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A Strange Hobby
Claude Khazizian was the nightmare of every security guard. His hobby was to gate-crash upper class gatherings and mingle with the guests. A photo taken in 1995 shows him among some leading politicians from various countries. He knew how to adapt to situations, wear the right clothes, and hold his own in all kinds of conversations. In 1995 he also succeeded in smuggling himself in to the wedding reception in the Dutch royal household and shaking hands with the bride and groom.
However, nobody will be able to gate-crash heaven or the “marriage supper of the Lamb” (Revelation 19:9). In the parable of the wedding of the king’s son the Lord told of how a man managed to slip in unawares. He had been invited like the other guests but wasn’t wearing the correct wedding garment, the garment provided by the king himself. He was asked, “Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment” (Matthew 22:12)?
This shows that no one can stand before God on the ground of his own righteousness. It must be the “robe of righteousness” (Isaiah 61:10),that He provides through Christ and the work of Calvary.
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