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SEPARATION OF SHEEP AND GOATS
"When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left (Matthew 25:31-33). The “sheep” are believers in the Son of Man Jesus Christ that were born of GOD and overcame the world to be seated at the right hand of GOD with Christ and blessed by GOD the Father as heirs of the Kingdom of GOD (Matthew 25:37). The “goats” are non-repentant sinners at the left hand of GOD, cursed into “everlasting fire” prepared for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41).
Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me’ (Matthew 25:34-36). The “righteous” at the right hand of GOD do righteousness (good works) as Christ lives through us when we are born of GOD. We give food and drink, board the homeless, clothe the needy, visit the sick and those in prison. We are not saved by doing good deeds, but when we are born of GOD the good we do is by the Spirit of GOD in Christ living in and through us. Our good works of love testify we are born of GOD and saved as a child of GOD by Christ living through us.
Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' (Matthew 25:37-39).
And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me’ (Matthew 25:40). Whatever we do out of love for our fellow believers in Christ, we do for Christ too, because the Holy Spirit of GOD and Christ dwell within them just as they do in Us.
"Then He will say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me’ (Matthew 25:41-43). The “goats” on His left hand lived for self and pursued the lusts of the world.
“Then they also will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You' (Matthew 25:44)?
Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' And these will go away into everlasting correction, but the righteous into eternal life" (Matthew 25:45-46).
So speak and do as those who shall be judged by the Law of liberty. For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment. My brothers, what profit is it if a man says he has faith and does not have works? Can faith save him? Whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his bowels from him, how does the love of GOD dwell in him? … let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth (1 John 3:17-18). If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and if one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them those things which are needful to the body, what good is it? Even so, if it does not have works, faith is dead, being by itself (James 2:12-17). Faith without works is a dead faith, but when we are born of GOD, the righteous works we do out of love as children of God are by the Spirit of GOD and Christ living in and through us.
But by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of GOD, not of works, lest anyone should boast (Ephesians 2:8-9). Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works (James 2:17-18). We are not saved by doing good works, but without works, our faith is a “dead faith”. Why the contradiction and how do we reconcile these verses? GOD saves us by forgiving us of our sins by His grace for our faith in the name of Jesus Christ as we repent and confess our sins (Romans 10:10, 1 John 1:9), not for doing good works. And the good we do out of love by Christ living in and through us indicate that we are born of GOD. When we are forgiven and sealed by the Spirit as a child of GOD, we pass from death unto life by being made alive with the Holy Spirit of Christ (John 5:24, 1 John 3:14).
Jesus Christ prayed to our Heavenly Father that all who believe in Him might be one with the Father and the Son (John 17:20-21). The Holy Spirit of GOD (Who is Eternal Life) is in Jesus Christ the Son because He was conceived by the Holy Spirit of GOD. This is why we are one with GOD the Father and the Son by the Spirit of Christ being within Us (believers in Christ), and why whoever has the Son has Life (Eternal Life - the Holy Spirit of GOD the Father within us, 1 John 5:13).
"When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left (Matthew 25:31-33). The “sheep” are believers in the Son of Man Jesus Christ that were born of GOD and overcame the world to be seated at the right hand of GOD with Christ and blessed by GOD the Father as heirs of the Kingdom of GOD (Matthew 25:37). The “goats” are non-repentant sinners at the left hand of GOD, cursed into “everlasting fire” prepared for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41).
Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me’ (Matthew 25:34-36). The “righteous” at the right hand of GOD do righteousness (good works) as Christ lives through us when we are born of GOD. We give food and drink, board the homeless, clothe the needy, visit the sick and those in prison. We are not saved by doing good deeds, but when we are born of GOD the good we do is by the Spirit of GOD in Christ living in and through us. Our good works of love testify we are born of GOD and saved as a child of GOD by Christ living through us.
Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' (Matthew 25:37-39).
And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me’ (Matthew 25:40). Whatever we do out of love for our fellow believers in Christ, we do for Christ too, because the Holy Spirit of GOD and Christ dwell within them just as they do in Us.
"Then He will say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me’ (Matthew 25:41-43). The “goats” on His left hand lived for self and pursued the lusts of the world.
“Then they also will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You' (Matthew 25:44)?
Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' And these will go away into everlasting correction, but the righteous into eternal life" (Matthew 25:45-46).
So speak and do as those who shall be judged by the Law of liberty. For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment. My brothers, what profit is it if a man says he has faith and does not have works? Can faith save him? Whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his bowels from him, how does the love of GOD dwell in him? … let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth (1 John 3:17-18). If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and if one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them those things which are needful to the body, what good is it? Even so, if it does not have works, faith is dead, being by itself (James 2:12-17). Faith without works is a dead faith, but when we are born of GOD, the righteous works we do out of love as children of God are by the Spirit of GOD and Christ living in and through us.
But by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of GOD, not of works, lest anyone should boast (Ephesians 2:8-9). Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works (James 2:17-18). We are not saved by doing good works, but without works, our faith is a “dead faith”. Why the contradiction and how do we reconcile these verses? GOD saves us by forgiving us of our sins by His grace for our faith in the name of Jesus Christ as we repent and confess our sins (Romans 10:10, 1 John 1:9), not for doing good works. And the good we do out of love by Christ living in and through us indicate that we are born of GOD. When we are forgiven and sealed by the Spirit as a child of GOD, we pass from death unto life by being made alive with the Holy Spirit of Christ (John 5:24, 1 John 3:14).
Jesus Christ prayed to our Heavenly Father that all who believe in Him might be one with the Father and the Son (John 17:20-21). The Holy Spirit of GOD (Who is Eternal Life) is in Jesus Christ the Son because He was conceived by the Holy Spirit of GOD. This is why we are one with GOD the Father and the Son by the Spirit of Christ being within Us (believers in Christ), and why whoever has the Son has Life (Eternal Life - the Holy Spirit of GOD the Father within us, 1 John 5:13).