Chiuta Mwana: Buku la Musambiri

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CHIUTA MWANA

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B. The Judgment Seat of the King, Matt. 25.31-45 Matt. 25.34-40 (ESV) - 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 foundation of the world. [35] For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, [36] I was naked 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, saying, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? [38] And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? [39] And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?” [40] And the King will answer them, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.” 1. Two sets of people: sheep and goats 2. Two responses: one blessed and embraced, one judged and rejected 3. Two destinies: the sheep in the Kingdom inherited, prepared from the foundation of the world, the goats in the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels 4. Two reactions: one was hospitable, charitable, generous; the other apathetic, heartless, negligent 5. The same group of people: the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the prisoner 6. The same standard: in the way you treated or mistreated these people, those on the underside of life, so you responded to me. C. Jesus made it appear as those who were least deserving but repentant would become heirs of the Kingdom. Matt. 21.31 (ESV) - “Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.” Mark 2.15-17 (ESV) - And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there