse three
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are they are calling on those that are
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bidden. What was the ministry of the
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prophets? They were prophesying of the
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bridegroom that was to come.
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>> What were they doing? They were
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prophesying of the marriage that was to
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come. Amen. They knew there was coming a
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day when Jesus would reign. And so all
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of those men throughout the Old
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Testament spoke. And what does the Bible
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say in summary in verse number three?
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Look what the Bible says. He sent forth
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his servants to call them that were ben
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to the wedding. And what's the summary
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of it? And they would not come even
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after the ministry of all the prophets.
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When you get to the book of Malachi,
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what happens? There's 400 years of
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silence until the angel Gabriel comes on
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the scene and comes to Zachariah and
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Elizabeth's home to tell her about that
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John the Baptist is going to be
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conceived. And so because of their
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rejection, the door was left open, but
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they did not hear the voice of the
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prophets. And so I consider the
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preparation of this marriage. I consider
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the prophets that spoke of the marriage.
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But notice the presentation in verse
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number four. Now you're going to see
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this unfold tonight as we consider this.
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Now look what he says. Verse four again.
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All right. So he has bitten these Jews,
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these his people under this wedding.
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Verse three, they've already been
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bidden. He's called them again by the
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ministry of the prophets. And so there's
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two invitations. In verse four, what
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does he do? He gives a third invitation.
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Look what the Bible says. Again, he sent
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forth what you Bible say? Other
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servants. You say, "Preacher, well, who
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are those other servants?" Well, what
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you find here in this text is these
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servants are the apostles. And you say,
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"How is that?" Well, notice the text in
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verse four again. And he sent forth
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other other servants saying, "Tell them
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which are bidden, behold, I have
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prepared my dinner. My oxen and my
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fatlings are killed, and all things are
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what? Ready." You know, there nothing
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was ready for this marriage until Jesus
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came and died
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>> and rose again. And so, you know what?
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Jesus gives this message to his
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servants. Amen. He said, "I'm going to
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tell you things that must shortly come
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to pass." lesson. He said thereafter, he
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said the spirit is going to guide you
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into all truth. And what did he do?
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Amen. He c he commissioned his servants,
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his apostles to go forth and to tell
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this story to do what? In verse four,
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what's it say? The last phrase, come
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unto the marriage. See, every invitation
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by the prophets, by Jesus himself, and
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by the apostles has been come. And what
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is the ending verse of the book of
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Revelation? Not the last verse, but the
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ending question. And the spirit and the
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bride say, "Come." Let him that heareth
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say, "Come." Let him that is a thirst
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come and take of the water of life
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freely. So we know the invitation
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tonight is come. And this is what we're
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left with. There is a presentation in
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verse number four. All things are made
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ready. And but you find in verse number
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five, what happens?
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Verse number five, the Bible says, "But
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they made light of it." Who is that?
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That's the Jews. They didn't like the
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message of the apostles. And what's the
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story of these Jews? The Bible says in
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verse 5, you'll note their priorities.
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First of all, they made light of it and
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went their ways. One to his farm,
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another to his merchandise. And so the
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countrymen went back to the field, and
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the cityman went back to the finances of
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the business world and the town to live
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once again in his fancies. Why? because
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he did not prioritize the marriage and
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so they made light of it. But you see,
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not only the priorities of some in verse
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5 hindered them from coming to the
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marriage, but you'll see in verse number
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six, some rather than just being
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hindered by hindered from coming to the
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marriage. They desired to hurt those
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that were giving the invitation and you
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see the persecution in verse six. And
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the remnant took his servants and
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entreated them spitefully and slew them.
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Are you beginning to see the image of
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the apostles now?
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>> Yes.
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>> What did they all die? They all died
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martyr deaths.
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>> They all died for the gospel that they
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preached.
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>> That Jesus was coming again. And so some
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allowed their priorities to hinder them
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from coming to the marriage. Some
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allowed their pride to cause persecution
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to be brought forth and to hurt the
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cause of Christ. But you notice out of
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this, there's punishment for them. In
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verse 7, look what the Bible says. But
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when the king heard thereof, he was
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wroth. And he sent forth his armies and
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destroyed those murderers and burned up
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their city. Now, if you know the
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greatest, well, I guess you would say
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probably the greatest destruction, you
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would say the Holocaust is the greatest
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destruction of the Jews as a nation. But
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the greatest destruction of Jerusalem,
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the city, is in verse number seven. And
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this is picturing AD.70 when that man
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came in there and destroyed everything
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that the Jews held dear. And why was
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that? Because God sent judgment on them.
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>> Right?
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>> And so now we come to this next period
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in verse number two, verse number eight
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rather. We consider the Jews time and
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and like I said that that is all loosely
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applied, but I think it's a good
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application tonight. What you can see
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pro possibly the primary interpretation.
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I'm not going to say that. uh just
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definitely but I think that it's very
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close to it. And then I notice verse
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number eight, we consider the juncture.
