Sheep & goats 3
Transcript of Sheep & goats 3
READINGMatthew 25:31-46
v 31-32: The second coming of Jesus
v 33: Sheep on his right & goats on his left
v 34: Sheep blessed by God & given an inheritance
v 35-36: The sheep showed love & took care of Jesus
v 37-39: The sheep did not understand
v 40: “Whatever you did for one of the least of these
brothers & sisters of mine, you did for me”
READINGMatthew 25:31-46
v 41: Goats cursed with eternal fire
v 42-43: They did not minister to Jesus
v 44: Goats did not understand
v 45: “Whatever you didn’t do for one of the least of
these, you didn’t do for me”
v 46: Eternal punishment vs eternal life
UNDERSTANDINGMatthew 25:31-46
1. Separation of sheep & goats is based on identity
2. Good works is not the cause but effect of salvation
Matthew 25:41-46
Hell is:
A state of separation from God
A state of association with Satan
A state of punishment
An everlasting state
is realMatt 25:34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.”
“There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘Thy will be done.’”
LEARNINGMatthew 25:31-46
1. Hell is real
2. Heaven is real
3. Are you a sheep or a goat?
4. Sheep act like sheep