The Sheep and the Goats

Matthew 25:31–46

By Chris Hallock, August 21, 2021

Matthew 25:31–46 Press and hold on any verse reference to see it in its Biblical context.

Lecture by D.A. Carson this week on all the parables in this section. https://youtu.be/sBKfEUNaTE0

How should we wait for Jesus’s return?

• Wait as those who do not wish to be by Jesus’s return.

• Wait as those who know the Master's return may be long .

• Wait as those who must give an account of our .

• Wait as those who are tasked with improving the Master’s .

  1. Jesus in power as the righteous King and Judge.

Matthew 25:31“When the Son of Man comes…

Daniel 7:13–14

Matthew 25:31

  1. A of the righteous and the cursed.

Matthew 25:32

Does this passage teach salvation by works?

Matthew 26:28

The Sheep:

Matthew 25:40

The Goats:

25:45

Who are the brothers and sisters mentioned in 40?

Matthew 25:40

Matthew 12:46–49

Matthew 10:40

Matthew 10:42

Acts 9:4–5

  1. The brothers and sisters that Jesus is talking about in this passage are Jesus’s .

  2. The righteous in this passage, the ones who receive eternal life, are those who unselfconsciously Jesus’s disciples.

John 13:34–35

1 John 4:20

Matthew 24:9

  1. If the gospel has truly come to a person, they will have a life.

Romans 8:11

How should we wait for Jesus’s return?

Wait for the Lord Jesus as people whose lives are so by the gospel, that they unselfconsciously brothers and sisters in Christ.