Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 12:44-45

"Of a truth I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath. But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;" — Luke 12:44-45 (ASV)

Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, ‘My lord delayeth his coming’; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

First, he becomes lordly; he acts as if he were master, beats his fellow servants, is harsh and ungenerous, and assumes great dignity and gives himself airs. Let him be careful what he is doing, for his Master will come and catch him usurping his place.

The next danger is that he begins to enjoy himself, to be voluptuous and self-indulgent: to eat and drink, and to be drunken. He becomes intoxicated with pride and is carried away with various errors; in making much of himself, he loses his head and acts like a fool.