Parable of the Wedding Feast

Good afternoon everybody,
In the past, I had some questions about this story. It sounded sort of violent to me. But we know that Jesus is right! What He says is not inaccurate in the slightest. He never exaggerated to make a good story. If He said it was like this, it is like this.
Jesus also told them other parables. He said, 2 “The Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a king who prepared a great wedding feast for his son. 3 When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify those who were invited. But they all refused to come!
4 “So he sent other servants to tell them, ‘The feast has been prepared. The bulls and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!’ 5 But the guests he had invited ignored them and went their own way, one to his farm, another to his business. 6 Others seized his messengers and insulted them and killed them.
7 “The king was furious, and he sent out his army to destroy the murderers and burn their town. 8 And he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, and the guests I invited aren’t worthy of the honor. 9 Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.’ 10 So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn’t wearing the proper clothes for a wedding. 12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how is it that you are here without wedding clothes?’ But the man had no reply. 13 Then the king said to his aides, ‘Bind his hands and feet and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
What can we learn about our personal walk, today, from this parable? Always wear nice clothes to a wedding?? (-: I think there is more than that. (duh!)
First, it would be wise not to ignore the King when He invites you to a party, and this IS the party event of all time and eternity!
Second, it is even stupider to insult and beat down His servants (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, whether they agree with your doctrine or not).
So you are in the banquet hall now, fellowshipping and waiting for the ceremony to begin. You see a guy in there, not dressed properly. (what is ‘properly’? a robe of righteousness, given to us by the Son, washed in His blood). He is dirty and has filthy clothes on. You see the King coming. What will you do? You have three choices.
1. Bring him to the King. He has some nerve claiming to be a guest with no robe! And, he is stinking up the place, too.
2. Do nothing, because you are not supposed to judge.
3. Help him by standing between him and the King, and telling him where the robe room is. You can’t keep him hidden but you can buy him a little more time.
What will you do? Make people’s faults public, do nothing, or pray for them and show them Jesus if you get the chance? The King really is coming around. You are ready, that’s great, but what about your relatives, friends, coworkers? Are they still out on the street? Are they pretending, going through the religious motions but have not given their lives to the Son of Love? What can you do? Pray and love, pray and love!! And, enjoy the party!!
I love y’all dearly!
Healed by His stripes,
Nancy Bass