I want to begin reading in the
31st verse of Matthew chapter 25. Matthew chapter 25 and let's
begin reading in verse 31. When the Son of Man shall come
in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, Then shall he
sit upon the throne of his glory, and before him shall be gathered
all nations. And he shall separate them one
from the other, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on
his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the king
say unto them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the world. For I was not hungry, and you
gave me meat. I was thirsty, and you gave me
drink. I was a stranger, and you took
me in. Naked, and you clothed me. I
was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came
unto me. Then shall the righteous answer
him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee in hunger, and fed thee,
or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger,
and took thee in, or naked, and clothed thee? Or saw thee sick,
or in prison, and came unto thee? And the king shall answer and
say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done
it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it
unto me. Then shall he say also unto them
on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting
fire, prepared for the devil and his angel. For I was not
hungry, and ye gave me no meat. I was thirsty, and you gave me
no drink. I was a stranger, and you tucked
me not in, naked, and you clothed me not, sick and in prison, and
you visited me not. Then shall they also answer him,
saying, Lord, when saw we thee unhungered, or athirst, or a
stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister
unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying,
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the
least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away
unto everlasting punishment, but the righteous unto life eternal. In the first portion of this
chapter, the Lord Jesus has been speaking in two parables. You may be familiar with them.
One is concerning the parable of the ten virgins. Five of them
had oil in their vessels and five had no oil. And at midnight
a cry was made. In verse 6 of this chapter, at
midnight there was a cry made, the bridegroom cometh, go you
out to meet him." The five who had the oil in their vessels
went in to the marriage ceremony. The five who had no oil went
to buy oil. And while they were gone, the
bridegroom came. And they came back and knocked
on the door and said, let us in. And the Lord said, I know
you're not. I know you're not. And then he
says in verse 13, watch therefore, for you know neither the day
nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh. And then he tells us another
parable beginning there in verse 14 about the Lord's servants. He gave three servants money. He gave the first one five pounds,
and he gave the second one two pounds, and he gave the third
one one pound. The one who had the five pounds
traded and got ten pounds, and the Lord commended him for that. He gave the two pounds to the
man, and he traded and got four pounds, and He commended him
for that. The one who had a pound hid his
treasure in the earth and tried to blame the Lord for being a
hard man, and he said, I was afraid of you. And the Lord judged
him and punished him and commended the other two for their service.
But he said about his trip in verse 19, when he had given these
pounds to his servants, after a long time the Lord of those
servants cometh and reckoned with them. Now these are the
two parables that the Lord taught us in the first portion of this
verse. And what he teaches us here in
parable, he tells us plainly in verses 31 and following. The coming of the Son of Man. You know not what hour the Lord
does come. These two parables teach us,
and here he begins in verse 31 and tells us plainly of His coming. And he says it like this, when,
when the Son of Man cometh. Nobody knows the day, nobody
knows the hour, but we're not in doubt about it. It's not if
the Son of Man cometh, but when the Son of Man cometh. Everywhere
in the Scripture, this coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is mentioned. Listen to this, the coming of
the Lord draweth near. The Lord standeth even before
the door a little while, and he that shall come will come,
and will not tarry. The Lord cometh with ten thousands
of his saints. You who are troubled, rest with
us, when the Lord Jesus Christ shall be revealed from heaven. The day of the Lord so cometh
as a thief in the night." Everywhere in the Scriptures we're told
of this day, when the Son of Man shall come. And he tells
us here, you notice this, who is coming. And he addresses himself
here, he addresses himself as he often does in the New Testament,
as the Son of Man. He is the Son of Man. And I thought
as I read this, this is the mystery of this. He's the Son of Man,
and yet He addresses Himself in this as the Lord. And He addresses
Himself in this as the King. The King. The Son of Man. Who is that? That's the Son of
God, isn't it? It's the Son of God. But He calls
Himself this name because this is the name that was given Him
in His humiliation. He never had this name while
He was in heaven, really. This is the name that is to be
applied to Him when He came into this world and was born of a
woman. The Scripture says He was made
flesh. Now that's humiliating. It's
not humiliating so much for us, because that's what we are, flesh. Because when the Son of God came
down from heaven, He was eternally different than we are. He was
born of a woman. That's humiliating for the Son
of God. He was born of a virgin woman, but she was a fallen woman. He was made flesh. Humiliation. He was made in the likeness of
sinful flesh. Even more humiliating. He made
Himself of no reputation. He took upon Himself the form
of a servant and was made in the likeness of men. That's why He's called the Son
of Man, because He was the Son of a woman. He had a human body. He had a human soul. He was a
real man. A holy man, but He was a real
man. And He addresses Himself as the
Son of Man. He's called the man of sorrows
that was acquainted with grief. He had nowhere to lay his head. He said to his disciples, the
Son of Man must suffer many things. The Son of Man must suffer many,
many, many things. That's humiliation. He said,
I must be despised and rejected of men. The chief priests and
scribes will betray me, they'll deny me, they'll crucify me,
and they will bury me. As Jonah was three days and three
nights in the heart of the earth, or in the Whalesberry, the Son
of Man must be three days and three nights in the heart of
this earth, in a tomb, in a grave. That's his humiliation. That's
why He calls Himself the Son of Man. And listen to this, the
Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and give
His life. That's why He's the Son of Man.
