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Good Works (Things Jesus Never Said)



"It's quite simple really. If you want me to love you more, do more good deeds. But the less you do, the less I love you. Any questions?"
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31“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.32“All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;33and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.

34“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation 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;36naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to 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‘And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?39‘When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’40“The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’

41“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;42for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;43I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’44“Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’45“Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’46“These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
August 2, 2013 at 7:29 AM
Tommy Mann Ministries said…
Thanks for your comment. That is a great passage, one I wrote my first book (All the Law) about.

However, as you will notice, the verse never says that Jesus loves one group more than He loves the other. His love for us is not dependent upon our good works, the love we show, or any other factor.

The Bible is clear that God loves us because He chooses to love us. Hell is full of people that God loves.

The purpose of this post is to stop guilt-tripping people into service for God as if that will make Him love them more. He loves them. Period. And that should compel them to serve.

Thanks for your comment and the reminder of a great passage.
August 2, 2013 at 12:43 PM
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