Devotion
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Journaling the Journey: Part CLX
Author
Timothy Laughlin
Published
Apr 05, 2024
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"When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. "All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats." Matthew 25:31,32
"When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. "All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats." Matthew 25:31,32
The difference between the sheep and the goats is simple, the goats don't need a shepherd! In fact, they run their own lives and do what goats do, and that is anything they want to do! Sheep on the other hand need the care of a shepherd because they are not capable of providing for themselves.
This scripture is not speaking of animals it is illustrating the lives of human beings, the sheep being those who came to Jesus and the goats who didn't! Remember before you were saved? We were all goats making the mistakes of commanding our own ships many of which hit the rocks and sank!
Today in the many sheepfolds of church life it's hard to tell the difference between the sheep and the goats but there is a time coming when Jesus will indeed separate the flock! The sheep will have the characteristics of their Shepherd and the goats will act like the devil!
"And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left." Matthew 25:33
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