As God, He cannot die. As mere man, He cannot atone. But as the God-Man, He can both
die and He can atone. This is my body, he said. I'm
a man now, and this is my body that's broken for you. And you
eat my broken flesh, and you eat my shed blood, and you'll
live forever. I am the Son of Man. He was born in humiliation in
a stable. He lived in humiliation with
no place to lay his head. He suffered at the hands of mere
man. He died and was buried. The Son
of Man. The Son of Man. But you know
something? We don't end there, do we? We
don't end there. Here's what the angels said unto
those women who came to His tomb. Why seek ye the living among
the living? He's the Son of Man. And He was
humiliated in His sufferings and death, but He arose again.
And the angels said to these women, Do you not remember what
He said unto you? The Son of Man must be delivered
into the hands of sinful man, and be crucified, and the third
day raised again." He's not living now in His humiliation. He's
not dead. But He's alive forevermore. And
Peter says this about Him. He has gone into heaven. Now, I'm telling you about the
Son of Man. This is the Son of Man. He's gone into heaven as
the Son of Man. Earth rejected Him, but heaven
received Him. He's gone into heaven. The kings
of this earth and the governors, they judged Him. And the rich
of this world and the mighty, they rejected Him. But what did
the Father say to Him? Son, sit on My right hand. until I make your enemies your
footstool." Where is Jesus Christ sitting this morning? On the
right hand of God. And what's He doing there? He's
reigning. He's reigning. He must reign. There's another King, and who
is He? It's Jesus, the Son of Man. And He must reign until
He's put all His enemies under His feet. Kiss the Son, kiss
the Son of God, kiss the Son of Man, lest He be angry, and
you perish from the way when His wrath is kindled but a little. Oh, the Son of Man shall come
again. He shall come again. Some are saying, and some will
say, where is the promise of His coming? Where is the promise
of His coming? Did He promise He would come
again? Yes, He did. And here it is. We read about
it, didn't we? We read about it. When the Son
of Man shall come. And the Son of Man is not coming
to suffer. He's not coming again to be humiliated. He's not coming again to be rejected.
But look what the Scripture says in verse 31. When the Son of
Man shall come in His glory. He's coming in His glory. Before
He came in His humiliation, now He's going to come in His glory.
What does that mean? He's coming in His glory. Well,
I tell you this, brothers and sisters, when He comes, heaven's
going to open up. Heaven is going to open up. And
Jesus Christ Himself shall suddenly descend from that high and holy
place, and He'll do it with a shout. And His body will be so glorious
that the universe will be lit up by His brightness. He's coming in the glory of the
Mediator, the Savior of His people. He's coming in so much power,
listen to this, that He will speak, just speak, and the graves
will open. And the corruptible bodies will
put on incorruption. And these mortal bodies will
be changed and put on immortality and be made likened to His glorious
body. He's coming in power. His power. Where the words of the King are,
there's power. He's going to speak. He's just
going to speak. And these bodies shall be made
likened to His glorious bodies. All that surround His coming.
will reveal His glory. For He says here, He's coming
and bringing the holy angels with Him. These are His angels. They'll come with Him. And they're
coming in flaming fire. Listen to Psalms chapter 50.
