31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. 36 I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’
37 “Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? 39 When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’
40 “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’
Terrie's Comments:
When your actions flow out of a relationship with Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit within us it flows without effort. Unconditional love that flows from heaven is powerful. When the followers of Jesus allow his love to flow through them because it is overflowing the hungry will get fed, the thirsty will get water, the strangers will have places to stay, the naked will be clothed, the sick will be cared for, those in prison will be visited... and it will all flow out of Jesus' love for them! It will be effortless to those who are called because it will flow out of their relationship with God and done by the power of the Holy Spirit which is limitless, not by human power which is limited.
Tori's Comments:
The pastor here on campus said something really profound to the congregation this week. He asked if any of us ever wanted to hug God, and if we did, we should hug our brothers and sisters in Christ! Because in a way, we were hugging God (the context was the passage 1 John 4:7-21). If God is living in us, our love to others should just come spilling out!
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