Category: Matthew 25
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Eternity . . .
Hell . . . is . . . forever Heaven is as well Jesus spoke often of both places. Do you have ears to hear what He said? (Luke 16:19-31; Matthew 25:31-46; John 3:1-21; John 14:1-6)
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Depression
Matthew 25:21 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’” The one emotional condition that, above all, is the opposite of what God would have for His followers is depression. It’s closely…
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Identifying “the Least of These”
Matthew 25:40 “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’” That God views things far differently than we do is strikingly apparent in the verse above. Here Jesus makes reference to “the least of these my brothers.” Interestingly,…
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The Legalists
Matthew 25:42-45 “I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did…
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Two Sides of the Same Worthless Coin
Matthew 7:22-23 “On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’” Matthew 25:41-46 “Then he will say to those on his…
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Sheep or Goat?
Matthew 25:40 “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’” Jesus spoke often about the future to his disciples. In Matthew 25, He gives the account of “the sheep and the goats,” metaphors for…
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Hell
Matthew 25:30 “And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Do you ever think about what Hell is like? The Bible has a lot to say about it. For one, it is a real place. Matthew 25:30 calls it just that, a “place.”…
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Good Friday
Matthew 25:40 “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’” Today is “Good Friday.” It’s a time when we remember the suffering of the Lord Jesus Christ at the hands of wicked men. As…