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Daily Java:

But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left. 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. 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. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’ 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? Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 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!’ Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons. For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’ Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’ And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’ And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:31-46)

The point made here was not the stuff done. It was the service and selflessness behind the stuff.

Those who had helped Jesus, who had fed him and clothed him and all, never knew it was Jesus. They are surprised. “We didn’t know it was you. We fed a lot of people but don’t remember you.”

Jesus answer: when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me. I was there in the midst of those people that needed help. I was there in their hearts and I was there in your heart when you helped.

Those who didn’t help said, “Wait. If you had told us it was you, we would have given you the best of what we had. All we saw was a bunch of poor people.” And again his reply: when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.

Again, the point was that those who were in Christ helped as they were helped. They loved as they were loved. The others waited for just the right opportunity so they wouldn’t waste their money.

I read an article the other day that said that conservative people tend to give a lot more money to charities and church and the like than liberal minded people. Their mindset is different.

You can imagine the liberals being at the front of any well-publicized event, with names in the paper and pictures taken. The others just do it out of love.

Jesus said here that if you love him, you are going to help others in some way. You may not have a lot of money, or things to give, but if you love him, you will do so.

When his heart is in your heart, you share your heart with others.