sheeps, goats and eternity
matthew 25:34-46
" Then the King will say to those on his right[the sheeps], '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 somethingto 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.'
... ' i tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
... ' i tell you the truth, 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"
I was wondering what this passage meant. I mean, pastors and preachers often quote this passage to tell us to do good to the people around us, but that doesn't seem to speak about the passage itself. It seems to me that the passage says that we will one day be judged by the deeds we do on earth. Which doesn't really make sense to me, because we've all been brought up to believe that our salvation is not gained by our good deeds, but by the grace of Jesus Christ. So i'm confused. This verse seems pretty clear cut to me, and yet i KNOW it can't possibly mean what it seems to mean, because then we'd have to WORK for our salvation. So, i'm gonna ask pastor B about this next week, cos i'm really confused. What does this passage mean?!!
posted by lysh @ 8:13 PM
1 Comments:
Jesus died to take away our sins, and by doing so give us passage to heaven...so once we've believed that and repented, all of us have eternal life. By his blood we are all righteous.We do not do good deeds to get into heaven. But we do good deeds naturally as comes with a good relationship with God. right? I think so anyway...What this passage is trying to tell us is that love tt Jesus puts in us, is to be directed at other people-shared.And that this quality of ours, ammongst others is a difference between us, the righteous, and those that do not believe and understand our Great Commission, and will suffer for that.... I hope being useful lee! argh. Planet Worship is tomorrow! i can't wait. I'll screach all abt it in my blog. and i miss you, baby cakes. :D. muahaha. i love giving you GOOSE BUMPS.
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