Billy Goats GruffMatthew 25: 31-41

Matthew 25:31-34 31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy

angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from

the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom

prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Matthew 25:41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil

and his angels:

There is A Great Day of separation coming

How Can you tell if someone is a goat?By the four characteristics of a goat.

All Goats BUTI planned to go to church BUT…….I’d give BUT……I’d get saved BUT….I need to pray BUT….I should forgive BUT…I need to tithe BUT….I need to be involved BUT….

Goats are wonders, you cant keep them in a fence. They always want to go to

the others side.If they cant find a way out

they will make one

In Hosea 2 God speaks In Hosea 2 God speaks of Israel as the wife of of Israel as the wife of

Hosea whose name was Hosea whose name was Gomer that was a Gomer that was a

prostitute, and how He prostitute, and how He would hedge her in to would hedge her in to

protect her but she protect her but she continually broke out to continually broke out to

her forbidden loversher forbidden lovers

Proverbs 28:13-14Proverbs 28:13-141313 He who covers his sins will not prosper,

But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.1414 Happy is the man who is always reverent,

But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Goats are hard headedGoats are hard headedYou can’t reason with a goat they will butt heads You can’t reason with a goat they will butt heads

with anythingwith anything

Goats will eat anything

Proverbs 18:20-21Proverbs 18:20-2120 20 A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the

fruit of his mouth;From the produce of his lips he shall be filled.

2121 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,And those who love it will eat its fruit

John 10:2-5 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3

To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and

the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do

not know the voice of strangers.”John 10:14

I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.John 10:27

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

What makes a sheep different?

A sheep will only hear the voice of the shepherdSheep know the Shepherd and the Shepherd knows His sheepSheep will only follow the ShepherdSheep get sheered on a regular basis.

Matthew 25:37-40 37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord,

when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and

give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39

Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and

say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

Matthew 25:44-46 44 “Then they also will answer

Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then He will answer

them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these,

you did not do it to Me.’ 46 And these will go away into

everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

It Was Works That Separated Them

Are You A Sheep or a Goat?

The choice is yours