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Verse number eight, God's still
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speaking. I'm thankful. Aren't you
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thankful tonight when the Jews rejected
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God didn't say, "All right, that's it."
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Amen. I am so glad that when the Jews
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turned their back on Jesus, God didn't
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say, "Well, my people don't want me, so
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I guess we just going to kill them all."
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You know what? He could have done that.
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>> Amen. But you know what? Jesus died and
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in his mind on Calvar's cross, he wasn't
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just looking at the Jewish nations, but
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he was seeing you and I. Amen. And he
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died to save all. And so the Bible said
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in verse number eight, the wedding is
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still ready. Look what it says. Then
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saith he to his servants, what? The
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wedding is ready, but they which were
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bidden were not worthy. So in this
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juncture, there is a clause here that's
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left. Those who are bidden originally,
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the family that was invited did not
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come. And what does the Bible say?
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Jesus. John chapter one, he came into
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his own and his own received him not.
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And so because they refused him, we get
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the opportunity to receive him. Notice
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verse number nine. Go ye therefore into
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the highways and as many as ye shall
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find. Boy, I love that. Amen. You say,
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"Preacher, there's not a case for world
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evangelism and winning every soul in the
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King James Bible." Well, right there it
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is. Amen. As many as ye shall find. Just
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whoever you come by, they is not the
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wrong Hey, let me just take time out
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right there for a minute. You can't give
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a gospel track to the wrong person.
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Amen. You can't witness to the wrong
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person because Jesus died for all. And
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he said, "As many as you find," Amen.
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You bring them in because those who are
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bitten didn't want to come. And so,
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whosoever will, ain't that a familiar
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term? Whosoever will, let him come.
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Amen. And so, Jesus opens up. The
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invitation, this opportunity is given to
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all. Amen.
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>> And I bless the name of God for it.
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Amen. Don't you? So he says, "Go ye
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therefore into the highways." And that
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highway there is representative of the
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gentile world. It's representative of
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those people in low estate. Those people
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that are lowly esteemed and have no they
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have no fellowship. Amen. Ephesians 2
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tells us that we we were without hope,
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without help. We didn't have a God in
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the world to help us. But aren't you
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thankful now? Jew and Gentile. There's
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neither Jew nor Greek. Amen. Bond or
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free. But hey, we've been put into that
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one new man in Christ Jesus made
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different than Jew or Gentile. We're
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Christians. Amen.
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>> Hallelujah. And so I see this
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opportunity to all as opportunity to
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all. As many as ye shall find, bid to
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the marriage. So we consider the
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opportunity that's to all in verse 9.
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Note the occupants in verse number 10 in
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the juncture. Look what the Bible says.
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So those servants went out into the
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highways and gathered together all as
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many as they found, both bad and good.
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And the wedding was furnished with
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guest. Now what you discover here is a
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description
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of what's going to happen in the end
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time. This wedding here, of course, we
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know this will be on earth at the time
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that our Lord comes back again. And I
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really believe we'll go to the judgment
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seat of Christ at the rapture. And then
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after the judgment seat, we'll come back
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to the earth. That marriage supper is
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going to take place and we'll rule and
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reign with him for a thousand years on
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this earth. And so in this text, what
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you discover is out of all the earth,
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there's people that have that are
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brought in at those that are left over
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in the end. You say, "Preacher, they're
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going to be bad and good in heaven." No.
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But when Jesus comes back, there'll
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still be good and bad on the earth. And
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so there's going to be people that come
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in and really it does more than just
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typify the wedding, but it really goes
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throughout the whole period of
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Christianity that in our churches there
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are both bad and good. There's both
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people who are saved and both people who
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are lost. It's like the parable of the
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drag net that I've not got to preach on
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yet in Matthew 13, but it talks about
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that net cast out into the sea and was
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brought in all manner of fish. And you
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know what happened? All manner of fish
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is brought in. And then when they get it
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to shore, what do they do? They've got
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to get out the good and they got to
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throw back the bad. Amen. And so that's
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what happens in this text. There's the
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occupants. The opportunity is to all.
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But I note the occupants are many. In
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verse 10, the Bible says that they
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gathered together all as many as they
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found, both bad and good. And the
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wedding was furnished with guests. And
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so all these people have come in and
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been in this meeting time here in verse
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number 10. And I noticed thirdly, we
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considered the the Jews. We considered
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the juncture, but now I want you to
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consider the judgment. And you say,
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"Preacher, what does this have to do
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with the Lord coming back?" Well, notice
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the first phrase of verse number 11.
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What's it say? And when the king what
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came in, when the king came in, I'm
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telling you, one of these days he's
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coming back. Amen.
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>> You say, "Preacher, where did he come
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to?" Well, notice what the Bible says.
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When the king came in to see the guest,
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he saw there a man which had not own a
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wedding garment. Now, what you find in
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this text, this whole entire story,
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Christ is dealing with the Jews. He's
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been dealing with them in chapter 21 and
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they have rejected him blatantly, but he
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is still preaching to them in mercy,
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trying to get them to see their
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rejection of him and their
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unrighteousness. And so, he gives them
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this illustration. And I I want to
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preach on this thought for just a few
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minutes tonight with the help of the
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Lord. I want to preach on the heaviness
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of hypocrisy.
