MATTHEW 24:42-51
2. His behavior. Note that it is after the evil servant says there is plenty of time that he begins to live as he wishes. His
attitude (his heart) determines his behavior.
a. He acts unjustly. He begins to “smite his fellowservants.” He seeks more and more materially, both power
and things. He strikes and mistreats anyone who stands in his way. He seeks “filthy lucre” (acceptance,
esteem, gain, property, money), and he seeks to lord it over people (1 Pt.5:2-3).
b. He lives carnally. He begins “to eat and drink with the worldly [drunken].” He walks with them, sits with
them, lies with them. He is their companion in sin. He is indulgent, living to please the flesh.
3. His end and his judgment are certain. There is no escape.
a. The Lord will catch the evil servant unexpectedly. Some deny that the Lord is coming to judge them; others
ignore His coming; and still others put the thought out of their minds. But nothing will keep the Lord from
coming: “the Lord of that [evil] servant shall come.” And He will come when the evil man is not looking for
Him. To the evil person, the Lord’s coming will be the most frightful experience of human history (cp. v.21-
22; Rev.6:15-17).
In talking about meeting the Lord, it must be remembered that every man meets the Lord at death: “It
is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Heb.9:27). The point Christ makes is that
the evil man will face eternal doom at the end of the world. As other Scriptures point out, the Great White
Throne of judgment is to take place at the end of the world.
b. The Lord will condemn the evil servant to death—with the hypocrites. He will be “cut asunder,” cut off from
among the living and from among believers; and most tragic, he will be “cut asunder” from God’s presence.
His position and place will be with hypocrites. Where are the hypocrites? Christ says “[Where] there shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth”.

The sin of the evil servant, of a person who makes a false profession, does several terrible things.
1. He deceives himself and others. He deceives people into thinking that they will not have to face the judgment of the
Lord’s return, or if they do, it will be minimal.
2. He minimizes the truth of eternity, of heaven, of life with God, and of the judgment which every man must face.
3. He takes away from the message and effectiveness of the gospel.
4. He keeps people from the truth. He keeps them from watching and preparing, from protecting and guarding, from
living and walking with their eyes upon the Lord’s coming.

“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your
redemption draweth nigh” (Lk.21:28).
“In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive
you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also” (Jn.14:2-3).

Thought 1. Note that Christ still speaks of a servant. The difference is onefold: this is an evil servant. He may be a
minister, a teacher, or a layman. Christ says that he is an evil servant and spells out what it is that makes him evil.

Thought 2. The worst of all men is the man who professes, and while he professes, he is living in sin. As Christ
says, “his portion [is] with the hypocrite” (v.51). His only hope is to confess his evil and repent, turning back to
God, ever trusting His wonderful mercy and grace.

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness” (1 Jn.1:9).

Thought 3. The man who walks ignoring, twisting, misinterpreting, or denying the Lord’s return is walking by his
senses—what he knows about the physical universe. He is walking as he senses things to be, not as God has re-
vealed them to be.

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