Title: " A Portrait of the King "
Text: Matthew Chapter 22
INTRO:
I. The King's Parable of a Marriage Feast
Matthew 22:1-14
*** The Kingdom of Heaven is Likened to a Wedding Feast Prepared by
a Kingly Father for His Son.
Verses 1-2
A. The Father's Preparation
Verses 2-4
B. The Official Invitation
Verses 3-4
C. The Bidden Guests' Response
1. They Ignored the Invitation.
Verse 3
2. They Made Light of the Invitation & Went their Own Way to
Do their Own Thing.
Verse 5
3. They Misused the King's Servants & Even Killed them.
Verse 6
D. The Insanity of the Bidden Guests' Response
*** They were Thumbing their Noses at a King with the Power
to Utterly Destroy them.
E. The King's Predictable Response
1. A Clarification of the Invitation
Verse 4
2. The King's Anger was Kindled.
Verse 7
a. Anger Over the Insult of Having His Graciousness
Rejected & Treated with Disrespect
Verses 3-5 c/f Hebrews 10:26-31
b. Anger Over the Abuse His Servants Had Suffered
at the Hands of His Rejecters
Verse 6
3. The King's Vengeance was Executed, and the People
were Destroyed.
Verse 7 c/f Hebrews 10:30-31
a. This Parable was First of All a Warning to the Jews
& Jerusalem Historically.
b. The Principles Still Apply Today to All People.
F. A New Group of Guests Called
Verses 8-10
1. The Judgement of the First Guests -- the Jews
Verse 8
2. The Invitation is Extended to All -- Including the Gentiles.
Verse 9
3. The Faithful Servants' Ingathering
Verse 10
G. The King's Unpleasant Surprise & Response
Verses 11-13
1. He Found a Man in the Assembly who was Not Properly
Attired. -- He Had No Wedding Garment On.
Verses 11-2
2. The Wedding Garment is the Robe of Righteousness Imputed
to the Believer By Faith in Jesus Christ.
Revelation 6:9-11 ; Revelation 19:7-9 ; II Corinthians 5:21 ;
Romans 10:3-4 ; & Romans 3:19 - 4:8
3. The Father's Command Concerning the Unworthy Guest
Verse 13 c/f Revelation 21:27
H. The Savior's Simple Explanation
Verse 14
II. The King's Enemies Test Him with Hard Questions.
Matthew 22:15-40
A. The Pharisees & the Herodians Test the Lord with a Question
About Paying Tribute.
Verses 15-22
1. The Purpose of their Question
Verse 15 -- to Entangle Him
2. The Prelude to the Question
Verse 16 -- They Try to Butter Him Up with False Praise.
3. The Question of Whether Tribute was Lawful or Not
Verse 17
4. The Master's Perception & Response
Verses 18-21
a. He Criticized their Hypocrisy for Trying to Test Him.
Verse 18 -- They Didn't Care About what He Thought or
What the Law Taught.
b. He Directed their Attention to the Tribute Money & Asked
Whose Image & Superscription they Bore.
Verses 19-20
1.) The People Responded that Coins Bore Caesar's Image.
2.) The Scriptures Teach that Man is Created in the Image
of God.
Genesis 1:26-27
c. He Tells them to Give their Tribute Money to Caesar but
to Present their Bodies as a Living Sacrifice to God.
Verse 21 c/f Romans 12:1-2
5. The Enemies Marvel but Don't Repent .
Verse 22 -- They Marvelled, Left Him , & Went THEIR Way.
B. The Sadducees Test the Lord with a Question About the
Resurrection .
Verses 23-33
1. The Sadducees' Preconception
Verse 23
2. The Elaborate Question Presented
Verses 24-28
3. The Master's Threefold Response
Verses 29-32
a. He Charges them with Error & Points to the Reason they
had Erred.
Verse 29
b. He Explains that Life in the Resurrection Will Not Include
Marriage.
Verse 30
c. He Points Out a Scriptural Basis for the Doctrine of the
Resurrection.
Verses 31-32
4. The Response of the Multitude
Verse 33 -- Astonishment at His Doctrine
*** NOTE : Not Only Did He Teach that the Resurrection was a Scrip-
turally True Doctrine, but He Also Pointed to the Fact that
God's Word Should be Believed Even to the Very Tense
of a Verb in a Sentence .
C. The Pharisees Question the Lord About the Greatest Com-
mandment in the Law .
Verses 34-40
1. The Conspiracy Revealed
Verse 34
2. The Purpose of the Question Given
Verse 35 -- to Test Him
3. The Actual Question Posed
Verse 36
4. The Master's Concise Reply
Verses 37-40
III. The King's Questioning of His Inquisitors
Matthew 22:41-46
A. The Setting of the Question
Verse 41
B. The Question of Christ & Whose Son He Would Be
Verse 42
C. The Pharisees' Response
Verse 42
D. The Lord's Follow-up Question , which None Could Answer
Verses 43-46a
E. The Result of His Inquiry
Verse 46 -- Stunned Silence & Fear