And sent His servant at suppertime to say to
those who were invited, come for all things are
now ready. But they all with one accord began
to make excuses. The first said to him, I have
bought a piece of ground. And I must go and see
it and I ask that you have me excused. and another
said i have bought five yoke of oxen and i'm
going to test them i asked that you have me excuse
the banquet was prepared for them still another
said i have married a wife and therefore i cannot
come so that servant came and reported to his
these things to his master than the master of
the house he says go out quickly into the streets
and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor
and the maimed and the lame and the blind if
this first group is not interested I'm going
to give you another group so that you can go
see, look for. Because the table is ready. And
I want my house to be filled. I'm speaking in
the field of the Lord. Jesus reveals the condition
of his own people. This isn't for those that
are not only for the person that is lost, but
also those that are in home at the house. Please
see my heart. I'm not targeting anyone. I'm not
attacking anyone. I'm exposing the Word of God,
the Scripture. So that the fear of the Lord may
come upon us. Because many presented excuses.
But there's one reality that the Scripture speaks
about. He begins speaking of the wedding. And
then he speaks about what this banquet is. Let
me show you two realities. Maybe three. I'm going
to show you two. The reality of what's going
to happen before the bridegroom comes to seek
his wife, his bride. Matthew 22, Matthew 24,
verse 12. Quickly, let's go there. What does
the scripture say? Matthew 24, 12 says, and this
is Jesus speaking of the end times. Jesus speaking
of the signs before the end. says and because
lawlessness will bound the love of many will
grow cold we're gonna be wrong okay we're gonna
be real the love of who the world doesn't know
love because it isn't until you know Jesus Christ
is when you know real love true love is found
in a person that's named Jesus Christ and when
you know Jesus And that's when you really know
love. And Jesus says, because lawlessness has
multiplied. The love of many will grow cold.
What love is he talking about? He's talking about
that first love. That is a sign. of something
that's coming or already happening in the body
for which you and I have to be aware. If we know
that scripture and we know that it's for the
end times, or the final, yeah, the end times.
with a greater reason you should keep your first
love you should cultivate that first love you
should walk making sure that that first love
doesn't it doesn't quench because that word was
not for the world the love of many will grow
cold was not for the world because the world
doesn't know love the love of many will grow
cold is for the children of the house for those
that know Jesus for those that know God That's
one sign. Let's go to 2 Thessalonians. Chapter
2. I'm going to show you another sign. We're
going to read verse 1. Os rogamos hermanos, versículo
2, que no os dejéis mover fácilmente de vuestro
modo de pensar. Ni os contrabeis, ni por espíritu,
ni por palabra, ni por carta, como si fuera nuestra,
en el sentido de que el día del Señor se acerca.
Versículo 3, nadie nos engañe en ninguna manera.
Porque no vendrá sin que antes venga la apostasia
Y se manifiesta el hombre de pecado el hijo de
perdición Now brethren concerning the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together
for him We ask you not to be soon shaken in mind
or troubled Neither by spirit or by word or by
letter as it from us as though the day of Christ
had come Let no one deceive you by any means
for that day will not come Unless the falling
away comes first and the man of sin is revealed
and the son of perdition can not in or singanya
Let no one deceive you. But before Christ comes,
apostasy will come. Do you know what apostasy
means? The traditional translation is the falling
away. but the root of the word apostasy the fear
of the lord came to me when i said it the root
the root word of that the root word of that word
means of apostasy it means divorce it means repugnant
the word repugnant means to reuse and fulfill
an agreement to not want to fulfill an agreement
or an obligation or a debt apostasy when it hits
it makes you divorce God renunciar. You renounce.
Tu union con el. Your union with him. Tu compromiso
con el. Your covenant with him. Your commitment
with him. Your commitment with him. Tu pacto
con el. Your covenant with him. Dejeme darle
sabiduria. Let me give you wisdom. La iglesia
ya está desposada. The church has already been
betrothed. When you are betrothed, it means that
you already belong to someone. You've already
gotten married because of the covenant of a word.
The church is already married. He already has
his bride. Whether you understand it or not,
he says, you are mine. You are mine. You belong
to me. I chose you out of many. I chose you.
And in Matthew 24 it says, the love of many.
of the bride will grow cold. And in Thessalonians
it says, do not be deceived, because before he
comes, apostasy will enter. And people will live
as if they were divorced from God. That's why
it's called the great falling away. But the spirit
of the Lord, he is calling the bride. He wants
to show you to walk with him. He wants to show
you to abide in first love. To remain in first
love and he's the spirit of truth. He will take
you to all righteousness and all truth. The committed
bride will not be deceived. Let me say that again.
The committed bride will not be deceived. It
will burn for Christ. She will prepare for Christ.
The book of Revelation says, rejoice. Because
the bride has prepared herself for the bridegroom.
The church. The body of Christ. I'm not speaking
of burning life, of burning lamp. I'm speaking
of the body of Christ. has straight away has
departed for some the following of the holy spirit
has become an inconvenience for others The following
of the Holy Spirit has become their source of
life. There's a grace in that so that the following
of the Holy Spirit can become our source. The
mature children of the Lord are guided by the
Spirit. Another translation says the mature children
of God are moved by the impulses of the Spirit.
And the spirit of the Lord is jealous for us.
And our responsibility is to tell him, yes. So
the first group, there was three excuses. I have
to take care of the ground. I have to take care
of my business because I've bought oxen have
to test them and then the third person gives
an excuse that they just got married so this
is the person that doesn't know how to balance
church and family but i'm not going to go there
because i want to involve myself in the second
group this is where i see the lord taking us
Versículo 21 verse 21 So that servant came and
reported these things to this master. Then the
master of the house, being angry, said to his
servant, go out quickly into the streets and
lanes of the city and bring in here the poor
and the maimed and the lame and the blind. Say
with me the second group. Say with me the second
group. 15 years ago, I gathered with this group.
