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A Palestinian shepherd wrote about his experiences with his mixed flock. He had to separate the sheep and the goats at the trough lest the goats push the sheep out of the way with their horns to get there first. A sheep does not use force.Matthew 25:33-46 “And He (the Son of Man) will set the sheep on His right hand,
but the goats on the left. 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” … Then He will also say to those on the left hand,
‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
… Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it (help) to one of the least of these,
you did not do it to Me. And these will go away into everlasting punishment,
but the righteous into eternal life.”
The sheep are the righteous believers who inherit the kingdom of God/Christ.
The sheep hear Jesus voice, He knows them, and they follow Him (John 10:27).
The goats do NOT inherit the kingdom … they are habitual sinners (1 Cor. 6:9-10, Gal. 5:19-21, Eph. 5:3-6).
The righteous do good works … while the unrighteous are lacking in doing good works.
The goats are the unrighteous who get cast into the fire.
John 15:2-6 “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He (Father God) takes away;
and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
… He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered;
and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.”
Believers who do NOT (continue to) abide in Jesus do NOT bear fruit and are thrown into the fire!
Matthew 3:10-12 “Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit
is cut down and thrown into the fire. … (God will) gather His wheat into the barn;
but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Those who do NOT bear good fruit are thrown into the fire.
The chaff is separated from the wheat and is thrown into the fire.
Matthew 7:15-20 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly
they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. … every good tree bears good fruit,
but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Therefore by their fruits you will know them.”
False prophets do NOT bear good fruit and are thrown into the fire.
Matthew 18:8 “If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you.
It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet,
to be cast into the everlasting fire.”
One of those extreme verses!: If you do NOT overcome sin, you will be cast into the fire.
Matthew 13:49-50 “So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth,
separate the wicked from among the just, and cast them into the furnace of fire.
There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
The just are the righteous … the wicked are the unrighteous.
The wicked (habitual sinners, etc.) will be cast into the fire.
Matthew 13:37-43 “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom,
but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil,
the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom
all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire.
There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine forth
as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
The righteous are the good seeds of the kingdom sown by Jesus.
The unrighteous are “the sons of the wicked one” sown by the devil.
Who exactly are the “sons of the wicked one” in Matthew 13:38 above?
“Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous,
just as He is righteous … In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does NOT practice righteousness is NOT of God,
NOR is he who does NOT love his brothers/sisters.” (1 John 3:7-10)
The “sons of the wicked one” do not practice righteousness.
The “sons of the wicked one” do not love other Christians.
Jesus was not violent.
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