Few Are Chosen -Matthew 22:9-14

Matthew 22:9-14 ESV 

Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.

“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding  garment?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Both good and bad were invited to the wedding feast. The invitation went out to all. Few would answer with obedience. That obedience would weave a wedding garment of righteousness. Those who did so were chosen. 

The outer darkness could allude to the lake of fire. The lake might signify the waters of mankind where the knowledge of the separation from the light of God burns with the holy fire of judgement. How tormenting would it be to see the light of life from afar and never be able to draw close. The smoke of the torment of what might have been will rise without end.