Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-07
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MANY ARE CALLED BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN"
Matthew 22:1. 14-Septenber II.

| the cares of this life-business. politics
and religious schemes of their own
concocting They manifested no in
teersf in the announcement and even
| beat some of the servants, the
Apostles and others, who sought to
| help them, and to draw their attention
to the Great Feast, which was their
special privilege.
The Almighty was wrOth and sent
| the Roman Armies and destroyed
| those murderers and burned up their
city," Jerusalem in A. D. 20. Then
| the King said to his servants. The
| wedding must take place even though
those who were biddfn are not worthy
Go We therefore into the highways and
| as many as We find bring to the mar
riage feast. AS the city repres
| the Jewish nation, so the highways
represented the world in general-the
Gentiles-to whom the message of the
Kingdom was sent after freshly Israel
had first enjoyed the offer and but
partially improved it. Another state
ment of the parable shows three diff
ferent classes
% The Jewish rulers who rejected
him. -
| Co Those called from among the
streets and lanes of their city and
gathered to the spirit plane by Jesus
and the Apostles.
CD Then the report was given, We
have done as thou has commanded and
yet there is room" Then the message
went forth to go everywhere among
the Gentles and urge them to come
in, until the house should be filled
until the elect number for whom the
feast was provided would be found.
Our study states that the wedding was
furnished with guests-good and bad.
In other words. the offer, of a, share
with Christ in his Kingdoms has at
tracted some naturally very ia1len. as
well as some better avored hNspature.
But the arrangements of the Great
King are such that the wedding gar
ment" covers all the blen1ishessof the
most imperfect as we'll as those of the
least imperfect.
The latter part of our study shows
discrimination and judgment ulti-
mately to take place amongst those in
vited to the wedding and accepted.
AS none We're permitted to enter IN
without a wedding garment-without
an acknowledgement of the merit or
ChriSt'S sacrifice-so none Will be per-
mitted to remain and participate in
the wedding festival except those who
maintain their standing of confidence
in. Christ Any who take off the
wedding garment" will be sure to be
expelled from the privileges enjoyed
and will go out from the light and
blessings afforded to this favored
class, into the outer darkness. of the
world and of nominal Christianity. in
which shortly there will be great
time of trouble, symbolically repre-
scented by the weeping and gnashing
of teeth
Are we not even now in the time OF
this inspection of the guests? AND
are not all Christian people who cast
away their confidence in the sacrifice
of Christ and who accept evolutionary
theories and higher criticism taking
off the wedding garment" and will
they not all eventually find themselves
in outer darkness, in confusion. In be-
wilderment? And will they not be
sadly distressed in the great time of
trouble which the Scriptures declare
to be near?-Daniel 12:l