_Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins._ THE TEN VIRGINS I. We have here two characters contrasted. “Five were wise and five were foolish.” That we may define the difference between them, it is needful that we have a clear conception of the things in which they were alike.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the door was shut._ THE SHUT DOOR I. Exclusion. 1. Necessary for the sake of the redeemed. One guest who does not enter into the spirit of your festivity robs your friends of their joy. 2. Necessary when we regard the sinner himself. II. Finality of exclusion. The word here used for “shut”... [ Continue Reading ]
_Who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods._ LIFE A JOURNEY 1. There is a variety of circumstances which will attend the believer in his journey through life. 2. Moreover travellers need not to be told that the weather during their different journeys is not uniformly the sein... [ Continue Reading ]
_When the Son of Man shall come in His glory._ -The righteous at the judgment. I. The kingly character of the lord Jesus. II. The character of the people of God. 1. Blessed of God. 2. Represented as being at the right hand of God. III. That to which the people of God are introduced. 1. A king... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed._ I. Consider the reference made to the conduct of the righteous. II. Their station-“the right-hand.” III. The sentence. IV. The order of it. The righteous receive their sentence first. 1. The King will bless before He curse... [ Continue Reading ]
_And these shall go away into everlasting punishment._ THE FINAL STATE OF THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN There is a state of happiness which the spirits of just men enter into immediately after their separation from the body, But after the resurrection and the general judgment, then the righteous shall go i... [ Continue Reading ]