Jesus is Divisive

Matthew 25:31–46

Dr. Bob McCartney, Senior Pastor • October 5, 2025

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I. The Return of the King

II. The Reward of the Righteous

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”

John 14:6 (ESV)

“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12 (ESV)

“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”

1 Timothy 2:5 (ESV)

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:8–10 (ESV)

So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 2:17 (ESV)

III. The Rejection of the Rebellious

and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:10 (ESV)

And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:15 (ESV)

The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’

Luke 16:22–24 (ESV)

Investing for Eternity

Matthew 25:14–30

Dr. Bob McCartney, Senior Pastor • September 28, 2025

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1. Realize God is the source of everything

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

James 1:17 (ESV)

2. Faithful stewardship leads to God’s blessings

3. Fear and inaction lead to loss

4. Accountability is inevitable

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

2 Corinthians 5:10 (ESV)

‘For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.’ How you use your resources reveals your heart toward Christ. When He returns, He will ask: ‘What did you do with what I gave you?’

Matthew 6:21 (NASB95)

Investing Where It Matters Most

Deuteronomy 6:4-12

Justin Bindel, Pastor of Young Adults and Families • September 21, 2025

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4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

10 “And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities that you did not build, 11 and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full, 12 then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Deuteronomy 6:4-12

1. Tend to Your Own Heart

2. Teach Diligently and Consistently

3. Tell the Story of God’s Faithfulness

10 And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.

Judges 2:10

God gave you a precious family to play a crucial role in his strategy for the redemption of the world.

Ray Ortlund