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There
are two groups, the sheep and the goats - and we want to be sheep that
follow our shepherd - Jesus Christ.
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I do not have to tell you where the goats go.
Perhaps, you wonder where and here is my answer. |
Matthew 25:31-46
When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Here is what happened to
an acquaintance of mine. OK, so his car broke down and he did not have
enough money to pay his rent, only to fix his car. I had to loan him
money.
It is easy to blame others and do zero. God
want us to help others when we can. It is important that we treat others
with kindness and caring. Most people who are evil
try to pursue personal gain. Often this is at others expense. In
contrast, those that are good help others, even if that costs them time
and money. God
has a much better place waiting for us. However, our lord cannot take
bad people to the good place. Otherwise, it would simply not be the good
place any more. That
is not the message that we are given in church for some reason. Instead
they typically read some bible verses. Often people in church do not help each
other when this is what God tells us. Jesus told us that we must do the
will of His father.
Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.
Please do remember that
if a blind man leads another blind man... they both fall into a pit and
here is the Bible verse. Luke 6:39
And He spoke a parable also to them. "Is a blind man able to lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
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Hey,
this is important news. I have found that most people are all talk and
their actions are few or none.
God wants us to be hot or
cold, not um LUKEWARM. Otherwise, He will indeed vomit you out of His
mouth - yes. It is important to pick what side you are on.
Revelation 3:15-16
I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other! So because you are
LUKEWARM— neither hot nor cold— I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!
I prefer to be hot, but
God says to never be warm. Oh yes, it is important that we choose which
side we wish to be on.
Please do remember that
there are two groups and what the outcome is for each one. It is
important that we treat others with kindness and caring.
Matthew 7:12
Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.
Often we complain about
our lot in life, but we need to think about who would we rather be -
Lazarus or the rich man.
It is true that our life is full of trials and misery.
However, these events we must endure as a test or an exam. How we
treat others is important because God will use that as a basis for how
He will treat us.
Frankly, we want God to take us to the
good place, but that does depend on us.
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