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So we have here two views on Christ’s death. Both views consider His death a good thing. But one view does so because they want to get rid of Him once and for all. And the other does so because they sense something special and wonderful about what it will bring to pass – something so special it invokes an extravagant form of praise and worship.

The Philosophy of situation ethics has been around since the Garden of Eden, but it was popularized by Joseph Fletcher in 1966. Since then the philosophy has come to govern much that the secular world calls good and loving. But is it good and loving? That's the question we attempt to answer in this apologetics study.

When Jesus comes back to the earth, there will be a great judgment that will take place at that moment. Those living on the earth will separated into two groups – the saved and the lost. What can believers learn from this judgment that will help us to be living as Jesus would have us live today?

This parable tells what to do while we wait for Jesus to return. While we are waiting, we are to work for the Lord. There is a warning here against laziness and passivity. And there is a call to action, to vital living, to risk all that you have for Christ and his kingdom.

The coming of Christ will be sudden and unexpected. Throughout this section of scripture, Jesus emphasizes the need to be watchful and ready and faithful. In this parable and the next one, he illustrates this very point so we are sure not to miss it.