42 "Therefore be on the alert , for you do not know which day your Lord is coming . 43 "But be sure of this , that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming , he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44 "For this reason you also must be ready ; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.
45 " Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time ? 46 "Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes . 47 "Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions . 48 "But if that evil slave says in his heart , 'My master is not coming for a long time ,' 49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards ; 50 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know , 51 and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites ; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 24:42-51
Commentary on Matthew 24:42-51
(Read Matthew 24:42-51)
To watch for Christ's coming, is to maintain that temper of mind which we would be willing that our Lord should find us in. We know we have but a little time to live, we cannot know that we have a long time to live; much less do we know the time fixed for the judgment. Our Lord's coming will be happy to those that shall be found ready, but very dreadful to those that are not. If a man, professing to be the servant of Christ, be an unbeliever, covetous, ambitious, or a lover of pleasure, he will be cut off. Those who choose the world for their portion in this life, will have hell for their portion in the other life. May our Lord, when he cometh, pronounce us blessed, and present us to the Father, washed in his blood, purified by his Spirit, and fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.