Invite Day 18
Saturday March 14
All Are Invited
Corwin Kulig – Student Pastor
Read Matthew 22:1-14
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. 4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. 13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
Near the end of His earthly ministry, during the final days of Holy Week, Jesus told a parable that cut straight to the heart. A king prepared a wedding banquet for his son, but those who were originally invited refused to come. They made excuses. Some ignored the invitation altogether. Others rejected it outright. So the king did something shocking—he sent his servants back out, not just once, but again and again, and eventually told them to invite everyone. The good and the bad. The expected and the overlooked. The banquet hall was filled. This parable reminds us of a simple but sobering truth: God is still inviting people to His Son. And He chooses to do it through His servants. We can’t give up just because someone says no. Rejection doesn’t mean failure. Faithfulness does. Every invitation matters, even the ones that don’t seem to work right away. God may be shaping boldness and obedience in us while He works on someone else’s heart. The invitation is open to all. No one is too far gone. No one is too broken. Grace reaches further than we ever could. But Jesus also gives a warning. Being near the banquet isn’t the same as being transformed by the King. God knows the heart. Showing up without surrender—wanting the benefits without repentance—leads to separation, not celebration. Our role is clear: invite faithfully and boldly. God does the saving.
Prayer Prompt
Ask God to show you who in your life needs to be invited to Jesus. Pray for perseverance when invitations are ignored and compassion for those who seem far from Him. Ask the Lord to search your own heart and lead you into genuine repentance and surrender.
All Are Invited
Corwin Kulig – Student Pastor
Read Matthew 22:1-14
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. 4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. 13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
Near the end of His earthly ministry, during the final days of Holy Week, Jesus told a parable that cut straight to the heart. A king prepared a wedding banquet for his son, but those who were originally invited refused to come. They made excuses. Some ignored the invitation altogether. Others rejected it outright. So the king did something shocking—he sent his servants back out, not just once, but again and again, and eventually told them to invite everyone. The good and the bad. The expected and the overlooked. The banquet hall was filled. This parable reminds us of a simple but sobering truth: God is still inviting people to His Son. And He chooses to do it through His servants. We can’t give up just because someone says no. Rejection doesn’t mean failure. Faithfulness does. Every invitation matters, even the ones that don’t seem to work right away. God may be shaping boldness and obedience in us while He works on someone else’s heart. The invitation is open to all. No one is too far gone. No one is too broken. Grace reaches further than we ever could. But Jesus also gives a warning. Being near the banquet isn’t the same as being transformed by the King. God knows the heart. Showing up without surrender—wanting the benefits without repentance—leads to separation, not celebration. Our role is clear: invite faithfully and boldly. God does the saving.
Prayer Prompt
Ask God to show you who in your life needs to be invited to Jesus. Pray for perseverance when invitations are ignored and compassion for those who seem far from Him. Ask the Lord to search your own heart and lead you into genuine repentance and surrender.
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