Bible Lesson: Parables-Our Lord's: A
Man Taking A Far Journey.
Occasion: Warning.
Lesson: Watch Ye.
Bible Text:
Mark 13:32-37 KJV
32 But of that day and that hour
knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither
The Son, but The Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for
ye know not when the time is.
34 For The Son Of Man is as a Man
taking a far journey, who left His house, and gave authority to His
servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to
watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know
not when The Master Of The House cometh, at even, or at midnight, or
at the cock crowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly He find you
sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say
unto all, Watch.
Similar Story By
Jesus:
Matthew 24:42-51
KJV
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not
what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the good
man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he
would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be
broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready:
for in such an hour as ye think not The Son Of Man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise
servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over His household, to give
them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom
his Lord when He cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That He
shall make him ruler over all His goods.
48 But and if that evil servant
shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his
fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The Lord of that servant shall
come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and in an hour that he is
not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and
appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.
The message of this
late hour is “not,” who the Ant-Christ is,
but “who,” are
we!
Oh, how easily we
the people of God, go astray.
It won't make you
or I ready for the coming Lord, to know who the Anti-Christ is!
We must know on
bended knee, “who,” we are!
Are we the servants
our Lord was referring to?
Mark 13:33-35
KJV
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for
ye know not when the time is.
34 For The Son Of Man is as a Man
taking a far journey, who left His house, and gave authority to His
servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to
watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know
not when The Master Of The House cometh, at even, or at midnight, or
at the cock crowing, or in the morning:
Verse 33 Watch
and Pray.
Verse 34 Work,
and...watch.
Verse 35 Watch.
Matthew 24:6 KJV
Blessed is that servant, whom his
Lord when He cometh shall find so doing.
Now is the time for God's children to watch, pray and work!
Mark 13:33 KJV
Take ye heed,
watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Matthew 24:27,36,42 KJV
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even
unto the west; so shall also the coming of The Son Of Man be.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of
heaven, but My Father only.
42Watch
therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Similar Story By Jesus:
Matthew 25:14-30
KJV
14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a
Man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and
delivered unto them His goods.
15 And unto one He gave five
talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according
to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
16 Then he that had received the
five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five
talents.
17 And likewise he that had received
two, he also gained other two.
18 But he that had received one went
and digged in the earth, and hid his Lord's money.
19 After a long time The Lord of
those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
20 And so he that had received five
talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou
deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them
five talents more.
21 His lord said unto him, Well
done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a
few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into
the joy of thy Lord.
22 He also that had received two
talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents:
behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
23 His lord said unto him, Well
done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few
things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the
joy of thy Lord.
24 Then he which had received the
one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard
Man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast
not strawed:
25 And I was afraid, and went and
hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26 His lord answered and said unto
him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where
I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have
put My money to the exchangers, and then at My coming I should have
received Mine own with usury.
28 Take therefore the talent from
him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
29 For unto every one that hath
shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath
not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
30 And cast ye the unprofitable
servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
Christian people,
called to watch:
I Thessalonians
5:6 KJV
Therefore let us not sleep, as do
others; but let us watch and be sober.
I Thessalonians
5:8 KJV
But let us, who are of the day, be
sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an
helmet, the hope of salvation.
I Peter 5:8 KJV
Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom
he may devour:
Every living person
has been given a measure of talents, and one day God will require of
us, just what we have done with those talents.
I Corinthians
4:2 KJV
Moreover it is required in stewards,
that a man be found faithful.
I Corinthians
6:20 KJV
For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are
God's.
I Peter 4:10 KJV
As every man hath received the gift,
even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God.
Haggai 2:4 KJV
"...be strong, all ye people of
the land, saith The Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith
The Lord Of Hosts:
I Corinthians
15:58 KJV
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be
ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of The Lord,
forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in The Lord.
II Timothy 4:5
KJV
"...Watch thou in all things,
endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of
thy ministry.
