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Matthew 25:31-46
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31“When the Son of Man comes
in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
32All the nations will be
gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a
shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33He will put the sheep on
his right and the goats on his left.
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.
35For I was hungry and you
gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I
was a stranger and you invited me in,
36I needed clothes and you
clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to
visit me.’
37“Then the righteous will
answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give
you something to drink?
38When did we see you a
stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
39When did we see you sick or
in prison and go to visit you?’
40“The King will reply,
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and
sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41“Then he will say to those
on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire
prepared for the devil and his angels.
42For I was hungry and you
gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
43I was a stranger and you
did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick
and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44“They also will answer,
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes
or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45“He will reply, ‘Truly I
tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do
for me.’
46“Then they will go away to
eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
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1)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 31 and 32 what will
the Son of Man do when he comes in his glory with
all the angels and sits on his glorious throne?
o
All the nations
will be gathered before the Son of Man.
o
He will separate
the people one from another.
o
As
o
A shepherd separates
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The sheep.
§
From the goats.
2)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 33 whom will the King
put on his right and on his left?
o
The King will
§
Put the sheep on
his right.
§
And the goats on
his left.
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 34 to 36 what will the King say to the sheep on his right?
o
Come, you who are
blessed by my Father;
o
Take your
inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
o
For
§
I was hungry.
§
And you gave me
something to eat.
§
I was thirsty.
§
And you gave me
something to drink.
§
I was a stranger.
§
And you invited
me in.
§
I needed clothes.
§
And you clothed
me.
§
I was sick.
§
And you looked
after me.
§
I was in prison.
§
And you came to
visit me.
4)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 37 to 39 what will be
the righteous’ reply to the King?
o
Lord,
§
When did we
Ø
See you hungry.
Ø
And feed you?
Ø
Or thirsty.
Ø
And give you
something to drink?
§
When did we
Ø
See you a
stranger.
Ø
And invite you
in?
Ø
Or needing
clothes.
Ø
And clothe you?
§
When did we
Ø
See you sick or
in prison.
Ø
And go to visit
you?
5)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 40 what will be the King’s reply to the righteous?
o
Truly I tell you,
whatever you did for one of the least of these
§
Brothers.
§
And sisters of
mine.
o
You did for me.
6)
Whom do the brothers
and sisters of the King represent?
o
They represent Jesus’
disciples.
7)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 41 to 43 what will the King say to the goats on his left?
o
Depart from me,
you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for
§
The devil.
§
And his angels.
o
For
§
I was hungry.
§
And you gave me
nothing to eat.
§
I was thirsty.
§
And you gave me
nothing to drink.
§
I was a stranger.
§
And you did not
invite me in.
§
I needed clothes.
§
And you did not
clothe me.
§
I was sick and in
prison.
§
And you did not
look after me.
8)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 44 what will be the reply of the goats to the King?
o
Lord, when did we see you
§
Hungry.
§
Or thirsty.
§
Or a stranger.
§
Or needing
clothes.
§
Or sick.
§
Or in prison.
o
And did not help
you?
9)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 45 what will be the King’s reply to the goats?
o
Truly I tell you,
whatever you did not do for one of the least of these.
o
You did not do
for me.
10)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 46 what is the
conclusion of the parable concerning the eternal destiny of the sheep and the
goats?
o
The goats will go
to eternal punishment.
o
And the sheep
will go to eternal life.
11)
Who are the sheep
and the goats?
o
The sheep are
those
§
Who have faith in
Jesus.
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And whose faith is
made manifest in their good deeds done for Jesus’ disciples.
o
And the goats are
those
§
Who do not have
faith in Jesus.
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And whose lack of
faith is made manifest in their lack of good deeds done for Jesus’ disciples.
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Matthew 25:31-46
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