someone in need, as well as every time you
turned a blind eye, you’ll account for when
you stand at the judgment
(see 2 Corinthians 5:10).
Jesus will recount them one by one - one
deed done to improve the lot of another
person, even small ones.
Indeed, everything Jesus mentioned
seems small: ‘I was hungry
and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you
gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took
Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was
sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and
you came to Me’
(Matthew 25:35-36 NKJV).
The early Church father Chrysostom
pointed out, ‘We do not hear “I was sick and
you healed me,” or “I was in prison and you
liberated me.”’ So that does away with the
excuse, ‘How could I heal a sick person or
liberate someone who’s enslaved?’ Jesus
said, ‘I was sick and you visited Me; I was in
prison and you came to Me.’ These works of
mercy are simple deeds, and yet in these
simple deeds we serve Jesus.
Astounding, this truth:
we serve Christ by serving needy people.
Some of them are refugees, or living
on the streets. Maybe they've made mistakes
or been caught up in circumstances they
can’t control. You can’t help all of them, but
you can help some of them!
And when you do, you serve Jesus.
That’s what Jesus will talk to you about
when you stand before Him one day.
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