31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ 41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ 44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ 46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” (Matthew 25:31-46)
The Son of Man here is the Lord Jesus, and the above parable is about what will happen when the Lord Jesus comes again. From the prophecies in the Bible and what is happening in the world, we know that the day of the Lord’s return is near. At that time, all nations will be gathered before Him. He will separate them, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. The sheep are those who help their brothers when they are in need, and the goats are those who do not help their brothers when they are in need. The Lord Jesus said that what you do to the least of your brothers is what you do to Him. When the least of your brothers is in need, what we do to them is what we do to the Lord, and we will receive the blessings and reward from the Heavenly Father.
40 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.” (Matthew 10:40-42)
Here we see that anyone who welcomes the disciples welcomes the Lord, and anyone who welcomes the Lord welcomes the Heavenly Father. Whoever welcomes a prophet or a righteous person will receive their rewards. Doing things for one of the little ones who is the Lord’s disciple, is doing things for the Lord. Even if you do small things, like giving a cup of cold water to one of these little ones, you will receive the Lord’s reward. Thank the Lord.
May God bless you and your family. 😊
