Outlasting the Darkness

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Outlasting the Darkness

• Outlasting The Darkness p.5
• How to Prepare for Your Final
• Matthew 2531-46

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• Easter is about being astonished and astounded.
  

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Matthew 2531-46 (NIV)

• When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all
  the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in
  heavenly glory.

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Matthew 2531-46 (NIV)

• All 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. He
  will put the sheep on his right and the goats on
  his left.
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Matthew 2531-46 (NIV)

•     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.

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Matthew 2531-46 (NIV)

•     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.
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Matthew 2531-46 (NIV)

•     Then the righteous will answer him, Lord,
  when did we see you hungry and feed you, or
  thirsty and give you something to drink?    

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Matthew 2531-46 (NIV)

•     When did we see you a stranger and invite
  you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When
  did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit
  you?
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Matthew 2531-46 (NIV)

•     The King will reply, I tell you the truth,
  whatever you did for one of the least of these
  brothers of mine, you did for me.

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Matthew 2531-46 (NIV)

•       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.

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Matthew 2531-46 (NIV)

•       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.

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Matthew 2531-46 (NIV)

•      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?

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Matthew 2531-46 (NIV)

•       He will reply, I tell you the truth,
  whatever you did not do for one of the least of
  these, you did not do for me.
•     Then they will go away to eternal
  punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.

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Obvious Observations

• Judgment day is a coming reality
• When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all
  the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in
  heavenly glory.

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Obvious Observations

• Judgment day is a coming reality
• All 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. He
  will put the sheep on his right and (vv.31-33)

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Obvious Observations

• The whole event doesnt begin with us but with
  the glory of Jesus (v.31)
• When the Son of Man comes in his glory

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Obvious Observations

• Faithful and True, who in righteousness judges
  and makes war, whose eyes are like blazing fire
  and on his head are many crowns. He is dressed in
  a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word
  of God.

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Obvious Observations

• Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which
  to strike down the nations, for He rules them
  with an iron scepter. On his robe and on his
  thigh he has a name written, King of kings and
  Lord (Rev. 19 11-16)

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Obvious Observations

• Jesus, the King will judge all people
• All 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.

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Obvious Observations

• Jesus, the King will judge all people
• he will separate the people

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Obvious Observations

• The people will be divided into two very distinct
  groups. (v.32b - 33)
• he will separate the people one from another as
  a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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Obvious Observations

• The people will be divided into two very distinct
  groups. (v.32b - 33)
• He will put the sheep on his right and the goats
  on his left.

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Obvious Observations
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Obvious Observations

• Judgment day is a day of rewards and consequences
  (vv.34-36 41-43)

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Obvious Observations

• The sheep will be rewarded
• 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.

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Obvious Observations

• The sheep will be rewarded
• 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,

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Obvious Observations

• The sheep will be rewarded
• 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.

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Obvious Observations

• The goats will be cursed (vv.41-43, 46)
• 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.

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Obvious Observations

• The goats will be cursed (vv.41-43, 46)
• For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat,
  I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,

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Obvious Observations

• The goats will be cursed (vv.41-43, 46)
• 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.

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Obvious Observations

• The goats will be cursed (vv.41-43, 46)
• Then they will go away to eternal punishment,
  but the righteous to eternal life.

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Obvious Observations

• The curse is three parts
• Separation depart from me
• Association satan and his angels
• Pain eternal fire

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Not so obvious observation

• People are separated by who they know not what
  they did v.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.

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Not so obvious observation

• The reward is not something they earned it is
  an inheritance.
• Come, you who are blessed by my Father take
  your inheritance

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Not so obvious observation

• The reward is something that was prepared with
  Gods foreknowledge
• the kingdom prepared for you since the creation
  of the world.

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Obvious Observations
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Bottom Line

• A living Jesus changes everything!

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Two more not so obvious observations

• The righteous people are surprised they served
  their Lord (vv.37-40)
• Then the righteous will answer him, Lord, when
  did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty
  and give you something to drink?

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Two more not so obvious observations

• The righteous people are surprised they served
  their Lord (vv.37-40)
• When did we see you a stranger and invite you
  in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did
  we see you sick or in prison and go to visit
  you?

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Two more not so obvious observations

• The righteous people are surprised they served
  their Lord (vv.37-40)
• The King will reply, I tell you the truth,
  whatever you did for one of the least of these
  brothers of mine, you did for me.

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Two more not so obvious observations

• The cursed people were so self-consumed they
  did not see the needs
• 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? (v.44)

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Three options

• Youre a goat and you know it

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Three options

• Youre a goat but you think youre a sheep

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Obvious Observations
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Obvious Observations
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Three options

• Youre a sheep living just like the living Christ.

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