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Jesus tells a parable in Matthew 22 and in verse 8 he says this in that parable.

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Then he said to his slaves, the wedding is ready, but those who were invited were

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not worthy. In this parable, not worthy seems to be about making excuses, about

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not coming when it's ready. He prepared the feast and they declined to attend. If

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you have an excuse, you can be excused, but it will mean you are not going to

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make it in. Ultimately, there will be no more room even for repentance because he

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said, we prepared the feast, the wedding is ready, but those who were invited were

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not worthy and that's because they made excuses. So I would say today, start

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thinking of yourself and say, hey, am I making excuses to not do the things that

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God would have me to do? Have I listened to the persuasions of the

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world to get me to do things that the world wants me to do instead of what God

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wants me to do? Maybe need to turn the TV off and spend some time in the Word of

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God or get on RightNow Media, which you can get a free subscription through the

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live station, get on RightNow Media and listen to Bible studies. Watch God-

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friendly family entertainment with your children if you have them or even for

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yourself. I like a lot of kids shows that are godly. So no more excuses, let's be

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bound worthy. God bless you today. I want to encourage you to go on our website, check out

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some things that are going on. In particular, I want to mention Camp You

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Can. If you know any young boys, any young men between the ages of 9 and 16

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years old who would like to go to Camp You Can, we currently have totally free

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Camp You Can attendance. It's July 31st through August 3rd, so it's before they go

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back to school. It's just four days and three nights. We'll provide

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transportation to get food and giant swimming pool and pro athletes to talk

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to them about becoming a man of it.