Peter Barnes | Matthew 22:12
SERMON NOTES
No Wedding Garment
Proverbs 9:1-12; Matthew 22:1-14
– kingdom like a wedding feast (22:1-2)
1. God calls all to His kingdom.
– 22:3-4, 8-10
– Matt.11:28; John 6:37; Acts 17:30; Rev.19:7, 9
2. People reject God in various ways.
(a) indifference – 22:5; Gen.19:14
(b) hostility – 22:6
(c) a false profession of faith – 22:11; note Rom.13:13-14; Eph.4:24; for 22:12 see Rom.3:19
– no repentance; a trust in their own works; a presuming on grace (cf. Rom.3:8; 6:1-2)
3. God will judge those who reject Him.
– Prov.29:1; Matt.22:7, 13
– only someone who has in some way responded to Christ can be guilty of not wearing the wedding garment.