What To Do While Waiting For The Second Coming Of Jesus

I want you to understand Jesus is giving this illustration to religious people or in our case --- the church. Notice in verse 51 Jesus uses the word “hypocrite”. No one wants to be called a hypocrite, but too many church members are contenting themselves they are alright when they are not.

Last night while I was reviewing these notes and this passage I felt I had not come to a clear understanding of how this text related to us and then I felt the Lord gave me a revelation. Look closer at the three specific charges against the wicked servant:

1. Thinking the Master had delayed His return

What is the real issue in this point --- time! Many Christians have tried to content themselves that they have worshiped God because they came to the Sunday morning worship service. I have appeased God by being here. Your life is so busy with lots of good things to do that there is no more time to give to God.

If you are too busy to worship God more than Sunday morning, then you are too busy. You need to repent and stop doing some things so you can give God more priority in your life.

2. Beating his fellow servants

I know you would never physically hit or strike another person, so how can you be making this mistake? With your tongue. Your critical spirit, you words of criticism, your gossiping, backbiting --- this is how you are mistreating fellow servants when you ought to be edifying and building up the body of Christ.

3. Eats and drinks with drunkards

The obvious message is to not partake in drinking alcohol. It is best if Christians totally abstained from alcohol to protect our witness. A second point we could make application with from this phrase is to connection it to Ephesians 5:18 we are told “Do not be drunk with wine, but be filled with the Holy Spirit”. Instead of filling our hearts with the Holy Spirit of God, we have filled them with materialism, secularism and humanism. We are more concerned with the praise of men than we are God’s praise.

Jesus told us we are to be “in the world”, but not “of the world”. Where are you drinking from? The ways of the world or the well of God?

I found this video clip that illustrates being ready for the second coming of Jesus.

---- Show video --- from Youtube.com

Conclusion:

The second coming of Jesus could happen at any moment --- are you ready?

If not come to the altar today and make your life ready.

Prayer