Thursday, June 30
Come, You Blessed!
Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 25:34
Recommended Reading:
Matthew 25:31-46
In Matthew 25, Jesus warned of a day when He will return to judge the nations. He will separate them as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
He will say to the former, "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you . . . ." To the others He will say, "Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels" (verse 41).
The former group is saved by grace through faith.
Out of their salvation flows their good works--they feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick, care for the imprisoned, and minister to "the least of these." We aren't saved on the basis of those deeds, for no amount of good works can save us. We engage in them because we have
been saved; and our kindness is evidence of the grace of Christ in our hearts.
Our days should be filled with blessing those around us, living in expectation of the day when we hear the wonderful words of Christ calling us to "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."
The seeming peace a sinner has is not from the knowledge of his happiness but from the ignorance of his danger.
Thomas Watson, Puritan
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| Thursday, June 30 Come, You Blessed! Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 25:34 In Matthew 25, Jesus warned of a day when He will return to judge the nations. He will separate them as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. He will say to the former, "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you . . . ." To the others He will say, "Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels" (verse 41). The former group is saved by grace through faith. Out of their salvation flows their good works--they feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick, care for the imprisoned, and minister to "the least of these." We aren't saved on the basis of those deeds, for no amount of good works can save us. We engage in them because we have been saved; and our kindness is evidence of the grace of Christ in our hearts. Our days should be filled with blessing those around us, living in expectation of the day when we hear the wonderful words of Christ calling us to "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." The seeming peace a sinner has is not from the knowledge of his happiness but from the ignorance of his danger.
Thomas Watson, Puritan Read-Thru-the-Bible
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