Download - The Life of Jesus (31) Teachings Concerning Judgment The Lord’s Return (2) Matthew 25:14-46
In Matthew 24-25:14
• We continue our study of Judgment as Jesus taught it during His final week of teaching leading to His death.
Matthew 24-25 - Background
•24:1-2 – Jesus prophesies the destruction of the temple•24:3, “When will these things
be?” “What will be the signs of Your coming and of the end of the age.”
Matthew 24 – The Message
•24:4-35 – the coming destruction of JerusalemAnswering the 1st question!•24:36-25:46– “But of that
day and hour no one knows…” Answering the 2nd question!
Matt. 25:14-30 – “Talents”
•25:14-30 – Three servants given talents to manage “according to their ability”.
• The master goes on a journey to a far country (long time)
Matt. 25:14-30 – “Talents”
• The 5 & 2 talent servants double their resources
• The one talent man buries his talent in the ground (i.e. he did NOTHING!)
Matt. 25:14-30 – “Talents”
• The master returns to settle accounts
• The 5 & 2 talent servants present their efforts and are rewarded accordingly (25:21, 23)
Matt. 25:14-30 – “Talents”
• The 1 talent servant
• Returns the talent to the master
• Speaks of his harsh conduct (25:24-25)
• He makes excuses
Matt. 25:14-30 – “Talents”
• Why the accusation?
• If descriptive of God, is it true?
• Certainly NOT!
Matt. 25:14-30 – “Talents”
• God does NOT take what does not belong to Him
• What belongs to Him? Everything! (1 Cor. 10:26, 28; Psa. 24:1, Ex. 19:5)
• His critics make harsh accusations against Him
Matt. 25:14-30 – “Talents”
• “You have what is Yours”
• Is this a true statement?
• What about his abilities and time, as a steward?
• Was he capable of managing 1 talent?
Matt. 25:14-30 – “Talents”
• One talent man’s response:• Rather than take
responsibility, he made excuses! He accused others!
• How many blame God because they don’t want to take responsibility?
Matt. 25:14-30 – “Talents”
• “You wicked and lazy servant” (25:26-28)
• Why did master reply this way?
• Plausible: He answers “a fool according to his folly”
Matt. 25:14-30 – “Talents”
• “You wicked and lazy servant” (25:26-28)
• Why wicked? • Did the servant act
honorably?Did he steal (Eph. 4:28)Did he slander?
Matt. 25:14-30 – Lessons:
• We don’t know when the master will return!
• When He returns we will give an account for our conductWe have abilities (Rom. 12:3-8, 1 Pet. 4:7-11, cf. 1 Cor. 12:11, 18)
Matt. 25:14-30 – Lessons:
• God detests laziness!• When He returns we will give
an account for our conductWe have abilities (2 Thess. 3:10-12, Heb. 6:11, 1 Thess. 4:11, Prov. 6:6-11, 10:4, 18:9, 20:13, etc.)
Matt. 25:31-46 – Judgment
• Jesus now describes the judgment directly
• Son of Man – Jesus (Matt. 9:6, 12:8, 12:40, 26:2)
• He will come in glory – Phil. 2:5-7, John 17:1-5, 2 Thess. 1:9-10
Matt. 25:31-46 – Judgment
• With his angels – 2 Thess. 1:7, Matt. 13:41, 49
• He will sit in judgment on His throne! Rom. 2:16, 1 Cor. 4:5, 1 Tim. 4:1
Matt. 25:31-46 – Judgment
• A day of separation – 32-35• All nations (souls) gathered
before Him!
• Separated THEN John 5:28-29, Rev. 20:12,…
Matt. 25:31-46 – Judgment
• The sheep on the right – 34-40
• Inherit the kingdom…
• How? They did good to His brethren
Matt. 25:31-46 – Judgment
• The goats on the right – 41-46
• “Depart from Me…”Rev. 20:10, 15, 21:8
• Why? They did NOT do good to His brethren
Matt. 25:31-46 – Judgment
• The goats on the right – 41-46
• NOTE: It was not the “horrible” sins cf. 1 Cor. 6:9-10, Rev. 21:8, Gal. 5:19-21, … Sin is sin!
• They did not recall their failure
Matt. 25:31-46 – Lessons
• While our salvation is not based upon works – a godly life WILL be filled with good works Titus 2:14, Eph. 2:10, cf. Jas. 2:14-18, 24
• Do we care about the needy as we ought to? Gal. 6:10
Matt. 25:31-46 – Lessons
• There are only two directions of judgment
• “everlasting” & “eternal” are same word•When we stand before God we will be sentenced one way or the other!