Last Sunday at Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship, we heard a
message by Stephen
Mickelson: ‘The Great Banquet: God`s Invitation’ (Matthew 22:1-14). This week, Pastor Joao Alves shares the message at our Praise and Worship Service. Come and join us at 11AM.
BLCF Church, 1307 Bloor Street West, Toronto. 416-535-9578
Matthew 22:1-14 (ESV) The Parable of the
Wedding Feast
And again Jesus spoke to them in parables,
saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding
feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the
wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying,
‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my
fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding
feast.”’ But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his
business, while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and
killed them. The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those
murderers and burned their city. Then he
said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not
worthy. Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many
as you find.’ And those servants went
out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the
wedding hall was filled with guests.
“But when the king came in to look at the
guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. And he said to him,
‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was
speechless. Then the king said to the
attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In
that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called,
but few are chosen.”
Mark 2:18-20
(ESV) A Question About Fasting
Now John's disciples and the
Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John's
disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not
fast?” And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while
the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them,
they cannot fast. The days will come when the bridegroom is taken
away from them, and then they will fast in
that day.
Romans 1:16
(ESV) The Righteous Shall Live by Faith
For I am not
ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who
believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