He shall come. And here He is. He's come. And
He shall not keep silent. A fire shall devour before Him,
and it shall be very tempestuous round about Him. Because the
heavens are going to be on fire, you know. And these works that
we look at are going to melt away with ferment heat, and pass
away with a great noise. This is the glory of His coming. And He shall call unto the heavens
from above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people. And here's what He says, Gather
My saints together unto Me. That's what He's doing, you're
right. Gather my saints together in my presence at my throne. Gather them before my face. Those
who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice and the heavens
shall declare His glory, His righteousness, and He Himself
shall be judged in that day. Gather my saints together. This
is the brightness of His coming, the glory of His coming. But
you'll notice here in verse 32, it's not only the saints that
He gathers, but look at this, "...and before Him shall be gathered
all nations." Can you imagine the glory of this? This is His
glory. Can you imagine every man and
woman and boy and girl and infant that has ever lived upon this
earth in the history of humanity, all assemble in one location,
and they're all standing before the face and before the throne
and in the presence of this one man. Can you imagine that? That's His glory. That's His
glory. gathered in the physical and
immediate presence of Jesus of Nazareth. Everybody! Everybody! Those who loved Him and those
who hated Him. Those who heard His Word through
the Gospel and believed it, and those who said, we'll not have
it. Those who had faith in His blood
and those who pierced it. The kings and the paupers, the
rich and the poor, the old and the young, everybody who has
ever lived in the history of this world, now is called by
His power and His authority, and here they stand in the presence
of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Man. Can you imagine a scene
like this? That's His glory. That's His
glory. Before Him shall be gathered
all nations. No wonder it's called here the
throne. The throne of His glory. The throne. You know, as you
begin to read the Scriptures, one of the things that you realize
is that the Jesus that we hear preached so often today, is not
the Jesus of the Bible. Did you ever notice that? How
often do you and I hear on radio or on TV that Jesus is set up
in heaven and He is somewhat frustrated because everything
is out of His control. And He would like to do something
for men But they won't let him. They won't allow him to. And
his hands are tied, they tell us. And one man said he's pacing
and frustrated, hoping that somebody will let him do something. Now
let me ask you something this morning, seriously. As I read
and comment upon this text, is that the Jesus that this Bible
reveals? Who is the Jesus that this Bible
reveals? He is not frustrated. He is not
begging. He is seated. He is restful. He is reigning in sovereignty
over all creatures, spiritual and natural, temporal and eternal. Jesus Christ is on The throne. You notice He didn't say a throne?
They're gathered before the throne. There is but one throne. There
is but one rule. Ain't man so proud? Ain't man
so proud? He goes through this life with
his boastful heart, thinking that everything is up to him,
and when he's pleased at his own time, He may perhaps, if
he chooses or decides, turn to the Lord and do the Lord a favor. Ain't that what man thinks? And here Jesus is on His throne. And we don't come to do Him a
favor. We come to bow before the King. We come bowing before
the King. Verse 32 confirms to us what
you and I see in several other Scriptures. That Jesus Christ
is the mediator of the new covenant. That God His Father has put Him
in charge of accomplishing His eternal purpose. Look what He
says in verse 32. And before Him shall be gathered
all nations, and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd
divideth his sheep from the goats." Here we see the consummation
of God's purpose. And what is it? The Son of Man separated the
sheep from the goats. A final separation. A thorough
separation. An eternal separation. He says
to those on His right hand, Come ye blessed. He pronounced them
graciously blessed. And He pronounces those on His
left hand justly cursed. And what the Lord Jesus will
do physically on this day of judgment, He has been doing all
throughout the history of mankind. He's been accomplishing the purpose
of God. And what is the purpose of God,
brothers and sisters? To separate. To separate. You say, Bruce, I thought it
was God's purpose to unite. No. No. The Lord Jesus said,
I didn't come to send peace. I come to send the sword, didn't
I? He come to divide. He come to separate. And what
the Lord Jesus is doing right now this morning, He's separating
His people. He's calling them out to follow
Him. That's what He's doing. He's
calling them out of darkness. He's calling them out from among
the lost. And here's what He says, I am
the Good Shepherd. I know My sheep, I am known of
Mine, and when I put My sheep for it, I go before them, and
they follow Me. For they know My voice, and a
stranger they will not follow." He's separating His sheep. He's
doing that here this morning. And here He sets upon His throne,
and all the nations are gathered before Him. And what's He doing?
