"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another ... "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 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, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison..Matthew 25:31-46
2007-08-14 14:52:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i mean from here it obviously say those who does good like feeding him , clothing etc are rewarded.
yet many christian are so fast , faster than Flash , in saying non christian = no way.
from here we can see Jesus is the judge , through him you see his father , thus the verse , something like ' no one can see father except through me .. '
no religion nor belief is mentioned , so i think if atheist was wrong in that there is no god , they may still get rewarded too?
2007-08-14 15:09:17 · update #1
That God would rather you spend your time helping others than professing to worship him while doing nothing for your fellow man. God rewards compassion, not kowtowing.
As Mother Teresa said "Each one of them is Jesus in disguise."
Edit- I agree with you. From what I have seen thus far on this forum, if there is a Heaven more atheists and non-Christians will be getting in on their actions than "saved" Christians who fail to act in an Christlike manner.
2007-08-14 15:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sigh...fine, I'll answer.
God is saying thank you for all the kind acts you did in your lifetime.
The believers say "what? i've never seen you-how did I ever do any of those acts for you?"
The moral is-god is within every human being, therefore every time a christian acts humanely towards another they are really doing that act to god.
The sad part is...how many christians do you know that actually give food, money, shelter, or drink to homeless people or volunteer at a shelter? or go out of their way to comfort a stranger?
i do all of these things and i do them because i am a human being and thats how i would like to be treated if i was in that situation. i don't need threats of heaven or hell to care about others.
2007-08-14 22:07:48 · answer #2 · answered by alia 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Son of Man is a title it's capitlized.
... Are elipses used often times in place of good grammar.
King is improperly capitalized as it does not refer to someone specifically. Ex. I am the king.
Father is again improperly capitalized.
It should be "as a stranger."
I understood it quite well, thank you.
2007-08-14 22:05:35 · answer #3 · answered by meissen97 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How much do you understand the mythology of Odin or Mithra?
That's the nice thing about atheism is it's not even necessary to understand the useless fiction of any particular religion because all of our best arguments against religion are based on logic and not what a ridiculous book says.
2007-08-14 22:01:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
More blather about Jesus saying that he thanked those that were kind to him. I guess that rules out most Christians going to heaven and the Atheists are going to go instead since the Atheists do that stuff just because its the right thing to do while the Christians do it to please their god.
lol. Think before you speak.
2007-08-14 22:01:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The text you cited is yet another example of how Christ taught that NONE of us are separate--What a shame it is to witness some Christians pretending that they are separate & different from their fellow man.
2007-08-14 22:05:52 · answer #6 · answered by huffyb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well mate i understand every word of it. thing is, i dont need any miracles to be ok with people. and i certainly dont need any payment for what i do.. i dont expect to go to paradise, for me, there isnt any.
Offering the best of your self to humanity, you will benefit ur self aswell. Its the only way. if u dont undestand these simple words... too bad.. just follow the bible. Do what they told you.
2007-08-14 22:05:47 · answer #7 · answered by GuardianCy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
today we might say "don't judge a book by its cover".
i don't think it's necessary to believe the scene will actually happen to understand the point being made.
2007-08-14 22:06:31 · answer #8 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a secret: You can understand a story even without thinking it's real.
2007-08-14 22:05:20 · answer #9 · answered by Dreamstuff Entity 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference between understanding a verse, and the whole bible. All I see is bla bla bla bla. Besides, my hands start to burn when I touch the bible, and don't get me started when I see a verse....
2007-08-14 22:02:40 · answer #10 · answered by Stevo 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