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The heaviness of hypocrisy. You see what
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happens in all three of these periods.
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You see hypocrisy in this text. You say,
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"What do you mean by that?" Well, in the
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Jews time, the hypocrisy is seen by
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those that refuse to come to the
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marriage. You say, "What do you mean?"
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Well, the Bible says that they were
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bidden.
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>> Why were they bidden? Because they were
19:39
part of the family. Amen. And in their
19:42
hypocrisy, they claimed the name, but
19:44
they did not obey
19:45
>> and could follow the command of God. And
19:48
so because of that, they were destroyed.
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Amen. Because of what they did, what'
19:53
they do? Look what your Bible says in
19:55
verse number seven. The Bible says,
19:57
"When the king heard thereof, he was
19:59
wroth and he sent forth his armies and
20:01
destroyed those what?
20:04
>> Murderers." You know when God turned his
20:06
back on the nation of Israel? He turned
20:09
his back on the nation of Israel when
20:11
they stoned Stephen
20:12
>> right
20:13
>> in Acts chapter number seven. And you
20:15
say, "Preacher, how is it that God
20:17
turned his back on the nation of Israel
20:18
as a whole?" Well, notice it again in
20:20
verse number seven. But when the king
20:22
heard thereof he was wroth, he sent
20:24
forth his armies and destroyed those
20:27
plural murderers and burned up their
20:30
plural city. He destroyed everything the
20:33
Jews were represented by. Right?
20:35
>> He turned his back on them as a nation
20:37
for a time. But you see now it becomes
20:40
differently. You see the hypocrites in
20:43
this Jewish time they they are noticed
20:45
by what they did. Second of all in this
20:48
juncture period here the time when
20:50
Christ was on the earth and the apostles
20:52
were ministering in the books book of
20:54
acts the the the hypocrites were not
20:57
known so much by what they did but
20:59
they're known by how they acted. In
21:01
verse number 10 look what the Bible
21:03
says. He said, "They gathered together
21:05
all as many as they found." Notice that
21:07
both bad and good. They were not known
21:10
by what they did, but they were known by
21:12
how they were described.
21:15
>> Good.
21:15
>> And you know what we're living in in
21:17
this day and time is this very thing.
21:20
>> There's people in our churches that they
21:22
look like us, they act like us, but you
21:24
know what? In their heart, they're not
21:26
like us.
21:27
>> Amen. Because salvation is an internal
21:30
thing. You can have the outward form, a
21:33
man of godliness, but deny the power
21:35
thereof. And I'll get there in just a
21:36
minute. But thirdly, tonight, I see
21:39
where this thing's getting more private
21:41
as we go. He judged the Jewish nation as
21:44
a whole, and these ones here in verse
21:47
number 10, both bad. He is he they are
21:50
presently being judged. And I'll say
21:51
this tonight, if you're not saved and
21:53
you're trying to live the quote unquote
21:55
Christian life, you're living under
21:57
judgment is what you are. That's misery.
21:59
Amen. to try to live something and not
22:01
really have it in your heart. Amen. And
22:03
so, but I noticed this thirdly, okay?
22:06
And we consider this judgment. Now, what
22:08
do we notice? We seen that the judgment
22:09
there of the Jews was public. This
22:11
judgment here was was in a group setting
22:14
as well, but it wasn't national. It's of
22:16
the the entirety of the apostate church,
22:18
I guess, if you would say that bad. That
22:20
has to do with the apostate church
22:23
that's present in our world. And so, but
22:25
you notice in verse number 11, when he
22:27
gets down to the judgment, isn't it
22:29
interesting how that changes? Cuz look
22:31
what the Bible says. When the king came
22:34
in to see the guest, he saw there a man.
22:38
You see, at the end of this thing, it's
22:40
going to be personal,
22:41
>> right?
22:41
>> You're not going to be judged
22:43
nationally. You're not going to be
22:45
judged in a region. You're not going to
22:47
even be judged in your family, but
22:48
you're going to be judged as a lone
22:50
fellow. You're
22:51
>> right. personally.
22:54
>> You will stand there for yourself, as
22:56
yourself, and by yourself
22:57
>> right
22:58
>> before Christ. And so I notice a few
23:01
things here tonight considering the
23:02
thought of this heaviness of hypocrisy.
23:05
Note the observation. First of all, who
23:07
is making the observation? First of all,
23:09
it is the king. The Bible says, "And
23:11
when the king came in to see the guests,
23:14
so he is looking. He comes into view."
23:16
Here are those who have made it to the
23:18
wedding in verse number 11. And the
23:20
Bible says he saw there a man which had
23:23
not own a wedding garment. Now to
23:26
understand this thought tonight, you've
23:28
got to understand the culture in which
23:30
this was written in. This wedding
23:32
garment was something number one that
23:34
would be mandatory.
