10 Tweets on “You Gotta Go” (Matthew 22:1-14)

Here's last weekend's sermon in 10 Tweets:

1/ “You can stay. You gotta go.

2/ Ira Glass, “It’s as if by their status as strangers they have some special insight into who we are.”

3/ “Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.” (Matthew 21:43)

4/ The king would have to supply the wedding garment.

5/ He wants the feast, but only on his own terms. His silence condemns him because he really has no excuse.

6/ The ending s Jesus’ way of saying that the warnings he directed to the religious folks are also warnings for churched folks today.

7/ There will be churched people who say “Yes” to God’s invitation with their lips, but they say “no” to God’s call with their lives.

8/ There are churched people who will be excluded because they fail to produce the fruit of the kingdom.

9/ We are clothed in Christ’s righteousness through repentance and faith.

10/ Doing what God calls us to do and producing the fruit of the kingdom are byproducts of God’s work in us.

You can watch the sermon here.

The Weekend - “‘You gotta go’” (Matthew 21:28 – 22:14)

Jesus took on the religious establishment of his day. His opponents were religious insiders who often got the outward stuff right but missed the heart of God’s message. It’s not that difficult to see ourselves in them and apply his message for them to ourselves. 

But sometimes Jesus had a direct message for his church, the gatherings of his disciples that would constitute his people after his ascension. It’s somewhat rare. He only mentions the church two times in the gospels. 

This weekend’s passage doesn’t mention the church, but it directly addresses those who will make up his church. To some he will nod and say, “You can stay in my kingdom party.” To others in his church he will say, “You gotta go.” And the criteria will be, believe it or not, whether or not they dressed appropriately for his party. 

I look forward to worshiping with you this weekend.