EASTER SUNDAY

I'm Not Worthy

Easter Sunday 

April 16, 2017

Have you ever been so overwhelmed by the Lord's sacrifice that you had a hard time celebrating His resurrection? Perhaps it was your own personal guilt. Or your overwhelming sense of failure. 

Consider the parable of the king's banquet. 

The king got the wedding banquet ready for his son and sent out invitations to everybody. But guess what? They all had better things to do -- like tend the farm or work at the shop. 

(Really? The king has just given you a personal invitation to come dine with the prince and you can't break away long enough to go? You must not respect the king or his son very much.)

Then he told his servants, "The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy." Matthew 28:8

So the king extended the invitation to others -- both evil and good -- who accepted his generosity and attended the banquet gladly. 

If both evil and good were allowed to go to the banquet, what was it about the first group that made them unworthy?

THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT HIS INVITATION. 

That's it. 

They hadn't earned a place at the king's table either.  

Really all they had to do was to heed the invitation. Simple as that. 

Jesus' resurrection from the dead makes him the most powerful man ever. And He extends an invitation to us today to come celebrate with Him. 

We must forget the past. Forget the failures. 

We ARE worthy. 

Praise His Holy Name!

Lord, only you are Worthy of our praise. You are author, creator, ruler, and friend. Help us to set asside our insecurities so that we can worship you wholeheartedly on this Resurrection Sunday.