23:36
Amen. This is something that every guest
23:39
would have as they would come to the
23:41
wedding feast. I would say this. Second
23:43
of all, this wedding garment was not
23:45
only mandatory, but it was made. It was
23:47
something that was prepared by the
23:49
family. And then I would say it wasn't
23:51
only mandatory and made but it was
23:53
manifested. It was given by the family
23:56
to the wedding guest that were to come
23:58
to this wedding feast. And you say,
24:00
well, what's the significance of that?
24:02
Well, I consider in the observation the
24:04
king comes in. He sees the guest. He saw
24:07
there a man which had not own a wedding
24:10
garment. So number one, in the
24:12
observation, I would see there's a
24:13
revelation first of all of this one man.
24:16
of all the people that at that's at this
24:19
wedding feast, this one man sticks out
24:22
>> right
24:23
>> out of all of them.
24:25
And you say, "Preacher, well, if that's
24:27
the case, why didn't the servant see
24:28
it?" Because it was something that was
24:32
inward,
24:33
>> right?
24:33
>> You say, "But it's a garment." Well,
24:36
it's something only the king would
24:37
notice.
24:38
>> Amen. You see, because it's when he says
24:40
a garment, it's not necessarily an
24:42
entire big outfit,
24:45
>> but it might just be a small dowy,
24:48
>> right?
24:48
>> Something that was placed on maybe like
24:50
an, you know, a a bounter or however you
24:53
say that. I can't say bineer, however
24:55
you say that. Something small it was
24:57
placed on the guest of this wedding
25:00
feast. But you know who noticed it? The
25:01
king did.
25:02
>> Right?
25:03
>> You may fool everybody else in this
25:04
life, but I'll tell you this, you ain't
25:06
going to fool the king. Amen. His
25:08
observation reveals that this man did
25:10
not have a wedding garment. And his
25:13
observation wasn't only a revelation of
25:15
this man, but it was also a rejection of
25:18
this man. The Bible says that he he saw
25:21
there a man which had not own a wedding
25:23
garment. If you look up that
25:24
terminology, which had not own a wedding
25:27
garment, it does not it does not mean
25:28
that this man just didn't possess one or
25:31
he didn't get one. It means this man was
25:33
offered one and didn't take it.
25:35
>> Good. You look up those words and and I
25:39
ain't got time to deal with all that,
25:40
but you can consider those words that
25:42
had not on that phrase. That's what that
25:44
means. He refused what was offered to
25:47
him for this wedding. And so there's a
25:50
revelation of who this man is. The
25:52
rejection, what this man does is also
25:55
seen. What is he rejecting? Well, notice
25:58
in verse number 11, the Bible says he
26:00
saw their man which had not own a
26:02
wedding garment. Now, the typology of
26:05
this is this right here. that this man
26:07
rejected the righteousness of Christ.
26:10
You say, "How is that, preacher?" Well,
26:11
let me just give this to you again.
26:12
Remember I told you this thing was
26:14
mandatory, right?
26:15
>> This wedding garment was mandatory. Who
26:17
made it mandatory? The king did. Amen.
26:20
So, this garment's mandatory. It's it's
26:23
imperative that if you're in the wedding
26:25
feast, if you're in the wedding party,
26:28
YOU HAD THIS GARMENT ON. IT IS MADE
26:30
MANDATORY by the sovereign. But get
26:32
this. It's not only mandatory by God the
26:35
Father, but it was made by God the Son.
26:38
>> You're right.
26:39
>> Amen. You understand God made the law.
26:43
>> Yes.
26:43
>> Amen. But you see, Jesus is the one.
26:45
He's the one. He's the word, ain't he?
26:47
In the beginning was the word. And so
26:49
when God spoke and said, "Let there be."
26:51
You know who that was? That's Jesus.
26:53
>> And so when Moses on the mountain over
26:55
there wrote the law of God, you know
26:56
what that was? That was Jesus. Amen. And
26:59
he is the law. He gave the law to Jesus
27:02
or gave the law to Moses. Jesus gave
27:04
that to him. And so this thing was made
27:07
mandatory by the sovereign, but it was
27:09
made by the son. You say, "Well, how
27:11
what else do you mean by what's the type
27:13
of this preacher?" Well, it's mandatory.
27:15
It's made by the son, but it's
27:17
manifested by the spirit of God.
27:20
>> Amen.
27:21
>> You see, this dowy was offered to this
27:23
man,
27:24
>> but he refused it. And you know what?
27:27
Every sinner that dies and goes to hell
27:29
in the day of grace, having heard a
27:31
clear presentation of the gospel, you
27:32
know what's happened? The son has made a
27:35
way.
27:36
>> Amen. The father has set the standard.
27:38
The son has made a way for you to have
27:40
the wedding dowy. And what does the
27:42
spirit of God do? He presents it. That's
27:44
>> right.
