So last night, we had a nice time with my family over. We watched our wedding video again because my aunt from China was visiting. Watching it again reminded me of how fast time passes by and/or it reminded me of how it feels like it just happened recently. Hmm..nostalgia.
Luke 14: 15-24: The Slighted Invitation
1. I am one of those people who hates it when people are wishy washy about their decisions to come to an event, and those who tend to make up lame excuses to come to something rather important. I think God is kind of the same way in this parable. He basically invites all His close friends (the leaders of Israel) to come join Him in this great feast, however they make up excuses (lame ones) that they are busy and can’t go. Hence the reason why God extends His invitation to others, like us gentiles. I guess for one thing, it’s a good thing that God decided to extend the invitation to all now. Everyone has a chance at salvation and can therefore join in the feast, until that room is filled. However, it’s interesting to note that God doesn’t really like lame excuses, and when it comes to salvation, I think every excuse is rather lame in comparison. Salvation is the end all be all to humankind and its problem, so turning it down would be rather sad and hence no partaking in the great banquet in Heaven. In a way, many nonbelievers have different reasons for not believing or wanting to believe in salvation/God/Jesus/etc., it’s good to always know where to point them in the Bible to say that maybe their decisions are actually a bit foolish and you should take another look. But then again, it really depends on what God decides to reveal to these people because they can’t really see what their decisions lead to unless He chooses to unveil it to them, like what He did for me.
