Learning to Love as Jesus Taught Us

Matthew 25:40 

King James Version

40 And the King shall answer 

and say unto them, 

Verily I say unto you, 

Inasmuch as ye have done it 

unto one of the least of these my brethren, 

ye have done it unto me.

That verse was one of the earliest I've ever encountered in Catholic school, and I'm grateful I was taught that.

Thus, it stayed with me throughout my life, even as I would fail to apply it every so often in all my years.

Now that GOD made me born again, and taking Jesus' words to heart, I've become more aware of what the LORD really meant.

In that same chapter, Jesus said: 

Matthew 25:31-36 

King James Version

31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, 

and all the holy angels with him, 

then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: 

and he shall separate them one from another, 

as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, 

but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 

Come, 

ye blessed of my Father, 

inherit the kingdom prepared for you 

from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: 

I was thirsty, 

and ye gave me drink: 

I was a stranger, 

and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: 

I was sick, and ye visited me: 

I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Puzzled, the people asked:

Matthew 25:37-39 

King James Version

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, 

when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? 

or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? 

or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, 

or in prison, 

and came unto thee?

And that's when Jesus declared: 

Matthew 25:40

King James Version

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, 

Verily I say unto you, 

Inasmuch as ye have done it 

unto one of the least of these my brethren, 

ye have done it unto me.

That's how Jesus will separate the "sheep", from the "goats", gathering all nations when He comes in His glory, the second time around.

All our deeds will be laid bare for all of us to see.

There is no escaping the consequences of our actions, of our desire to love, or not to love, the least of God's brethren.

Matthew 25:46 

King James Version

46 And these shall go away 

into everlasting punishment: 

but the righteous into life eternal.

We all came from the same God.

What is so difficult to understand about loving others, and worshiping God, when Christ already gave us the blueprint for the salvation of our souls?

What could matter more than anything, but God?

There is only God.

Bible verse source: biblegateway.com

Updated 19 June 2024