Matt 7:21; "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Matt 7:22; "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?'
Matt 7:23; "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'
Who is talking here? In my Bibles the letters are red. It seems Jesus is the one talking here.
It isn't God the Father here. Jesus says "I will..." ..declare to them...
Matt 25:10; "And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.
Matt 25:11; "Later the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.'
Matt 25:12; "But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you.'
Matt 25:13; "Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
Who is the Lord here? Who is the one telling the 5 foolish virgins "I do not know you".
We have a hint... He is also called the bridegroom. (the church is called the bride).
Matt 25:14; "For [the kingom of heaven] is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.
Matt 25:19; "Now after a long time the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them.
Matt 25:24 "And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed.
Matt 25:25 'And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.'
Matt 25:26 "But his master answered and said to him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.
Matt 25:30; "Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Who is the master in the parable? It seems it is also Jesus. Who is the wicked, lazy slave here?
It is someone who knew the Master was a "hard man" who expected some kind of return on His
investment in the servant.
Matt; 25:31 "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
Mat; 25:32; "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
Who is the "Son of Man" in this passage? Almost always in the new testament, the Son of Man is Jesus.
We see here He us going to separate the sheep from the goats. What makes someone a sheep or a goat?
Matt 25:35; '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;
Matt 25:36; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'
... these people would be the sheep.
Matt 25:42; for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
Matt 25:43; I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'
... these people would be the goats.
Matt 25:46; "These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
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In every passage above we see it is Jesus who is judging His church.
Matt 7:22; "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?'
Matt 7:23; "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'
Who is talking here? In my Bibles the letters are red. It seems Jesus is the one talking here.
It isn't God the Father here. Jesus says "I will..." ..declare to them...
Matt 25:10; "And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.
Matt 25:11; "Later the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.'
Matt 25:12; "But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you.'
Matt 25:13; "Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
Who is the Lord here? Who is the one telling the 5 foolish virgins "I do not know you".
We have a hint... He is also called the bridegroom. (the church is called the bride).
Matt 25:14; "For [the kingom of heaven] is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.
Matt 25:19; "Now after a long time the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them.
Matt 25:24 "And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed.
Matt 25:25 'And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.'
Matt 25:26 "But his master answered and said to him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.
Matt 25:30; "Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Who is the master in the parable? It seems it is also Jesus. Who is the wicked, lazy slave here?
It is someone who knew the Master was a "hard man" who expected some kind of return on His
investment in the servant.
Matt; 25:31 "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
Mat; 25:32; "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
Who is the "Son of Man" in this passage? Almost always in the new testament, the Son of Man is Jesus.
We see here He us going to separate the sheep from the goats. What makes someone a sheep or a goat?
Matt 25:35; '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;
Matt 25:36; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'
... these people would be the sheep.
Matt 25:42; for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
Matt 25:43; I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'
... these people would be the goats.
Matt 25:46; "These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
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In every passage above we see it is Jesus who is judging His church.