Friday 18 May 2007

Unto the least of these

“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” - Matthew 25v40

The context here of course is the end of the tribulation and Jesus’ judgement, but there is a timely principle. Jesus told those He accepted that the test of the genuineness was how they treated Him. He said that they had fed Him, given Him shelter, and provided a drink for Him. They did not understand what He was saying so they asked Him when they had done so. He replied that they did so whenever they did those things for “the least of these my brethren.”

There works did not save them, but their provision for God’s people was a test of how real their faith was. Later we are instructed that we are to do good to all men, whenever we can, but especially those of the household of faith. We have a great responsibility to meet the needs of other. We have even more of a responsibility to meet the needs of our brothers and sisters around us.

How would we treat Jesus? The greatest test is how we treat each other.

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