Many Are Invited but Few Are Chosen

On the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity

Dr. Vince McLaughlin’s Teaching Manuscript:

Matthew 22:1-14

Excerpt from Homily Notes:

God the Father has credited the righteousness of His Son Yeshua the Christ to our account, and He did this when He saved us. In grace, the holiness of Jesus Christ is ascribed to us. Christ “has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption” (1 Corinthians 1:30).

By having the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, we can be seen as sinless, as Yeshua is sinless. This is amazing grace! We are not righteous in ourselves; rather, we possess Christ’s righteousness applied to our account. It is not our perfection, but Christ’s that Father God sees when He brings us into fellowship with Himself. We are still sinners in practice, but the grace of God has declared us to have righteous standing before the law.