And this ties perfectly to Jesus' other parables in Matthew 25, if we really think about it. The Parable of the Talents is about the judgment of our stewardship over all of our God-given talents. We must sacrifice and use all of those talents to bring glory to God in building up the Body of Christ. And in the final judgment, let us read that conclusion in verse 45 now.
So in this parable of the final judgment, both the sheep and the goats are judged not just according to the keeping of the letter of the law. No, here we see keeping of the letter of law is absolutely required. This chapter started with describing spiritual virgins, so this chapter is about those keeping the law. But the judgment of the sheep and the goats is solely based on what they did or did not do to each other, the Body of Christ.