27:45
>> Amen. And so the spirit of God presents
27:47
it. And what does that manifest in verse
27:50
number verse number verse number verse
27:52
number 11? He saw there a man which had
27:55
not own a wedding garment. It means that
27:57
this man refused the righteousness of
28:01
Jesus Christ.
28:02
>> Right?
28:03
>> You see the righteousness of Christ is
28:05
imputed to us means to put on.
28:08
>> Amen.
28:09
>> So when this man was offered that he
28:12
refused it.
28:14
>> And so in this observation the sovereign
28:16
he points it out.
28:18
You say, "Preacher, what's the
28:20
illustration of this?" Well, you
28:21
understand there's coming a day of
28:22
judgment on this earth.
28:23
>> You're right. Amen.
28:24
>> Turn over about three chapters and we'll
28:26
talk about it for just a minute. Chapter
28:29
25 verse number verse number 32 verse
28:32
31. When the son of man shall come in
28:34
his glory. Chapter 25:31.
28:37
And all the holy angels with him. Then
28:39
shall he sit upon the throne of his
28:40
glory and before him shall be gathered
28:43
all nations. And he shall separate them
28:45
one from another as a shepherd divideth
28:47
his sheep from the goats.
28:50
And so what's going to happen is the
28:52
sovereign, the king looks and what does
28:54
he see? There's a man there that ain't
28:56
got a wedding garment,
28:57
>> right?
28:59
>> So he points him out. Notice here in the
29:01
text, not only the observation here in
29:04
the text, but notice the objection by
29:07
the king. There's the observation of the
29:09
king, but in verse 12, there's the
29:10
objection by the king. What does he say?
29:13
He saith unto him, friend, how camest
29:15
thou in hither not having a wedding
29:18
garment? and he was speechless. Now what
29:20
does this say to us? Well, first of all,
29:22
I would say the objection of the father
29:24
is seen in his against his entrance.
29:27
Look what he says. How camest thou in
29:29
hither. What are you doing here?
29:33
You know what? There's some people come
29:34
in church and I want to ask them that.
29:38
You're
29:38
>> right.
29:39
>> You say, "Preacher, that's harsh.
29:40
Everybody should want to come to
29:41
church." Yeah, they should. But you know
29:43
what? There's some that I know they're
29:45
never going to get saved. Amen. You say,
29:47
"Preacher, you don't know that." No. If
29:49
you see the look on their face when you
29:51
tell them that Jesus loves them,
29:54
>> good.
29:55
>> The most precious truth of all eternity,
29:57
the most heartmelting, hard
29:59
heartbreaking truth of all creation.
30:02
Every the best things ever been told to
30:04
man. And they look at you like they hate
30:05
your guts.
30:09
>> That's why I'm asking, what are you
30:10
doing here?
30:11
>> God's going to look at that crowd one of
30:13
these days. And if you don't if you
30:15
think that's hard, you just know God's
30:17
going to look at them one of these days
30:18
and say the very same thing. How did you
30:20
get here?
30:22
>> Right?
30:23
>> Why did you HE WAS OBJECTING TO his
30:26
interest. He said, "Look, if you refuse
30:28
to wear what I told you to wear, why are
30:30
you here?"
30:33
You know what? That's the truth about
30:34
those of us today, even who are saved.
30:38
>> If you refuse to put on Jesus Christ,
30:40
>> you're right.
30:41
>> What are you doing here?
30:42
>> You're right. If you refuse to live the
30:45
Christian life, to submit to godly
30:47
authority and live the Christian life
30:48
and do what God tells you to, why are
30:50
you here?
30:52
>> If you do not want to grow, there should
30:54
be no reason why you go anywhere.
30:57
>> Right?
30:58
>> I'm talking about here. I'm talking
30:59
about to serve. If you will not submit,
31:02
there is no reason why you should be
31:05
here.
31:07
The church is a place for people that
31:08
want to go forward. The church is a pl
31:11
place for people that want to grow in
31:13
faith.
31:14
>> Amen.
31:15
>> Why is that so quiet?
31:18
>> I'm being real.
31:20
>> He looks at that crowd and he says,
31:22
"Friend, how did you get in here?" Look
31:25
what he says about him. He objects to
31:27
his entrance. I'll say this. He also
31:29
objects to his entitlement. Look what
31:31
the Bible says. Friend, how camest thou
31:33
in hither not having a wedding garment?
31:38
You know what this says?
31:39
Basically, what he's saying is by this
31:41
man coming into this feast without a
31:43
wedding garment, this man's saying this,
31:46
"Well, I can be here because I want to
31:47
be here."
31:48
>> Good.
31:51
>> Come on.
31:51
>> I'm going to do what I want to do. Look
31:53
how I want to look. You remember we
31:54
talked about somebody like that just the
31:56
other day,
31:56
>> right?
31:57
>> Amen. Cain brought his sacrifice of the
31:59
ground. Amen. He knew what he was
32:00
supposed to bring. But you know what? He
32:02
refused that because he was entitled
32:04
thinking that what he could do was good
32:05
enough to do what he wanted to do. And
32:07
if it was good enough for him, it ought
32:09
to be good enough for God.
