Ending Up in the Dump

““But if that person only looks out for himself, and the minute the Master is away does what he pleases—abusing the help and throwing drunken parties for his friends—the Master is going to show up when he least expects it and make hash of him. He’ll end up in the dump with the hypocrites, out in the cold shivering, teeth chattering.”” (Matthew 24:48–51, The Message)

Vivid imagery from The Message in Matt 28:48-51.  The Master is looking for good and faithful servants, not servants that do what they please the minute the Master is away.  The unfaithful servant will end up in the dump along with the hypocrites, the actors, the ones who are faking things.

We will always be tempted to be unfaithful servants.  "Where is the promise of Christ's coming?  Since the creation of the world things have continued along like they always have been," goes the argument as Peter has the skeptics say it.  Of course even that argument is not correct for Christ has already broken into history, died for our sins and risen from the dead.

The faithful servant stays faithful. He does not end up in the dump.