Introduction

• Matthew 25:31-46

“He will separate them”

• Matthew 25:31-33
• We need to live like we know the judgment is coming!
• Hebrews 9:27
• Matthew 12:26 – This will be an exacting judgment!
• Acts 10:40-43
• Am I ready to meet the judge?

“you did it to Me”

• Matthew 25:37-40
• This is not a comprehensive list of how to serve God. But these are things Jesus cares about!
• These are all relatively easy things to do. We can’t be so afraid that we can’t do something big that we end up doing nothing at all.

“you did not do it to Me”

• Matthew 25:42-45 – These are sins of omission.
• Matthew 25:18, 26-30 – The one talent man did wrong by doing nothing.
• I Timothy 5:16
• Do I assist a needy widow when I should?
• Let us not be guilty of failing to act.

“the eternal fire”

• Matthew 25:33, 41, 46 – This is Jesus saying what’s going to happen.
• Jesus did not shy away from talking about hell:
  • Matthew 5:22, 29, 30
  • Matthew 10:28
  • Matthew 12:37, 41, 42
  • Matthew 13:41-42, 49-50
  • Matthew 18:8, 9
  • Matthew 23:15, 33