32:11
>> Let me tell you something, friend. Just
32:12
because it satis satisfies you does not
32:14
mean that it will satisfy the father.
32:16
There's only one man. There's only one
32:18
message. Hey, friend, there's only one
32:20
method that satisfy the father and
32:22
that's Jesus Christ. Amen. Hey, we're
32:25
saved. We're sealed. Hey, we have the
32:27
spirit by that man and by him alone.
32:30
There's one God and one mediator.
32:32
THERE'S ONE GOETEEN. THERE'S ONE WAY.
32:35
THERE'S ONE TRUTH. THERE'S ONE LIFE AND
32:37
THAT IS JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.
32:40
>> And so in this text he says he says I he
32:43
as I object to you being here but I'll
32:45
subject to you the way you're here.
32:47
Amen. You ever seen somebody some people
32:49
like that? Amen. And and you know what I
32:51
want to be glad as a pastor when we have
32:52
a big crowd on Sunday morning say man
32:54
thank God for all these people here. And
32:56
I do I thank God for that. But you know
32:58
what? There's those people that you look
33:00
at and they're like you know they sit
33:01
there with their arms crossed say bless
33:02
me if you can.
33:05
That's their attitude.
33:06
>> That's the way they feel.
33:08
>> I'm just here because my husband, my
33:10
wife made me, my mom, my dad made me.
33:12
That's why they're here.
33:13
>> Right?
33:14
>> You know what that is? That's
33:14
entitlement.
33:16
>> Amen. They think that they deserve
33:18
something better than what they got.
33:19
That's
33:20
>> right.
33:21
>> In this text, you see, he objects his
33:23
entrance. How did you come in here? He
33:25
objects his entitlement.
33:27
But I'll say this, he also objects his
33:29
exemption.
33:31
You say, "What do you mean, preacher?"
33:33
Well, everybody else had a wedding
33:34
garment.
33:36
>> You know what he did? He willfully
33:37
exempted himself,
33:39
>> right?
33:40
>> From what everybody else
33:42
>> had? You say, "Preacher, what what are
33:45
you trying to tell me?" Well, you
33:46
remember in the text there before, the
33:48
Jews were judged because of what they
33:49
did. They were murderers.
33:51
>> Right?
33:52
>> This man right here was judged because
33:53
of what he didn't have.
33:55
>> Right?
33:56
>> You know what? You're going to be judged
33:57
by what you don't have.
34:00
>> Amen.
34:01
>> Amen. You say, "Preacher, what is that?"
34:03
Well, Matthew 25 tells about those 10
34:05
virgins. And you know what happened when
34:07
the Lord came? The Bible says that five
34:09
of those virgins, their lamps went out.
34:11
Why? Because they run out of oil.
34:13
>> Their profession on this earth only
34:15
lasted them so long. When it come time
34:17
to stand before God, all they had was a
34:20
profession. And they didn't have any oil
34:21
in their vessel. Amen. And so they
34:23
didn't have ANYTHING TO GIVE. YOU'RE
34:25
GOING TO BE JUDGED BY what you do not
34:27
have, what you have or what you do not
34:29
have.
34:30
>> Right?
34:30
>> Amen. And when you walk through the fire
34:33
as a child of God, it's going to be the
34:34
same thing. What we live our life for.
34:37
If we have salvation, yes, we'll be in
34:39
heaven, but at the judgment seat of
34:41
Christ, Paul said, "Knowing the terror
34:42
of the Lord, we persuade men." We know
34:45
that we'll be judged for every action,
34:47
for every deed of the body, whether it
34:49
be good or bad, and what you walk
34:51
through that fire with. What you have is
34:54
what you're going to have to give back
34:56
to him.
34:56
>> You're right.
34:58
>> That's what you're going to be judged
34:59
by. First of all, saved or lost, you're
35:01
going to be judged by whether you have
35:03
Jesus or not.
35:04
>> You're right.
35:04
>> Second of all, if you're saved, you're
35:06
going to be judged by whether or not you
35:07
did anything for Jesus or not.
35:09
>> Right?
35:11
>> And he points him out. He objects to
35:13
him. Let me say this to you sinner
35:16
tonight.
35:17
Jesus loves you tonight. But if you
35:19
stand before him this day, you'll stand
35:22
before him in holy wrath.
35:26
>> And he will object to every reason that
35:27
you bring. You say, "Preacher,
35:31
there's so many things I want to tell
35:33
him that day." Preacher, I I I know what
35:36
my answer is going to be to him. Well,
35:39
see what this man's answer was.
35:43
Verse 12, "Friend, how camest thou in
35:46
hither not having a wedding garment?"
35:48
What's your Bible say? He was
35:50
speechless.
35:52
Let me tell you something. When you
35:55
stand before a thrice, holy God,
35:57
>> Yes. with nothing.
35:59
>> Yes.
36:00
>> Bible says we'll stand before him and
36:02
this is not physical sense but he we'll
36:04
stand before him naked. That means we
36:05
will have nothing and nobody
36:07
>> right.
