Matthew 25:31–46
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that has tried to domesticate God. The modern world, and a great deal of the modern church along with it, has refashioned Jesus into a divine therapist, a celestial guidance counselor whose chief attribute is a sort of limitless, squishy affirmation. He is presented as the ultimate champion of inclusivity, a figure who would never, ever engage in the harsh business of separation or judgment. This is the Jesus of sentimentalism, the Jesus who is always nice and never severe. But this Jesus is a fiction, an idol carved out of our own cultural prejudices. The passage before us today is a battering ram against that idol. He reveals Himself not as a suggestion-maker but as the sovereign King and final Judge of all mankind. And in this court, there are only two categories of people, two verdicts, and two final destinations.