YOU ARE INVITED – How exciting!
Most people have received invitations through their letter boxes at some time or another. Usually they are welcome and a cause of pleasure and even excitement as you plan for and look forward to the big event.
What shall I wear? What gift shall I buy? Who else will be there?
Eventually the big day arrive and dressed to the nines, with invitations in handbags or jacket pockets and carrying gift-wrapped presents you arrive at the party venue with great hopes and expectations of having a great time and enjoying lots of delicious food and drink, music, great company and even a bit of a dance.
You arrive on the doorstep, knock at the door and are welcomed with open arms and hugs and kisses. If you know the people who invited you they would probably let you in even if you had come without your invitation card and in some cases even if you hadn’t been invited to the party at all.
But would the Beckham’s let you in without an invitation if you weren’t in their family or on their guest list? I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t. Security would be called and you wouldn’t even get into the grounds. The same would be true at one of the Queen’s parties. No invite – no entry. . . !! You may know a lot about the Beckhams or the Queen but if you don’t know them in person or are part of the her family you won’t get in.
Heaven is also a bit like that. You can’t get in unless you know Jesus personally and are part of his family. And the only way to be part of God’s family is to accept his invitation by accepting his Son Jesus into your life and be born again. Being born again simply means getting a new start in life when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour and are adopted into God’s family. God then recognises us and our names are written in his book for ever, and we are on his invitation list.
Most people have received invitations through their letter boxes at some time or another. Usually they are welcome and a cause of pleasure and even excitement as you plan for and look forward to the big event.
What shall I wear? What gift shall I buy? Who else will be there?
Eventually the big day arrive and dressed to the nines, with invitations in handbags or jacket pockets and carrying gift-wrapped presents you arrive at the party venue with great hopes and expectations of having a great time and enjoying lots of delicious food and drink, music, great company and even a bit of a dance.
You arrive on the doorstep, knock at the door and are welcomed with open arms and hugs and kisses. If you know the people who invited you they would probably let you in even if you had come without your invitation card and in some cases even if you hadn’t been invited to the party at all.
But would the Beckham’s let you in without an invitation if you weren’t in their family or on their guest list? I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t. Security would be called and you wouldn’t even get into the grounds. The same would be true at one of the Queen’s parties. No invite – no entry. . . !! You may know a lot about the Beckhams or the Queen but if you don’t know them in person or are part of the her family you won’t get in.
Heaven is also a bit like that. You can’t get in unless you know Jesus personally and are part of his family. And the only way to be part of God’s family is to accept his invitation by accepting his Son Jesus into your life and be born again. Being born again simply means getting a new start in life when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour and are adopted into God’s family. God then recognises us and our names are written in his book for ever, and we are on his invitation list.