He's consummating God's purpose, you see. This final separation. This thorough separation. And nobody raises a hand. Nobody
says, Lord, I'm over here. Nobody says, don't miss me. Nobody's
identifying themselves. Nobody has to raise a hand and
say, wait, I'm a sheep. Nobody has to say a word. Nobody
says anything. He knows who the sheep are. He
knows who the goats are. He knows, doesn't He? He knows. Sometimes you and I may have
an opinion that we know. You'll meet somebody and they've
got a good profession, and you say, well, I believe they're
one of His. But that's just our opinion. Somebody makes a profession
of Christ, and they begin to grow in grace and knowledge,
and they seem to have some Conviction about it. And you say, well,
perhaps they're one of His. But we don't know for sure, do
we? But He knows. The foundation of God stands
sure having this seal. The Lord knows them that are
His. He knows them. He knows them. He knows them now. And He'll
know them yonder. Without anybody pointing them
out to Him. He knows them. And He takes the
sheep, and He sets them on His right hand. And He takes the
goats, and He sets them on the left hand. That's God's purpose. He has purpose to separate the
righteous from the unrighteous, the just from the unjust, those
who are light from darkness, those who are alive from the
dead. And that's what the Lord Jesus Christ is doing. This world
may not recognize you as one of His. It don't matter. He knows. He knows. I thought
you was a Christian. Has anybody ever said that to
you? I thought you, you professed to be a Christian. Well, God
knows, doesn't He? God knows. And that's all that
matters in the long run. He knows. Let both grow together,
the tower and the wheat. And in the harvest, he said,
I will separate them. And here it is. Here's the harvest.
And Jesus of Nazareth, King Jesus, the Son of Man, is doing the
separation. And you notice here nobody said
a word, have they? Nobody said a word. They're just
gathered there. This multitude that no man can
number. You'd think somebody would be
presumptuous enough to speak up. I mean, they did hear. They interrupted him here. They
stopped him during his messages here and said, who do you think
you are forgiving sins? Who do you think you are healing
on the Sabbath day? But you notice nobody says a
word here, do they? Because he's not in his humiliation. He's in his glory. And to see
him upon that throne, every mouth is stopped. And every knee is
bowed before King Jesus. He shall separate them. And look
what he says of them in verse 34. Look what he says to them.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come
ye blessed of my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the very foundation of the world. You know some people
get aggravated at us. I know they do. And some people
even get offended at us. Because we professed, we professed
that God has a people that He has determined to bless with
incomprehensible blessing. We professed that. We professed
that God chose them. He chose them to life. He chose
them to salvation. In particular, each individual
one of them, each of them. We profess that Jesus Christ
came and died for those people in particular. He laid down His
life for the sheep. And we profess that the Holy
Spirit calls them as individuals, as particular people. I've got
a little tract back there. If you haven't read it, I challenge
you to read it. Blessed are those whom thou choosest, and cause
us to approach them to you. When the Lord brings His to Himself,
He does it as individually. And I tell you this much, you
won't get away if you're His. You won't get away if you're
His. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and calls us, calls
us to approach unto thee. He's got a way of causing us
to approach. He does this in particular. And
these people are most assuredly blessed, are they not? Come,
you blessed of my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared
for you." And because we profess such goodness and grace that's
in God, people say all sorts of things about us. I had a fellow
in the worship service one time, and he told me, he said, if I
believe what you're saying, I'd just stay at the house. If I
believe God done has His people, and Christ died for His people,
and the Holy Ghost is calling His people, and He's blessed
them, I just stay on. That's what He said, just stay
on. Or if I believe the Lord has
His own people that He's purposely blessed, then you're saying God's
predestinated everybody else to hell. I didn't say that. That's
your accusations, ain't it? You believe babies are going
to hell. I didn't say that. You said that. That's what I
tell them. Larry's never said that. Clarence
never said that. God never said that. That's the
accusation of the wicked against us, ain't it? Jumping to their
conclusion. But note, here's what you and
I profess about this whole matter. And it's what our Lord taught
us to profess. Listen to this in verse 34. Blessed. Who blessed them? The Father.
Come whom my Father has blessed. In her the kingdom prepared for
who? Who's this kingdom prepared for?
You. Who are they that He was talking
about? Those on His right hand. Who are those on His right hand?
