Monday, January 25, 2016

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF

There will be three groups of people who will be allowed to enter into Christ's Millennial Kingdom:  the Jews, the Church, and those Jesus recognizes as being compassionate Gentiles.  The Jews, because He is the king of the Jews (Mt. 2:2; Lk. 1:33; Jn. 19:19-21; etc.); the Church, because we will always be where He is, and we are to rule with Him during His kingdom (Jn. 14:1-3; 2 Cor. 5:8; Rev. 20:6; etc.); and those who showed compassion on the Jews during the Tribulation (Mt. 25:31-46)!   Here is how Jesus explained this third group:

       When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory:  and before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats:  and He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
       Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:  for I was an hungered, and ye gave Me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took Me in:  naked, and ye clothed Me: I was sick, and ye visited Me: I was in prison, and ye came unto Me.
       Then shall the righteous answer Him, saying, Lord, when saw we Thee an hungered, and fed Thee, or thirsty, and gave Thee drink?  When saw we Thee a stranger, and took Thee in, or naked, and clothed Thee?  Or when saw we Thee sick, or in prison, and came unto Thee?
       And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.  Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:  for I was an hungered, and ye gave Me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me no drink:  I was a stranger, and ye took Me not in:  naked, and ye clothed Me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited Me not.
       Then shall they also answer Him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto Thee?
       Then shall He answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me.  And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.


Saul, of Tarsus, experienced a similar situation in Acts 9:1-5, when he was searching for those who were believers in Christ.  Jesus told him that by persecuting Christians, he was, in fact, persecuting Jesus Himself! 

My advice:  Be very careful how you treat others! 






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