Matthew 22:1

Matthew 22:1 says, And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,  Verse two adds, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,  Jesus spoke another parable, this one about a king who prepared a marriage feast for his son.  Verse three states, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.  The king sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding, and they would not come.  Verse four adds,   Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.  The king once again sent his servants and told those who were invited that the food was prepared and everything was ready.  Verse five declares, But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:  Many of those who were invited made light of the second call, and went about life as usual.  Verse six adds, And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.  Some of the others invited took the servants and killed them.  Verse seven declares, But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.  When the king heard what had happened, he was angry and sent an army to destroy those who had refused to come to the wedding.  Verse eight says, Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.  The king told the servants that the wedding was ready, but that those who had been invited were not worthy to come.  Verse nine adds, Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.  The king sent his servants into the highways and told them to invite as many as the met to come to the wedding.  Verse ten continues, So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.  The servants got people they found, both good and bad, to come to the wedding and participate in the feast afterwards.  God has prepared a wedding feast for His Son, Jesus Christ, and those invited first, the Jews, have refused to come.  Not only that, but at times they even killed His servants.  Because of that, the invitation to the wedding went out to the Gentiles, both good and bad, and those who come through faith in Jesus Christ will avoid facing the wrath of God.  We today simply have to heed God's call to the wedding feast, or salvation.  Verse eleven declares, And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:  Verse twelve adds, And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.  When the king came in to the wedding he found a man who was not dressed in wedding garments.  I believe the wedding garments indicate faith in Christ, and there will be some who attempt to slip into the wedding feast without putting their faith in Jesus Christ, and it will not work.  Verse thirteen concludes, Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  The man who was not properly dressed was bound and cast into outer darkness.  Each person has to decide whether they want to come to the wedding feast of Christ, and we can only do so by coming by faith in salvation provided by Jesus Christ's death, burial and resurrection in atonement for our sins.  Verse fourteen proclaims, For many are called, but few are chosen.  All people are called to salvation, but only those who come to God through faith in Jesus Christ will be chosen to receive salvation.  There is no other way that we can somehow sneak into heaven.