That's His people. That's His sheep. Those the Father
gave to Him. I come to save My people from
their sin. He did it at a great cost to
Himself. Did He not? His sweat and His groaning and
His crying and His blood and His life laid down. My people. My people. And here they are. on his right hand. And he looks
at him, and he says, You're blessed of my Father. And you know something,
brothers and sisters, that's why they're there. That's why
they're there. Somebody said, Well, I'm going
to heaven because of who I am. And somebody said, Well, I'm
going to heaven because of what I'm doing. But you know what
the saint says? I'm going to heaven because I'm
blessed. I am blessed. God blessed me
when He chose me. Christ blessed me when He undertook
for me. The Holy Spirit blessed me when
He called me. I'm blessed until God be the
glory. Ain't that what you say? Who's
this kingdom prepared for? For you, dear saint. And when
was it prepared for you? From the very foundation of the
world. Men hate this. Lost men hate
this, what you and I rejoice in they hate. But isn't it ironic
that those who hate this blessed truth of the goodness and grace
of God in determining to bless His people, the last thing they're
going to hear is this very thing. And I hate election. It may be
the last thing you hear. I hate that God has already determined
who He's going to save. Maybe the last thing He'll do,
I suggest you just bow. It ain't merit that God's looking
for. He's looking to show mercy. Bow
and see if you can obtain mercy. Bow and say, Lord, bless me.
Oh, God, bless me. I've got nothing to offer. I've
got nothing. Come, ye blessed of my Father. That's where it is, ain't it?
That's where it is. And then in verse 35 through
verse 40, He gives you the character of
these people who are blessed. For I was not hungered. Now, He didn't say rightly divide
this. He didn't say here that you've
inherited this kingdom because I was hungry and you fed me.
This inheritance is not by merit. You can't earn it. You can't
buy it. You don't deserve it. It's by grace. But what He's
going to tell us here is the character of those sheep, His
people. What kind of character do they
have? Well, look at this. They have generous characters. They're generous people. Look
at this. I was hungry. and you gave me meat. I was thirsty and you gave me
water." They're generous people. That's who the sheep are. That's
who His people are. They're just generous people.
They have the Spirit of the Master in them. The Spirit of God in
them. God so loved that He gave His Son. His Son so loved He
gave Himself. And that's what the children
of God are always doing. Do you know that? They're just
giving. They're just giving. They give their time. They give
their labor. They give their money. They just
give. Give. They're generous people. Here's something else that describes
their character. Look how courteous they are.
Look how hospitable they are. I was a stranger and you tucked
me in. I was a stranger. And you took
me in. You didn't even know me, but
you took me in. You took me into your house.
You took me into your heart. You took me into your affection.
You took me into your life. You cared about me. You were
hospitable towards me. Boy, that's the characteristics
of the saint. They're always taking somebody in. They're always
doing that. When Paul went in to Philippi
and had no place to stay, the Lord saved Lydia. And you know
what the first thing she did? She said, Paul, you and your
whole company come into my house. The Lord saved that wretched
jailer and his family, and they took Paul and all of his company
into their house. The saints are that way. I tell
you, brothers and sisters, as long as some of you are alive
here this morning, I'm not going to worry too much. about where
I got anything or not. Do you know that? I ain't going
to worry about being out of a house to live in as long as you've
got a house. I'm honest about that. If my car breaks down,
Clarence has got two. And I wouldn't hesitate a minute
to ask him to borrow one. He wouldn't hesitate a minute
to loan it to me, would you? I'd eat at Larry and Sue's house
and Barb's house, Clarence and Miranda's house, Steve's house.
Shane hasn't had me over yet, but he will. See what I'm saying? You know why I'm not afraid?
The Lord's people are generous. The
Lord's people are hospitable. That's just the way they are.
And look how sympathizing they are. Look how tender-hearted
and concerned they are. I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick, and you were so concerned
about me and so tender-hearted, you visited me. I was in prison,
falsely accused, or maybe fell into some wrong, and what did
you do? You come and visited me." You
see, the Lord didn't condemn His people on that great day
for not building cathedrals and family life centers and having
a world-renowned outreach program. and for not doing some great
and mysterious things for the world to pat them on the back.
