Matthew
24:36-51
Jesus
Says To Remain
Watchful
Matthew
24:36
"But of that day and hour no one
knows, not even the angels of
heaven, nor the Son, but the
Father alone.
37
"For the coming of the Son of Man
will be just like the days of
Noah.
38
"For as in those days before the
flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in
marriage, until the day that Noah
entered the ark,
39
and they did not understand until
the flood came and took them all
away; so will the coming of the
Son of Man be.
40
"Then there will be two men in
the field; one will be taken and
one will be left.
41
"Two women will be grinding at
the mill; one will be taken and
one will be left.
Be
Ready for His Coming
42
"Therefore be on the alert, for
you do not know which day your
Lord is coming.
43
"But be sure of this, that if the
head of the house had known at
what time of the night the thief
was coming, he would have been on
the alert and would not have
allowed his house to be broken
into.
44
"For this reason you also must be
ready; for the Son of Man is
coming at an hour when you do not
think He will.
45
"Who then is the faithful and
sensible slave whom his master
put in charge of his household to
give them their food at the
proper time?
46
"Blessed is that slave whom his
master finds so doing when he
comes.
47
"Truly I say to you that he will
put him in charge of all his
possessions.
48
"But if that evil slave says in
his heart, 'My master is not
coming for a long time,'
49
and begins to beat his fellow
slaves and eat and drink with
drunkards;
50
the master of that slave will
come on a day when he does not
expect him and at an hour which
he does not know,
51
and will cut him in pieces and
assign him a place with the
hypocrites; in that place there
will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
This
is the Word of the Lord ... It is
meant to change the way that we
think, and the way that we live.
Commentary
by Bob
Pardue
When
Will Christ Come?
- Would
you like to know the time of
your death? Surveys have been
taken on this subject and the
large percentage of people
asked said no,
emphatically.
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- I would
not want to know the exact
date.
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- Jesus,
in his infinite knowledge,
knew this too. He knew that
his followers would wait until
the last minute to repent and
do his work on earth if they
knew when he was to
arrive.
-
- It's
the same story with us. If we
knew the date and time of
Christ's coming we would
become nonchalant in doing the
work needed to bring others to
him. We would sit back and
relax, pray at the last
minute, and take our trip to
heaven.
-
- It just
doesn't work that
way.
-
- We have
plenty of work to do on earth
and must live out and share
our faith with as many as
possible before our time comes
to either die or see Jesus
return.
-
- The
Second Coming Of
Christ
-
- Jesus
says he will come without
warning and many people will
be caught by complete
surprise. Those who do not
believe will not be allowed a
second chance or be able to
bargain for everlasting
life.
-
- What a
sad thought! This causes me to
look back on all the
opportunities I've had to tell
someone about Jesus' love and
missed it. Will those people
be part of the ones not taken?
If someone else didn't share
with them, yes!
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- Preparation
To Meet The Savior
-
- Through
this Scripture of Matthew,
Jesus is telling us to be
prepared by serving and
obeying his words today; not
for speculating about the date
of his return.
-
- So,
let's spend more time focusing
on God and not so much on the
time of Christ's return.
-
- Also,
we need to grasp every
opportunity to tell others
about the good news of Jesus
Christ so that they will not
be left behind when the time
comes.
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- Come on
... We have work to
do!
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- Love
in Christ
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Bob
If you have
never made the commitment to
receive the love and
life-changing experience of Jesus
Christ, please take a moment to
go
here
and take the first
steps
to salvation.
Bob
Pardue
is a member of First
Baptist
Church
in Lancaster, SC. He is ordained
from Rich Hill Baptist in
Lancaster.
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