Attend the Texas Renaissance Festival, and you can reserve a table at the King’s Feast. In Sacramento, the King of Feasts at the Sacramento Zoo will wrap you in the sounds of Hawaii as you dine on fine cuisine.
Matthew 25:1-13 tells the story of a wedding feast, and ten virgins who chose to prepare themselves very differently. Five were admitted to the feast, and five were sent away.
Luke 14:12-14 says we should not invite just our friends and our brothers to our feast, but we should include the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
If we want to feast with the King, how should we prepare? What does the King expect to find when he shows up at our door?
James 1:27 paints the picture of the ultimate host:
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”
1 Timothy 3:8 describes our serving staff:
“Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.”
1 Corinthians 6:10 tells us our standards for our guest list:
“Nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”
Romans 6:23 is our party favor:
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Acts 2:44-45 gives us our after-dinner activities:
“And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.”
John 15:1-5 is our calling card, our raison d'être, and our speech by the guest of honor:
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
Here’s the best part of our Feast with the King. We already have reservations in place. All we have to do is show up.
We have an open invitation at the King’s Table, and it makes for the best meal in town.
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