Invite Anyone

 2 Samuel 10; 1 Chronicles 20; Psalms 20; Matthew 22

“Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find…both good and bad…’Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.”

Matthew 22:9, 10, 12

The invitation to Christ’s kingdom is open to anyone we find, both good and bad. 

What qualifies us to sit at the banquet is not whether we are ‘good or bad’, but rather, it is our clothing. Only the clothing of Christ’s righteousness will be acceptable to the King. Good people will be speechless before the King when they realize their good deeds are not good enough. ‘Bad’ people will also be amazed that Christ’s righteousness is available to all who receive it by faith and choose to surrender their lives to Christ. The door to this banquet is small and the way is narrow. Not many find it! Many are invited, but few are chosen. Few pass the test.

Are we going to the street corners and inviting anyone we can find?

Or, are we deciding who appears ready to enter the banquet?

Our assignment is to invite; God’s responsibility is to determine entrance standards.

“Lord Jesus, I pray for boldness to invite others to your banquet, for your glory.”