Jesus is coming soonMatthew 24:45-51

Maud church of ChristBy Jim BradshawSunday Evening, Sept. 14, 2014

Jesus is coming soon

Revelation 22:20 ESV He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

Jesus is coming soon!

• Background Destruction of the Temple & Jerusalem in 70 AD, Matthew 24:1-2.

• The disciples asked three separate questions.

Matthew 24:3 NKJV Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?“

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Who Then is a Faithful and Wise ServantMatthew 24:45-51 NKJV "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? (46) Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. (47) Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods. (48) But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' (49) and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, (50) the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, (51) and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Who Then is a Faithful and Wise Servant

Matthew 24:44 NKJV Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

One Day the Lord will return:

Who Then is a Faithful and Wise Servant

Faithful – Thayer says that Pistos speaks of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties; one who kept his plighted faith, worthy of trust; one that can be relied on.

Wise – Properly, having knowledge; hence, having the power of discerning and judging correctly, or of discriminating between what is true and what is false; between what is fit and proper, and what is improper (Webster’s 1828).

Slave – Doulos, a slave in its strictest since.

Who Then is a Faithful and Wise Servant

Who then is a Faithful

Christian!!!

Who Then is a Faithful and Wise Servant

1. We have been made Rulers by our Master

2. We are Rulers over His Household

3. We are to give them food in due season

Matthew 24:45 NKJV "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?

Who Then is a Faithful and Wise Servant

1. We have been made Rulers by our Master

Ruler – (kathistēmi) literally to place down; means to appoint one to administer an office or work.

Master – (kurios) better translated “Lord.”

Who Then is a Faithful and Wise Servant

1. We have been made Rulers by our Master2. We are Rulers over His Household

What is the Lord’s household?

The Church is the Lord’s Household

Ephesians 2:19-22 NKJV Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, (20) having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, (21) in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, (22) in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Who Then is a Faithful and Wise Servant

1. We have been made Rulers by our Master2. We are Rulers over His Household3. We are to give them food in due season

Who is the them?

“Give them food at the proper time.” (ESV)

Nourishment –

1. That which serves to promote the growth of animals or plants, or to repair the waste of animal bodies; food; sustenance; nutriment.

2. Nutrition; support of animal or vegetable bodies.

3. Instruction, or that which promotes growth in attainments; as nourishment and growth in grace.

So they may learn to seek the nourishment of their souls. (Webster’s 1828)

1 Peter 2:1-3 NKJV Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, (2) as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, (3) if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

1 Corinthians 3:1-3 NKJV (1) And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. (2) I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; (3) for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?

We Want MeatHebrews 5:12-14 NKJV For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. (13) For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. (14) But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Christians are blessed when:

1. When the Lord comes again

2. When the Lord finds us so doing.

3. When He comes we get the goods.

Matthew 24:46-47 NKJV Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. (47) Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 NKJV (14) Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? (15) And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? (16) And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM. I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE." (17) Therefore "COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM AND BE SEPARATE, SAYS THE LORD. DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN, AND I WILL RECEIVE YOU." (18) "I WILL BE A FATHER TO YOU, AND YOU SHALL BE MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS, SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY.”

When the Lord Comes again:

1. Have you made preparations.

Matthew 24:50-51 NKJV the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, (51) and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 12:46-47 NKJV the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. (47) And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

The Prepared

Matthew 25:34 NKJV Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

The Un-Prepared

Matthew 25:41 NKJV "Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:

Matthew 25:46 NKJV And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Are you Ready?