Religion & Spirituality
Thy Kingdom Come This time of year is truly the season for parties and gatherings. As April and I began to fill-out our monthly calendar the number of Christmas events was overwhelming. We have tree-lightings, music at the church, music for the schools. We have classroom parties. We have team parties. We have office parties. We have family get togethers. We have the pastors’ party. We have more parties than I can keep track of without a whiteboard calendar. Tis’ the season of parties. In our passage for this Sunday Jesus teaches us that the Kingdom of God is like a party. It is a party to which all are invited but, strange enough, not all will come. As we celebrate this Christmas season we must be reminded that every gathering and celebration is meant to point us to the one great party to which we are invited in Christ Jesus. To come prepared for the sermon, take time this week to read and to meditate upon Matthew 22:1-14, Isaiah 55:1-2, John 1:11, Revelation 19:7-9, and Westminster Confession of Faith 15.4.