The ones that were in debt. The ones that were
fearful. The ones that didn't have anything.
Fifteen years ago, in a small house of peace,
I gathered with the valiant ones of David. Those
that were in debt. Those that didn't have anything.
Those that were fearful. The blind. The lame.
The ones that no one wants. The ones that the
others don't care about, I am part of that second
group. I belong to that second group. The one
that no one cares about. The one that no one
gets a penny for. The ones where... would just
go above them, but the Lord, because of his instructions,
he went and seeked that second group. I don't
know what group you're in, but from that first
group, they didn't appreciate what the Lord had
given them. They left their commitment. They
didn't seek anymore. They had excuses, but there's
always a second group that loves the Lord, that
seeks the Lord, that desires the Lord, that has
been unappreciated, that no one gave them a penny.
That's who I was. I was the smallest in my brothers.
And the Lord always lifts up a second group.
And the scripture speaks about a Third group.
Because that second group still didn't fill the
house. Verse 22. And the servant said, Master,
it is done as you commanded, and still there
is room. Then the master said to the servant,
go out to the highways and the hedges and compel
them to come in, that my house may be filled.
For I say to you that none of those men who were
invited shall taste my supper. If you see the
scriptures, the Lord always has a second group.
When he went to go look for David, the first
group was Saul. And when he came to the house
of Jesse, the first group, his father thought
it was his other children. There was a third.
There was a second group that was hidden past
the shepherding the lambs. The woman at the well.
That's part of the second group. She was unappreciated.
The one that the people said she was an adulterer.
That the religious would point their fingers
and judge her. But Jesus. And they came to the
feet of Christ. And then Solomon was a child
of adultery, a second group. David could have
chosen any of his children, but he chose Solomon
from the second group. I don't know who I'm talking
to today. that are part of that second group.
Because in your heart, it hasn't grown. It hasn't
hearted towards him because the spirit of the
Lord keeps giving you invitations. The invitations
to the wedding are being given out. Come to the
wedding. Come to the table. Come to the banquet.
Come to the banquet. Come to prepare yourself.
It has your name. It has the date. And he says,
come in. You have access. Come and prepare yourself.
You are the bride. You are choice. I come to
speak to you to those that were probably not
on that first list 15 years ago I told the pastors
I know that I'm not the first person that got
called to this city I know that God called But
there were some crazy people in Miami that fell
in love with this city. And they said, yes, Lord.
I know that they weren't the first group. They
were those that were in debt. They were from
those that were in dread. They were the ones
that were there with fear. But then at the end,
they were the ones that are from the brain. They're
the ones that are before the giants. Not because
of me, but because of God. Tell me who you join
yourself with and I'll tell you. And I can tell
you that I'm with a giant killer. I'm with one
that conquers Nations and I walk with one that
nothing's impossible for him. I walk with one
that has all the power, all authority. You don't
just come to church. There's a banquet. Because
what I've noticed is that those of you that are
from the second group, they yell differently
from the first group. Those that are from that
second group serve differently from that first
group. Those that are from that second group
give differently from the first group. Those
that are from the second group dance differently
from the first group. Those of the second group...
Love differently from the first group because
they understand that they have been forgiven
so much. The person that has been forgiven so
much loves a lot. That's why I don't love halfway.
You don't see me loving one person another way
and unappreciating the other one. I know where
God took me out. I know where he kept me out
from. I know of those nights that I would go
and I was afflicted. when I was abused when I
was young. And from where he took me out of.
How am I not going to love him? How am I not
gonna love him halfway? How am I going to love
him halfway? How will I love him halfway? I can't.
And I speak to those that are here. How do I
know that you're of the second group? How many
of you are gentle? If you are gentle, you're
a gentile, you're not Jewish. How many of you
are not Jewish? Then you are from that second
group. Because he came to his own. And his own
didn't even recognize him. But he had a greater
heart to seek those that were not Jewish. The
Father is completely determined to bring you
to Him. The bridegroom is completely in love
with you. And he tells you, get married with
me again. Have commitment with me again. I wanna
pass eternity with you. Nothing that we have.
Sorry, let's go back to the first group. Why
couldn't they come? Because now they acquired
things. They have land. They have businesses.
They got married. And they have a bigger family.
Everything's a blessing of the Lord. But everything's
from His grace. The Lord is inviting us. Come
to the banquet. Is those that change the world?
Lift up your hands. Say Lord Jesus. Thank you
for coming. Thank you for forgiving me. Thank
you for loving me. Thank you for taking me out
of where you took me out of. Thank you for blessing
me the way that you've blessed me. Tell him Lord,
let the love that you have for me never grow
cold. Lord, free me from being deceived. Deliver
me, Lord, from entering into apostasy. Lord,
awaken me. Awaken my heart. Awaken my spirit.
Towards you. That I may seek you. That I may
run towards you. That I may come close to your
table. With an unveiled face. Can this word offend?
Yes, of course. But if the heart is right, it
will not offend you. It will provoke you to seek
of the Lord, to run towards the Lord. It's a
word of warning. Every eye closed, I'm gonna
make a call. At the count of three, if you can
tell me, I identify myself. I am part of that
second group. It was very hard, but I am part
of that second group. And I understand that the
Lord has called me. Or maybe you say, I'm part
of that third group. at the count of three. There's
a grace that's gonna come upon you. If this is
you, stand to your feet. One, two, three. Lift
up your hands.