36:08
>> No works, no words.
36:12
It's going to be time for him to talk.
36:14
>> Right?
36:15
>> You know what you're doing right now?
36:16
You're just heaping up wrath
36:19
to the day of wrath. You can do a lot of
36:21
talking now, but you know what? There's
36:22
going to come a day when you can't say a
36:23
word.
36:24
>> Right.
36:25
>> Amen.
36:27
Notice in our text, and I'm moving
36:29
tonight, we consider the observation of
36:31
the king. We consider the objection of
36:32
the king, but notice the order of the
36:34
king in verse number 13. Then said the
36:37
king to the servants. Now, these
36:38
servants here represent the angels, of
36:40
course. And the Bible says, the king
36:43
said to his servants, "Bind them hand
36:44
and foot and take him away. Cast him
36:48
into outer darkness. There shall be
36:49
weeping and nashing of teeth." The king
36:52
orders his servants to bind this man,
36:54
this this guest who did not have a
36:56
wedding garment. He comes in there. He's
36:58
unwelcome because he rejects the free
37:01
gift that was to be offered to him at
37:04
this wedding so that he could be
37:05
present. You understand something? This
37:07
king was not unrighteous in doing so
37:10
because the requirement had already been
37:12
made before the wedding day was ever
37:14
set. You hear what I'm saying? The
37:16
sovereign was right LONG BEFORE ANYBODY
37:18
EVER SHOWED up at the marriage. AND LET
37:20
ME JUST SAY THIS TO you right now. I
37:22
don't know if we're 5 minutes or 5,000
37:25
years away from the judgment, but let me
37:27
tell you this right now. I can promise
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you this. The king will be right. Amen.
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Let God be true and every man a liar.
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>> Amen. And so he's going to be right. And
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this man, he's going to be bound. He's
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going to be broken. They're going to
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take him away and cast him into outer
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darkness. He's going to be there
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begging, begging for just a drop of
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water like that rich man in LUKE 16,
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JUST BEGGING FOR SOME MERCY. WHY?
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BECAUSE HE REFUSED THE OFFER OF THE FREE
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GIFT TO go into this marriage. You're
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>> right.
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>> And at the order of the king, he's going
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to be taken away.
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And you know what? There'll never be
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another word heard out of this man.
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You say, "Preacher, what's the point of
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the message tonight?" Well, I'm talking
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about the heaviness of hypocrisy.
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You say, "What what does that mean by
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this?" Well, you see, this man pretended
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to be something that he wasn't.
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>> That's good.
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>> And everybody else might have thought he
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was welcome there, but you know what?
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When the king showed up, he really
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pointed him out, didn't he?
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>> Right?
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>> He knew him amongst admits everybody
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else. Let me say this, three things
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about the heaviness of hypocrisy.
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I'll say this. Number one, the heaviness
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of hypocrisy is seen because hypocrisy
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is simply attendance without acceptance.
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>> You say, "What do you mean?" Well, he
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was there,
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>> but he was not welcome.
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>> Right?
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>> Amen. He was there in the wedding feast,
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but he was not welcome. You know what
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I'd hate to do? I'd hate to live my life
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lost, sat on a church pew in the Bible
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belt and people think I'm saved. People
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think that I'm all right, but live my
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life out and one of these days the king
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look at me and all the all everybody
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else think that I'm okay,
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>> but the king look at me and say, "Well,
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you was there,
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>> but I wasn't with you."
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>> Amen.
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>> The heaviness of hypocrisis is seen
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because it's simply attendance without
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acceptance. I would say this, the
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heavens eye hypocrisy is seen not only
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because it's just attendance without
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acceptance. It's also seen because it's
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just simply presence without power.
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>> You're just here, but you have no life.
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>> Good.
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>> You have no life. There's nothing on the
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inside.
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You can be here for every service, every
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meeting that we have from now until
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Jesus comes,
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>> right? But if there is no power on the
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inside,
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>> Bible says that men in the last days
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that have a form of godliness.
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>> Amen.
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>> But denying the power thereof.
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>> Right?
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>> You see, I would say number one, this
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acceptance, its attendance, without
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acceptance, you're not welcome. Its
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presence without power, you do not have
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the word. But thirdly, I would say this,
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and I think this is the most sad one.
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Hypocrisy is heavy because it's just
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labor without lordship.
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>> It's you working so hard to look like
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something, to be like something, but
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really not knowing the one that'll make
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you like him.
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>> Matthew Henry said this, and I'm done
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tonight.
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He said hypocrites go by the light of
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the gospel itself down to utter darkness
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and hell will be held to such a
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condemnation more intolerable.
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If you live out your life a hypocrite,
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never really believing, never really
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trusting, you know what you're doing?
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The gospel is shining a light on your
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road. You're
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>> right.
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>> And it'll lead you straight there.
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>> Right.
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I don't know of anything more sad than
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that.
