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“Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless” (Matthew 22:12).
Something rather strange happened to me recently. My wife and I went to visit our son and his family, and I picked up a shovel to clear some of the snow from his porch and front walk. While I was doing this, a well-fed cat, wearing a collar, suddenly appeared, and was very friendly to me—walking beside me and occasionally rubbing against my leg. When I entered the house the cat boldly walked right in! I thought perhaps they had gotten a cat since my last visit, but no, it was not theirs. Yet the cat behaved in every way as if it belonged there.
It was the same with the man in our verse who did not have a wedding garment. In those days the host often provided a special wedding suit for those who would attend, and it was important to wear it. So you and I, if we are to be in heaven, must have on the “wedding garment” provided by the Lord Jesus through faith in Him. But the man in our verse came in boldly without a wedding garment.
That cat did not belong in my son’s home and had to be shooed out the door. So also, the man without a wedding garment was taken out and cast into outer darkness. It is important to get our wedding garment before we have to leave this world.
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