The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-02

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showed his lord these things. Very
naturally the master of the house
was warmly indignant at such
Treatment. The guests had been
invited some time previously and
had had abundant time to arrange
their business so as to come at
| the hour of summons. 1t was an
honor which common sense and
courtesy would gratefully accept.
| Yet these men had trampled it
wilfully, perhaps scornfully, I'M
| der foot. They were not present
for trivial reasons, and so in the
eyes of the host the excuses did
not by any means excuse. How
ever. the feast had already been
provided, and what now shall be
done?
THE INVITATION WIDENED
VERSES 21-23.) ....
Expansion in mercy was evident
in the invitation widened. Those
who were first hidden may fail to
come because of trifles, but every
seat in the banquet chamber shall
be filled. First of all, there was
an invitation to the destitute with
/ in the city limits. The servant
was hidden to go out quickly IN
to the streets and lanes of the
city and bring in the poor and
MANNED and halt and blind. The
task was performed and all the
! city's poor were assembled with
/ out crowding the spacious festive
apartment. When the servant re-
ported that the command had
\ been carried out, and yet there
was room, the invitation was still
| further extended into the high
roads and hedgerows OF the coun-
/ try round about. Thus the very
outcasts in city novels and rural
byways, who could hardly believe
] the invitation was for them, were
gathered to partake of prlnceiy
hospitality.
THE INVITATION
WITHDRAWN
| Verse Pa
Deprivation in penalty followed
the invitation withdrawn. Those
| who had received notice of the
feast had, when the time for it
arrived. excused themselves from
attendance. Now they have no
other time given them in which
again to decline. Their day of OPP
portunity came and went without
their seeing and Selling it. They
had said they would not come;
now, therefore, in Judgment they
shall not come. "For / say unto
YOU. that none of those men that
were hidden shall taste of my sup
per-" e.. .... ......
ACCEPT AND EXTEND
| cHRIST'S INVITATION
| 1O The Invitation from God.
"a certain man." He was God the
Creator and Preserver of the uni
verse, and therefore he had in
finite resources. He was the glver
of all good, and his grace was
Astounding to the children of men.
Yet he was Lord, and therefore
entitled to respect and obedience:
His invitation was gracious and
involved every blessing that could
possibly come to man.
s(2) The Invitation Through
Christ. "He sent forth his serv-
ant" The servant primarily was
Jesus who came into the world to
seek and to save that which was
lost. He was and is the Son of
God and yet he was supremacy
the Servant of God. So he came
on a divine and glorious mission
to earth. The invitation to spend
eternity, with God was given to
man through none other than the
Son of God.
I35 The Invitation to Salvation
| bv Christ. 'In the kingdom of
! God" The acceptance of the Cos
| mel invitation involves the great
est change possible in man: He
is poor, and becomes rich. He is
manned, and becomes well. He is
blind, and his eyes are opened SO