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SHEEP FROM THE GOATS / MATTHEW 25:32-46

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(KJV) Matthew 25:32-46

SHEEP FROM THE GOATS / MATTHEW 25:32-46

This judgment likely occurs after the tribulation and Christ’s physical return to earth but before the beginning of His earthly reign (Daniel 7:9-14; Revelation 5:10; 19:11-20:4). Its purpose will be to determine who is allowed to be part of God’s kingdom and who will be sent to the place of eternal punishment.  Of all the parables, analogies and other word pictures that Jesus uses to describe God’s kingdom and the end times, this is one of the few that describe what will take place “on that day” (Matthew 7:22) – when Christ actually judges individuals for their time on earth and pronounces their eternal destiny. This passage reveals one of the primary bases of God’s judgment. 

  1. At the time of Christ’s coming, both the saved and the lost – those who have a personal relationship with Christ and those who do not – who survived the tribulation are still together on earth. 
  2. The judgment involves the separation of the wicked from the righteous (Matthew 25:32-33; 13:41). 
  3. The judgement will be based on outward works of love and kindness to those who follow Christ and who are suffering or in need. Although good works cannot save us, all accounts of judgment described in the Bible indicate that our actions and responses to opportunities on earth will affect our reward or punishment. The expression of true love and active compassion is a natural part of genuine Christian faith and salvation (Matthew 25:35-36). 
  4. The wicked will not be allowed to enter Christ’s kingdom but will go into eternal punishment (Matthew 25:41, 46; Revelation 14:11).
  5. The righteous will inherit eternal life (Matthew 25:46, which is to know Christ and live forever with God, John 17:3) and the kingdom of God (Matthew 25:34; Revelation 20:4). 

This account of end-time judgement is a lesson in how Jesus expects His followers to be aware of and help people who are hurting or in need. 

  1. In fact, one of the primary ways we can serve God in a very real way is to show kindness to “the least of these” (Matthew 25:40, 45), which includes anyone – particularly those among God’s people (“my brothers,” Matthew 25:40) – who could use our help or attention (Matthew 25:35, 36). These are people whom others often overlook because they cannot repay the kindness. Jesus said that when His followers practice active compassion toward others, they are actually doing something for Him (Matthew 25:40). This means that if we want to see or touch Jesus directly, we will have to look for Him in people who are hurting or in need. 

Notice that both the faithful and the unfaithful were unaware of times when they encountered Jesus in life (Matthew 25:37-39, 44). Even those who did the right thing were seemingly oblivious to when they acted with compassion. It seems that on those occasions when they helped others, the act or actions were not unusual or special in any way; serving others was simply a way of life for them. All of this shows that true service to God often takes place in the more routine and unassuming areas of life – when no one else notices. But God always notices when we do something for Him, and He will reward us accordingly on judgement day.

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  1. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  2. EVERYONE WHO HAS / MATTHEW 25:29
  3. TALENTS / MATTHEW 25:15
  4. OIL / MATTHEW 25:4
  5. PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS / MATTHEW 25:1
  6. MY MASTER IS STAYING AWAY / MATTHEW 24:48-49
  7. AN HOUR WHEN YOU DO NOT EXPECT HIM / MATTHEW 24:44
  8. THE THIEF / MATTHEW 24:43
  9. THEREFORE KEEP WATCH – YOU DO NOT KNOW ON WHAT DAY / MATTHEW 24:42
  10. ONE … TAKEN … THE OTHER LEFT / MATTHEW 24:40
  11. THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN / MATTHEW 24:37
  12. ONLY THE FATHER / MATTHEW 24:34
  13. THIS GENERATION / MATTHEW 24:34
  14. ALL THESE THINGS / MATTHEW 24:33
  15. THE FIG TREE / MATTHEW 24:32
  16. GATHER HIS ELECT / MATTHEW 24:31
  17. SON OF MAN COMING / MATTHEW 24:30
  18. THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED / MATTHEW 24:29
  19. THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM … THE END – THEN THE END WILL COME / MATTHEW 24:14
  20. INCREASE OF WICKEDNESS / MATTHEW 24:12
  21. MANY FALSE PROPHETS WILL APPEAR / MATTHEW 24:11
  22. YOU WILL BE HATED / MATTHEW 24:9
  23. MANY WILL DECEIVE MANY / MATTHEW 24:5
  24. SIGNS OF THE END OF THIS AGE / MATTHEW 24:4
  25. JESUS ANSWERED / MATTHEW 24:4-51
  26. PROPHETIC ADDRESS FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES / MATTHEW 24:3 – 25:46
  27. YOU WILL NOT SEE ME AGAIN UNTIL / MATTHEW 23:39
  28. ON THE OUTSIDE … RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 23:28
  29. WOE TO YOU … PHARISEES, YOU HYPOCRITES / Matthew 23:13
  30. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR / MATTHEW 22:39
  31. AN EXPERT IN THE LAW / MATTHEW 22:35-36
  32. FEW ARE CHOSEN / MATTHEW 22:14
  33. WEDDING CLOTHES / MATTHEW 22:11
  34. KINGDOM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU / MATTHEW 21:43
  35. IF YOU HAVE FAITH / MATTHEW 21:21-22
  36. JESUS OVERTURNED THE TABLES / MATTHEW 21:12
  37. RANSOM FOR MANY / MATTHEW 20:28
  38. NOT SO WITH YOU / MATTHEW 20:26
  39. MEN TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD / MATTHEW 20:1
  40. FIRST WILL BE LAST / MATTHEW 19:30
  41. GO SELL YOUR POSSESIONS / MATTHEW 19:21
  42. FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9
  43. IF TWO AGREE / MATTHEW 18:19
  44. IF YOUR BROTHER SINS / MATTHEW 18:15
  45. ANGELS / MATTHEW 18:10
  46. WOE TO THE MAN / MATTHEW 18:7
  47. MILLSTONE … AROUND HIS NECK / MATTHEW 18:6
  48. UNLESS YOU CHANGE / MATTHEW 18:3
  49. FAITH … NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSIBLE / MATTHEW 17:20
  50. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE / MATTHEW 17:17
  51. WAS TRANSFIGURED / MATTHEW 17:2
  52. COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28
  53. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
  54. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
  55. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  56. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  57. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  58. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  59. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  60. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  61. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  62. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  63. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  64. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  65. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  66. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  67. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  68. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  69. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  70. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  71. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  72. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  73. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  74. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  75. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  76. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  77. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  78. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  79. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  80. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  81. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  82. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  83. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  84. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  85. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  86. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  87. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  88. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  89. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  90. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  91. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  92. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  93. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  94. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  95. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  96. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  97. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  98. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  99. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  100. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  101. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  102. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  103. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  104. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  105. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  106. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  107. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  108. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  109. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  110. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  111. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  112. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  113. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  114. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  115. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  116. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  117. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  118. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  119. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  120. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  121. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  122. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  123. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  124. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  125. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  126. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  127. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  128. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  129. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  130. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  131. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  132. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  133. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  134. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  135. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  136. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  137. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  138. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  139. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  140. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  141. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  142. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  143. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  144. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  145. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  146. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  147. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  148. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  149. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  150. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  151. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  152. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  153. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  154. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  155. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  156. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  157. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  158. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  159. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  160. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  161. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  162. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  163. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  164. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  165. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
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