A faithful servant waiting for the Lord
A faithful servant waiting for the Lord
(Are you ready for the coming of Jesus?)
David Wilkerson
I ask again
Are you really ready
for the coming of the Lord?
Are you sure you’re fully prepared
for that moment that He’d come suddenly?
Matthew 24:42
Watch therefore:
for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come
But know this,
that if the goodman 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.
Matthew 24:43
Here’s some truth I’m gonna give you
Here’s some things that I’m telling you
what has to happen if you’re ready
“If you’re gonna be prepared for my way
you’ve got to know this.”
Jesus comes forth with the Scripture now
of those who’re truly prepared
with this awful warning verse 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?
Matthew 24:45
Blessed is that servant,
whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Matthew 24:46
Paul talk about the household of faith
“I’m a pastor.
I’m a ruler of a household of God
under His authority.”
As a parent,
you are a ruler of your household
Every father in this house
you have been mandated by God
to be a ruler of your household
The Lord’s talking about His coming now
And He said,
“I’m going to bless those rulers.”
Those parents
those mothers, those fathers
who give their children meat in due season
Meat is the word of God
It is the Holy Bible
It is the truth
The due season is before they get hardened
in the right time when they’re still affective,
when they’re still tender
This has to do with pastors and shepherds, too
Rulers of a household of God
In due season
Listen, if we are not shut in with God
if we are not setting the example
The Scripture says
Obey them that have the rule over you,
and submit yourselves:
for they watch for your souls,
as they that must give account,
that they may do it with joy,
and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Hebrews 13:17
Remember them which have the rule over you,
who have spoken unto you the word of God:
whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation
Hebrews 13:7
He says,
“Look at their lives.”
“See if they’re living what they preach.”
“See if they are giving you the pure gospel
of the Lord Jesus Christ.”
I know one thing
when we’ve come to this pulpit
I have to give an account
I know that I have to give an account
(for) what I have preach this morning
I have to give an account
The Lord has made a promise that
when He returns
He’s gonna gather every faithful shepherd
that they’d been on their faith before God
They may not live perfect lives
They fought battles
And they won battles
They’re still warring against the enemy
in spiritual warfare
But their hearts are set on God
They’ve hated their sins
They’ve turned from their iniquities
They stand before you
under the covenantal promises of God
The Scripture says,
when He comes, he’s gonna gather those
shepherds together
He’s gonna make them rulers over all that He has
(Matthew 24:47)
He’s saying to pastors
“Stick to the Word.”
It’s come to pass that
the Scripture’s really convicting me
But know this,
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart,
My lord delayeth his coming;
Matthew 24:48
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants,
and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Matthew 24:49
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,
Matthew 24:50
And shall cut him asunder,
and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 24:51
Luke makes it very clear
that this is the same servant
who started out right
who knew in his heart
the Lord was coming at any moment
(Luke 12:47)
This is the one who’s giving meat in due season
But something happened
He said in his heart
The lord has delayeth his coming;
(Mathew 24:48)
He didn’t preach it
He didn’t go out in the street
It was a thought
It was a mind set
Something happened
“He’s not coming in my time.”
He’d change thinking
whereas he was being prepared,
he expected his master any time
He was motivated to do
what was right before his master
And now
he is smiting his fellowmen
Smiting there in Greek is repeated blows
That doesn’t mean with fist
That doesn’t mean with fist
He can go to work now
He can curse
He can listen to dirty stories
He can smite and tell lies
and try to claim over other people
He can smite anybody living a godly life
because it provokes him
because he remembers what he was
He can gossip about preachers
He can gossip about everybody
He can live as he pleases
because his lord is not coming
“My lord isn’t coming.”
It wasn’t the Lord he had before
This is a new lord
A new christ
with a new gospel
This is sweeping the country in the world now,
a doctrine that He is not coming in my time
and it has created looseness in the church
No wonder we have such foolishness in the house of God
Such damnable stock’s coming into God’s house
People can live like the devil and say,
“I’m going to heaven.”
Because they don’t believe
Jesus is coming
If you believe Jesus coming tonight
you wouldn’t live like you live now,
nor would I
drink with the drunken
(Matthew 24:49)
What does drunkenness mean?
I’m not talking about alcohol
You see
Alcohol today, the sedative is
prosperity
He said,
“What’s gonna happen the moment
you lose this awareness of His coming?”
I want you to allow that thought
to get to your heart
You’re gonna start smiting
In other words,
your life is going out of control
because there’s no moral accomplishments,
no moral motivation whatsoever
And your life’s gonna spin out of control
“Anything goes.”
I meet Christians like that
“Anything goes.”
It’s the very thing Jesus warned about
“You’re gonna start smiting.”
You’re going to,
you’re not dealing with any jealousies,
you’re not dealing with covetousness, envy,
any of these things.
You might still hate murder
and drugs and alcohol perhaps
But you’re not gonna have
any control over these
Because you won’t want control
you don’t need control
Because you have your mind
just before it all ends when I see the signs of the time
and get just pretty sure
that it might happen
then I’ll make it right
And He said,
“You’re eating with the drunken”
(Matthew 24:49)
Folks, this is what Lord says
“Now hear this. Now know this.”
I’m asking you as parents
to give your children meat in due season
You study this and you read it
and you govern your house by this Word
That’s what He said is necessary
You young couples getting married or anticipating children,
set it your mind now
The Lord’s trying to speak to you
You and your household are
gonna be ready for coming of the Lord
Be sure you’re giving meat in time
Be sure the Word of the Lord
is coming forth in your home
Be sure you’re not eating and drinking
with the drunken
not in this age of prosperity
Oh Jesus, even so come quickly
We long for that day