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Sheep, Goats, and the Least of These: What Does God Want From You?
In Matthew 25, Jesus describes the judgment at the end of days. The Son of Man will divide the nations like a shepherd separating sheep from goats. The sheep on His right will enter the kingdom. The goats on His left will enter eternal fire. This passage is the culmination of Jesus’s teaching. The point He is making may surprise you but it is consistent with everything Jesus taught, whether He was speaking to a crowd or an individual.
Sheep, Goats, And The Least Of These is an examination of what it is that Jesus Christ recognizes as saving faith. Looking at encounters Jesus had with individual people, such as the Roman centurion, the Woman at the Well, described in the Gospels, as well as particular parables He told, (The Prodigal Son, The Pharisee and the Tax Gatherer in the Temple) there is a common denominator to the kind of faith that saves.
Sheep, Goats, And The Least Of These is an examination of what it is that Jesus Christ recognizes as saving faith. Looking at encounters Jesus had with individual people, such as the Roman centurion, the Woman at the Well, described in the Gospels, as well as particular parables He told, (The Prodigal Son, The Pharisee and the Tax Gatherer in the Temple) there is a common denominator to the kind of faith that saves.
146 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 31, 2023
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July 7, 2024
Richard Miller's book, Sheep, Goats and the Least of These, is a short and concise book that delivers a powerful message. Citing to Matthew 25, he postulates that Jesus walked the Earth, for among other reasons, to tell the people that He came as the Son of God (Son of Man) and that they must commit their loyalty to Him above all others or else lose the opportunity to experience eternal glory in heaven.
In the parable of the sheep and goats in Matthew, Jesus, the Son of Man, says that all of the nations will be gathered before Him and that He will separate the people just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. To His right will be the sheep; to His left will be the goats.
To those on His right, the sheep, He said, come, you who are blessed by my father, take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink, a stranger and you invited me in, sick and you cared for me.
To those on His left, the goats, Jesus said, go away from me to eternal punishment. I was hungry and you did not share your food, thirsty and you did not share your water, in need of clothing but you did not clothe me, sick but you didn't take care of me.
Jesus is saying to them that one's first loyalty must always be to Him, not family, not work, but always to Him. But wait, one of the Commandments in Exodus says we must honor our father and mother. That requirement is repeated in Ephesians 6:1.
Yet, in Luke 14:26 (KJV), Jesus seems to be saying that all who follow him must actually hate their fathers and mothers if they desire entry into the Kingdom.
Mr. Miller spends considerable time in his book explaining how these seemingly incompatible and distasteful concepts are, in fact, quite compatible and easy to accept. His explanations are well worth reading. Mr. Miller has committed much time and thought towards reconciling the parable of the sheept and goats with modern Christian concepts of loyalties. This book would also be a great subject for a Bible study.
Jim McAdams
In the parable of the sheep and goats in Matthew, Jesus, the Son of Man, says that all of the nations will be gathered before Him and that He will separate the people just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. To His right will be the sheep; to His left will be the goats.
To those on His right, the sheep, He said, come, you who are blessed by my father, take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink, a stranger and you invited me in, sick and you cared for me.
To those on His left, the goats, Jesus said, go away from me to eternal punishment. I was hungry and you did not share your food, thirsty and you did not share your water, in need of clothing but you did not clothe me, sick but you didn't take care of me.
Jesus is saying to them that one's first loyalty must always be to Him, not family, not work, but always to Him. But wait, one of the Commandments in Exodus says we must honor our father and mother. That requirement is repeated in Ephesians 6:1.
Yet, in Luke 14:26 (KJV), Jesus seems to be saying that all who follow him must actually hate their fathers and mothers if they desire entry into the Kingdom.
Mr. Miller spends considerable time in his book explaining how these seemingly incompatible and distasteful concepts are, in fact, quite compatible and easy to accept. His explanations are well worth reading. Mr. Miller has committed much time and thought towards reconciling the parable of the sheept and goats with modern Christian concepts of loyalties. This book would also be a great subject for a Bible study.
Jim McAdams
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