The Kings Invitation

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The Kings Invitation

• Matthew 221-14

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The Kings Invitation

• For a child will be born to us, a son will be
  given to us And the government will rest on His
  shoulders And His name will be called Wonderful
  Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of
  Peace.

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The Kings Invitation

• There will be no end to the increase of His
  government or of peace, On the throne of David
  and over his kingdom, To establish it and to
  uphold it with justice and righteousness From
  then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of
  hosts will accomplish this.
• Isaiah 96-7

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The Kings Invitation

• God Has Extended an Invitation (1-6).
• A. His Invitation Was Clear and Exciting
  (1-4).

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The Kings Invitation

• For behold, I create new heavens and a new
  earth And the former things will not be
  remembered or come to mind. But be glad and
  rejoice forever in what I create For behold, I
  create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for
  gladness. I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be
  glad in My people And there will no longer be
  heard in her the voice of weeping and the sound
  of crying.

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The Kings Invitation

• No longer will there be in it an infant who
  lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not
  live out his days For the youth will die at the
  age of one hundred And the one who does not reach
  the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed.
  They will build houses and inhabit them They
  will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
  They will not build and another inhabit, They
  will not plant and another eat

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The Kings Invitation

• For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the
  days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear
  out the work of their hands. They will not labor
  in vain, Or bear children for calamity For they
  are the offspring of those blessed by the Lord,
  And their descendants with them.
• Isaiah 6517-23

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The Kings Invitation

• God Has Extended an Invitation (1-6).
• A. His Invitation Was Clear and Exciting
  (1-4).
• B. Some People Have Rejected the Invitation
  (3, 5-6).
• 1. Some Are Indifferent (5).
• 2. Some Are Hostile (6).

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The Kings Invitation

• God Has Extended an Invitation (1-6).
• II. God Judges Those Who Reject the Invitation
  (7).

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The Kings Invitation

• God Has Extended an Invitation (1-6).
• God Judges Those Who Reject the Invitation (7).
• God Has Widened His Invitation to Everybody
  (8-10).
• Christs Righteousness Is the Only Entry Pass
  (11-14).

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The Kings Invitation

• I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, My soul will
  exult in my God For He has clothed me with
  garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a
  robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks
  himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns
  herself with her jewels.
• Isaiah 6110

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The Kings Invitation

• Then he showed me Joshua the high priest
  standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan
  standing at his right hand to accuse him. The
  Lord said to Satan, The Lord rebuke you, Satan!
  Indeed, the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke
  you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?
  

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The Kings Invitation

• Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and
  standing before the angel. He spoke and said to
  those who were standing before him, saying,
  Remove the filthy garments from him. Again he
  said to him, See, I have taken your iniquity
  away from you and will clothe you with festal
  robes. Then I said, Let them put a clean turban
  on his head. So they put a clean turban on his
  head and clothed him with garments, while the
  angel of the Lord was standing by.
• Zechariah 31-5

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The Kings Invitation

• For I say to you that unless your righteousness
  surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you
  will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Matthew 520

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