Matthew 25:35-36
“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.”

When Jesus tells us about the “final judgment” it seems to have nothing to do with the Ten Commandments. Those, of course, are vitally important. But Jesus takes it a lot further! It’s not about you getting all the rules right…but about you loving your neighbor. And as a matter of fact…when you love your neighbor…you are loving Christ Himself! The fact is…when measured against the standard Jesus sets in this scripture…none of us can possibly measure up…except maybe people like Mother Teresa! Perhaps Jesus wants to pull the rug out from under the ‘self-righteous’ who believe their pious, self-centered religious practices are what God wants of us? Perhaps we all need to “die to ourselves” and identify with those who have not been included, those who have been cast out by society? After all…aren’t we all lacking in some way and in need of the mercy and compassion of God?

Suggested song of the day—“Love God” on the Live to Love album.
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Have a blessed day!