{"id":8337,"date":"2020-08-11T15:23:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=8337"},"modified":"2022-01-12T17:17:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T17:17:24","slug":"they-made-light-of-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=8337","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThey Made Light of It\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 1<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">[<strong>Note<\/strong><strong>:\u00a0 <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our <strong>Brief Articles 2<\/strong>\u00a0 page.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">In a parable, Jesus depicted a king who made a feast for his son. When the servants went out with the invitation, the ones invited \u201cmade light of it\u201d (Mat. 22:1\u20135). The point of the parable is to predict the way most men will respond to God\u2019s invitation to honor His Son and to reveal the dire outcome of their rejection. This prophetic parable is still being fulfilled as men continue to \u201cmake light\u201d of God and His Son in various ways:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Making light of God and Jesus: <\/strong>Many call God \u201cthe man upstairs\u201d and refer to Jesus as a mere man. Men frequently use Their names vainly, crudely, and profanely. Multitudes, like old Pharaoh, ask, \u201cWho is Jehovah that I should obey his voice?\u201d (Exo. 5:2).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Making light of the Bible: <\/strong>Taught by several generations of unbelieving theologians, pulpiteers have robbed the masses of faith in the Bible as God\u2019s Word. It has been \u201cbent\u201d to accommodate evolution. It has become subservient to feelings and emotion. Secularists now seek to destroy its influence utterly. But Jesus\u2019 said: \u201cHeaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away\u201d (Mat. 24:35).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Making light of sin: <\/strong>Solomon observed: \u201cIt is as sport to a fool to do wickedness\u201d (Pro. 10:23). Men make light of sin by laughing at it, excusing it in others, and engaging in it, as if there were no temporal or eternal consequences. Men mitigate sin by defining it out of existence as \u201cdisease\u201d or an \u201calternate lifestyle.\u201d They foolishly \u201ccall evil good, and good evil\u201d and invite the woes of God (Isa. 5:20). All such deny that \u201csin is a reproach to any people\u201d (Pro. 14:34b).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Making light of The Judgment and eternity: <\/strong>Men convinced that they are mere animals with no immortal spirit behave as mere animals. They live for the moment, believing there is no life beyond the grave and no accountability for behavior. Thus, they think they should \u201ceat and drink, for tomorrow we die\u201d (1 Cor. 15:32). Such will be horrified at their continued consciousness after death, from which they will be raised to stand before Jesus the Christ in a Judgment that will have eternal repercussions (John 5:28\u201329).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Making light of Jesus\u2019 Invitation: <\/strong>Jesus came to rescue all men from sin and its consequences, both in time and eternity (1 Tim. 1:15). He invites all men to cast their sin-burdens upon Him, and He promises rest (Mat. 11:28\u201329). Yet the masses reject the only avenue they have to God (John 14:6). As the king in the parable, God will destroy all who \u201cmake light of\u201d Him, His Son, and Their Way.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">[<strong>Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it appeared in the <em>Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, July 31, 2009].<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Attribution:<\/strong> From <em>thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 1[Note:\u00a0 This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2\u00a0 page.] In a parable, Jesus depicted a king who made a feast for his son. 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