Weeping And Gnashing Of Teeth

There will be those who will experience weeping and gnashing of teeth!

Do not be an unprofitable servant.  If you do, you will experience weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew wrote by The Holy Spirit in Matthew chapter 8:

5 Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him,

6 saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.”

7 And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

8 The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a Word, and my servant will be healed.

9 For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! 11 And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven.

12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.

Those sons of the kingdom were Israelites, and they had the opportunity for salvation and never availed themselves to it.  Salvation was right in front of them, yet they rejected Christ.  They were banished into the darkness.

Jesus explained the parable of the wheat and the tares in Matthew chapter 13:

37 Jesus answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the Sons of the Kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.

39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.

40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.

41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,

42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

Once again, each of us has the opportunity to practice either righteousness or lawlessness.  It is our decision to where we end up.  An unprofitable servant is slothful, useless, and worthless to the Kingdom.  At a minimum, he could have invested something into The Kingdom, whether money or service.  He did neither.  His soulish and fleshly desires focused on “self” rather than on serving others.  The long-term result will be in the category of people who are weeping and gnashing of teeth in anguish.

People in this category will have been close to the real thing yet they chose to go their own way apart from THE LORD.  They had every opportunity to get into The Kingdom of GOD but refused.  There will be the tremendous bitterness of saying, “I could have been in this.  I had the opportunity all the time, but I never availed myself of it.  Now I’m cast out forever into outer darkness!”

Even if you were only given one talent, you should do and invest according to your own ability.  Doing nothing is no excuse.  At a minimum, you should invest and become a partner in a fruitful ministry.  At least then, you will be gaining interest on your investment which is the bare minimum acceptable to Jesus.

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