Once Winston Churchill received an invitation from George
Bernard Shaw to one of his opening plays back in the early 1900s. The note
read, "Enclosed are two tickets to the performance of a play of mine.
Bring a friend - if you have one." Churchill sent back this reply:
"Dear GBS, I thank you very much for the invitation and tickets.
Unfortunately, I am engaged on that night, but could I have tickets for the
second night? - if there is one."
The king has sent invitations – come to the wedding banquet –
the king! And yet - some say no – how do you say no to the king? – but some do.
There are reasons:
- Just
too busy. God gets crowded out. Sunday is sleep in day or football day. If
there is a soccer game on Sunday morning, soccer will most often win. Dad = put
God first.
- I
am not good enough – I don’t belong – I still have doubts – I am a sinner. Of
course, we are not worthy – but the king wants us – He gave His life for us!
- I’m
good enough. I don’t need it. I’m better than most of those people at church.
It’s not how good we are compared to others, but compared to God?
- Too
many hypocrites. Mozart is no less a composer when someone plays his music less
than perfectly. It’s not Mozart, it’s us. And so is God. We are not here
because we are perfect. It is because we need God.
What’s happening more and more – people are
ignoring the invitation. Reminded – after President Trump was elected – not my
President – not my God – or – there is no God.
— “Because I grew up realized it was
a story like a fairy tale.” Based on true, historical evidence. Discover the
truth about God and Christianity.
— “As I learn more about the world
around me and understand things that I once did not, I find that the thought of
an all-powerful being to be less and less believable.” Where did we come from? Where did universe
come from – scientists more and more believe universe had a beginning – what or
who brought it into existence???
— “I realized that religion is in
complete contradiction with the rational and scientific world, and to continue
to subscribe to a religion would be hypocritical.” I will not follow a faith that is not
rational. It has to make sense – and not all knowledge is scientific. There are
other ways of knowing.
A small boy was consistently late
coming home from school. His parents warned him one day that he must be home on
time that afternoon, but nevertheless, he arrived later than ever. His mother
met him at the door and said nothing. His father met him in the living room and
said nothing.
At dinner that night, the boy
looked at his plate. There was a slice of bread and a glass of water. He looked
at his father's full plate and then at his father, but his father remained
silent. The boy was crushed. The father waited for the full impact to sink in,
then quietly took the boy's plate and placed it in front of himself. He took
his own plate of meat and potatoes, put it in front of the boy, and smiled at
his son. When that boy grew up, he said, "All my life I've known what God
is like by what my father did that night." Come to the wedding feast!
