Matthew 25:31-46
The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 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.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Matthew 7:21-23
Will of God
21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23 Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you
evildoers!'
Jesus says God will separate into two groups the people, when He comes into His Glory...Then the Kingdom of God will be upon us...And on the right God will place the sheep...The people who have followed God’s Will, will be on the right...And His will includes helping the hungry when they needed something to eat...His Will includes helping the thirsty and giving them something to drink, when they were thirsty...God’s Will includes helping the stranger and inviting them in your house, or wherever you are...His Will means giving the needy clothing when they needed clothes...God’s Will means looking after the sick, when they were sick...And His Will includes going to visit those in prison..Or as Jesus says, when, I was in prison and you came to visit me...
The Kingdom of God is not for the self-righteous and those who continue to think they are doing the right things...The Kingdom of God is for people of humility, and those who are less self-conscious...The Kingdom of God is a place where sinners have struggled throughout their lives with the rights and the wrongs and have experienced the problems of keeping all their lives moral...The Kingdom of God is a Kingdom of forgiven sinners who have lived out their own imperfect lives, as best they could knowing God and His Son, and having Both of Them in their hearts...And the sinner who loves God and Jesus knows that he has lived an imperfect existence...
Psychologist and Priest Eugene Kennedy says that getting into the Kingdom of God is doing God’s Will...Priest Kennedy says ,"Knowing the correct password - saying 'Master, Master', for instance - isn't going to get you anywhere with Me...What's required is serious obedience doing what my Father wills."...
"This is a passage for all those who understand, as Jesus has said, that belief in Him is proved in ordinary life rather than in extraordinary practices, and that the good Shepherd whose simple garb matches His mission, stands at the center of the true Kingdom.”...
Priest Brennan Manning says that “The kingdom of God is not a subdivision for the self-righteous or for those who lay claim to private visions of doubtful authenticity and boast they possess the state secret of their salvation...No, as Eugene Kennedy notes, “it is for a larger, homelier, and less self-conscious people who know they are sinners because they have experienced the yaw and pitch of moral struggle.”...The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.”...