Matthew 25:41-45 Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ “He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
This is a description of the final judgment. It's like an explanation of the ancient parables. There is a coming judgment, in which every man will be condemned to a state of eternal happiness or misery. Christ will come, not only in the glory of his Father, but in his own glory, as Mediator. The wicked and piously here dwell together, in the same cities, churches, families, and are not always to know each other; such are the weaknesses of the saints, such the hypocrisies of sinners; and death takes so much: but on that day they parted forever. Jesus Christ is the great Shepherd; that shortly will make a distinction between those who are his, and those who are not. this is only a slight resemblance to the blessed state of the saints in heaven. It is prepared for them: it is in all points adapted to the new nature of a sanctified soul. It is prepared from the foundation of the world.
We must not assume that acts of generosity will give right to eternal happiness. The wicked in this world were often called to come to Christ for life and rest, but he turned away from his appeals; and precisely those attempts to depart from Christ, who did not want to come to him. Convicted sinners will be in offering vain excuses. The punishment of the wicked will be an eternal punishment; Your state can not be altered. Thus, life and death, good and evil, blessing and curse, stood before us, so that we can choose our way, and as our way so will be our end.
