Judging the least of these,
I have been on a few mission trips, to help the least of these (people who are in need of Gods love). On these trips I learned many of the people who went were searching for something more, some for image, some for a vacation, some for healing, and some to help the least of these. But whatever the reason the least got helped. In some of the people I seen judgment, although it was a mission trip to help the poor they judged them for it, they would act disgusted with the people we were helping, and eventually stopped helping before the trip was done. A shame to see Christians judge the least in this way.
Many of us Christians do help from our hearts and not for self image, or for our own experience. Giving to the least of these is doing it for others and not self, to display the love of Christ. I was told there are more churches in America then we have homeless, and I believe it. If every church would give one homeless person or a homeless family a place to lay their head, we would not have any homeless on the streets. The homeless are “least of these”, many of us pass by them as a nuisance to society, and many of us claim to be Christian. These are people, not things or animals but people who are broken by poverty, emotional and mental problems, people who lost their jobs and just cant make ends meet, people who society has abandoned to their own demise, rejected by the world, Jesus called to these people and healed them not just physically but spiritually to. Many Christians have adopted the view of the world, we reject those who we esteem less then we are culturally. Many of us go to church not to learn the love of Christ but to be esteemed at a higher level culturally (self righteousness), when we judge the least we are not being a Christian, but self glorifying; Christ showed his love to all, to any that would come to him and most were the least of these. Christ would rebuke the self righteous for their wrongful judgment, who rejected who Christ was because they lacked love in their hearts. We are to shine with the love of Christ, calling to the broken giving them hope and lifting them unto their feet with care and not judgment. Just imagine being in their shoes, and if you don’t care to, I will tell you this Jesus judges the heart.
Mat 25:31 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:
Mat 25:32 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:
Mat 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Mat 25:34 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:
Mat 25:35 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:
Mat 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Mat 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Mat 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Mat 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Mat 25:40 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.
Mat 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Mat 25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
Mat 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Mat 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Mat 25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Mat 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
I have been on a few mission trips, to help the least of these (people who are in need of Gods love). On these trips I learned many of the people who went were searching for something more, some for image, some for a vacation, some for healing, and some to help the least of these. But whatever the reason the least got helped. In some of the people I seen judgment, although it was a mission trip to help the poor they judged them for it, they would act disgusted with the people we were helping, and eventually stopped helping before the trip was done. A shame to see Christians judge the least in this way.
Many of us Christians do help from our hearts and not for self image, or for our own experience. Giving to the least of these is doing it for others and not self, to display the love of Christ. I was told there are more churches in America then we have homeless, and I believe it. If every church would give one homeless person or a homeless family a place to lay their head, we would not have any homeless on the streets. The homeless are “least of these”, many of us pass by them as a nuisance to society, and many of us claim to be Christian. These are people, not things or animals but people who are broken by poverty, emotional and mental problems, people who lost their jobs and just cant make ends meet, people who society has abandoned to their own demise, rejected by the world, Jesus called to these people and healed them not just physically but spiritually to. Many Christians have adopted the view of the world, we reject those who we esteem less then we are culturally. Many of us go to church not to learn the love of Christ but to be esteemed at a higher level culturally (self righteousness), when we judge the least we are not being a Christian, but self glorifying; Christ showed his love to all, to any that would come to him and most were the least of these. Christ would rebuke the self righteous for their wrongful judgment, who rejected who Christ was because they lacked love in their hearts. We are to shine with the love of Christ, calling to the broken giving them hope and lifting them unto their feet with care and not judgment. Just imagine being in their shoes, and if you don’t care to, I will tell you this Jesus judges the heart.
Mat 25:31 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:
Mat 25:32 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:
Mat 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Mat 25:34 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:
Mat 25:35 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:
Mat 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Mat 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Mat 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Mat 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Mat 25:40 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.
Mat 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Mat 25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
Mat 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Mat 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Mat 25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Mat 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
