Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 25:34

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Matthew 25:34

1834–1892
Baptist
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Matthew 25:34

1834–1892
Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:" — Matthew 25:34 (ASV)

Turning first to the chosen company on His right hand, the great multitude, which no man could number, the King will say to them, Come. They had accepted His previous invitation, Come unto Me, now He gives them another and a more glorious, Come, which was, however, included in the former one, for when He said, I will give you rest, heaven itself was promised to them. The King calls His loved ones by a choice name, ye blessed of my Father. We shall not know what bliss that title implies until we hear it from our Savior’s lips and even then we shall only begin to understand what we shall continue to enjoy throughout eternity.

All true believers are joint-heirs with Jesus Christ, so the King will next say to them, Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. The inheritance, incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, is the inalienable right of all who are made kings and priests unto God. That which has been prepared for them from the foundation of the world must be possessed by them when the world itself has answered the end of its creation and has been burned up.