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>> You know, people talk about the child of
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God, and I really I come to grips with
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this today, Sister Betty Jean. They talk
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we talk about the child of God. We say
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this, we say, "Well, his word's a lamp
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to our feet and a light to our path."
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You know what it is,
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>> right?
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>> But you know what? That ain't just for
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the saved.
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>> That's right. Amen.
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>> That hit me like a ton of bricks today.
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The lost man, when he takes the word of
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God, you know what it's doing? It's
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showing him where he's at.
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>> That's good.
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>> And it's showing him where he's going.
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>> Right.
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>> Amen.
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>> And he said it right. He said a
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hypocrite will have the light of God
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shine on them all the way to hell.
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>> You're right.
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>> Every head bowed and every eye closed
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tonight. I'm not going to give a lengthy
42:05
invitation, but I just want to ask you
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tonight, Christians are praying.
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You say, "Preacher,
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I know that I don't have life.
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Preacher, I
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I'm here.
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My attendance is is good. I'm I'm here.
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I'm present. I'm listening to what you
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have to say, but I don't I don't have
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I'm not accepted, preacher. I I know
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that God does not accept me. He's not
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accepted me because I've not accepted
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him, preacher. I know that I'm here, but
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I don't have any power. There is no I
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cannot defeat the sin that's in my life
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because I have no power.
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And preacher, I do not know. I work so
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hard,
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but I can I will not I do not have the
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leadership of the Lord Jesus Christ in
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my life. Let me ask you tonight, do you
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need to be saved?
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The stillness of this time, nobody's
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looking around but me.
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All right, you slip your hand up
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tonight. I want to pray for you. Okay,
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preacher. I need to be saved. I know
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it's Wednesday night,
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but it's just like I told you, your
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presence does not mean that his presence
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is on the inside.
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>> You can be here. You can do all the
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things, but if you do not know him,
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the king will look at you one of these
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days and say, "What are you doing here?
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What are you doing here?" Would be
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anybody be honest between them and God?
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Preacher, I'm not saved. Just slip your
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hand up. I want to pray for you. All
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right.
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Look, okay, you're not fooling anybody.
43:50
All right, you say, "Preacher, you're
43:52
trying to make me doubt." No, I don't
43:53
want anybody to doubt. If it's an if in
43:56
your mind, just go ahead and quit
43:58
thinking about it. But if God's telling
44:00
you, "Hey, you need to trust me."
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You better ask him.
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Say, "Preacher, would you please pray
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for me? I'm not saved." Anybody be
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honest.
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Let me ask you this tonight, child of
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God. Maybe you're here tonight. You
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said, "Preacher, I know that I'll not
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stand before him without a wedding
44:22
garment that day, but those truths that
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you stated about the fact that so many
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times in my life, I refuse to live for
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Jesus. So many times
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I have his life on the inside, but I do
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not allow his life to show on the
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outside.
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Say, "Preacher, would you pray for me
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that God would help me to live a better
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Christian life?" God sees that. God sees
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that.
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I'll tell you this tonight, child of
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God, if you truly are saved, I can
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promise you. I can promise you this
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tonight. The Bible says that Jesus is
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the light of the world. And he looked at
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those disciples and he said, "You are
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the light of the world. A city that set
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on a hill cannot be hid." If there is
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light on the inside of you, it will
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shine.
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>> Amen.
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>> But you got to let it. Father, I pray in
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Jesus name tonight, Lord, if this altar
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needs to be used, I pray your people
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would be mindful, God, to use it. And
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Lord, I pray you'd help all of us
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tonight as we consider this truth. God,
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that hypocrisy is a heavy thing. Lord,
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we don't have to go around bearing that.
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Lord, help us to be real. God, this
45:30
world needs real Christians. God, we we
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fail and fall just like everybody else.
45:35
Lord, we our attitudes, Father, are not
45:38
always right. And and things we say, our
45:40
actions are not always right. Lord, I
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and God, help us to be real. Father,
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help us to walk closer with you, Lord.
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So that the world can see there is
45:48
something different about us. Yes, we
45:49
fall, but Lord, we get back up again and
45:51
we go on for the glory of God. Lord,
45:54
help us to be real, to be right with
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you. And Lord, I I'm so thankful. I'm so
45:59
thankful, Lord, that when you offered
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that wedding garment to me, Lord, I know
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there's a seat that's there waiting for
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me one of these days. And I bless your
46:08
name for that. I pray that you'd help
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us, Lord, as we depart this place
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tonight. I pray for my precious folk,
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Lord. Pray you'd bless them. Thank you
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for each one of them that's here
46:17
tonight. And Lord, I pray, God, for
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those that couldn't be here for whatever
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reason. I pray you'd bless them tonight
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and draw them back to the house of God.
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And Lord, I pray, Father, you'll
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strengthen us. Give us boldness to serve
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you. Help us to hand out a track to
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somebody, Lord, to to witness, Lord, to
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be bold because, Lord, you were bold for
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us. And I thank you for it. Lord, I love
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you. I ask it in Jesus name. Amen.
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