Matthew 24:45-51 (NKJV)
“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods. But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
These two servants who belong to their master (Luke 19:11–26) illustrate two attitudes people will have to Christ’s coming. The faithful and wise will be given larger responsibilities in the Lord’s kingdom. The wicked will be cut … in two, a form of judgment used in the ancient world. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth is a clause used throughout Matthew, always of remorse experienced when one has suffered great loss. Those who fail to be diligent servants of God will not share in all of God’s blessings when they enter the millennial kingdom (Matt. 8:12; 13:42, 50; 22:13; 25:30).
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