He didn't condemn them for not doing that. He commended them
for doing what they could. The Lord don't require of His
people to do things they can't do. He didn't say that I was
hungry and you kill me a cow. I ain't got a cow. I can't afford
to go buy a cow. He didn't say I was sick and
you paid the entire hospital bill for me. Can't afford to
do that. But they did what they could. What they had the opportunity
to do. They were like that woman that
took that alabaster box full of ointment and poured it on
the Lord's head. And the Lord said she did what
she could. That's what the Lord's people
do. It's simple. It's what you have the opportunity
to do. It's done from a heart of love and kindness and generosity,
hospitality. You just do it because you love.
And you do what you can. I imagine that the judgment,
everything will seem turned upside down to you and me. You'll see
some fellow there like Charles Spurgeon that accomplished so
much. And the Lord will put him behind that poor widow that all
she had to give was one night. And she gave it. The Lord don't
judge as we judge, does he? You remember in another place
we were told about these people who come there and said, we've
done many wonderful works in your name. Man, the world recognized
what we've done. Great works! Are these great
works? They're simple, aren't they?
Feeding somebody that's hungry, visiting somebody that's sick,
and in prison. Simple. It's the simple things
in life. I've often said that, brothers
and sisters. It's the simple things in life. When your children
have to move in, will you sometime be impatient? That's simple,
ain't it? Patient with the children. Patient
with the grandbabies. Patient with your co-workers.
Working. Just being a man. Just being
a woman. Just being a child of God. Loving and caring day after
day. Everybody you meet. With your
neighbors. Just in your little world. And
on that Day of Judgment, He'll not condemn you for not doing
some great things the world recognizes. But just walking in His Spirit.
Loving Him and loving His people. That's the kind of people the
Lord's children are. Simple, aren't they? Simple. Notice the
character in verse 41 through verse 46. Notice the character
now quickly and wisely of these empty professors. Here's some
people who profess to know the Lord, and yet they were empty. And notice here, I saw this as
I began to read this more closely. The Lord didn't say, you never
fed anybody. I think it would be naive of
us to think that they never did anything. They may very well
have visited somebody that was sick. That's not the accusation
he brought against them. The accusation he brought was
this, I was hungry and you didn't feed me. I was thirsty. And what he's
saying is, my people, you didn't love my people. You didn't care
for my people. You cared for those of the world,
but when it comes to my people, you didn't love my people. You
didn't care for my people. I never will forget one time
years ago, I was working at a place and I needed some help. I needed
some assistance. And I sat down and talked to
the superintendent of that place. He didn't know me from Adam,
but I sat down and talked to him. And I told him where I needed
some assistance, what I needed. And he was so enthusiastic about
helping me until I told him I was a Christian. It came up in the
course of the conversation, and as soon as he found out I was
a Christian, his whole attitude changed, and he invited me to
leave his office. He didn't help anybody else. but not me. How does the world
feel about your God? Do they love Him? Does the world
love your God? Is the world following your Savior? Do they love the truths of God's
Word that you believe and promote? And when push comes to shove,
you just see who they're going to help. Now you read the history of the
church and that holds true through every age. If they hate you, remember this,
they hated me first. They hated me first. And that's
what the Lord's saying here. He's not accusing them of never
doing anything to anybody else. But He said, you did not love
My people, did you? You did not care for My people.
You weren't sympathetic for My people. They have no heart. That's their
problem. They have no heart. And He says,
you're a life sling, verse 41 and verse 46. I guess this is
the most horrible words that anybody could ever hear because
there is no appeal. This is the final sentence. Then
shall he say also unto them on his left hand, Depart, depart. He says to the blessed, Come.
He says to the cursed, Go. We see here there's two distinct
people in this world, just two kinds, the blessed and the cursed. We see there's only two places
in the end to go, into heaven or into everlasting punishment.
If there's another place, we're not told about it. If there's
some middle ground or middle room, we don't know it. The Bible
talks about two places. And every man, and every woman,
and every girl, and every boy will be assigned that place by
one man. The Lord Jesus Christ. Now there's His glory. There's
His glory. I don't decide it. You won't
decide it. He will decide. We must either
be saved by Jesus Christ or we shall be damned by Jesus Christ. And that's the true faith. And
that's His glory. And you and I bow to that. We
bow to that. Lord, You're the Son of Man. But You're the Sovereign Lord
and my destiny is with you. Save me. Save me. Lord bless His Word. Let's pray.