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15 January 2011

You can trust Jesus.

Jesus saves souls, little one. He works through us.

I know this because I have read the words in the bible.

Like the video made for The Prodigal Son. It would open up so many hearts!

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” Matthew 12:50

@@sedmercado24 right. Not a gentile one in the audience He was teaching there. Jesus said, Matt 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Jesus never preached 1 sermon to a gentile congregation.

@@knowmusicman157 “He who does the will of my Father,” not he who is ethnically Jew. It’s false that Jesus didn’t teach non-Jews. He taught a Samaritan woman, a Roman centurion and he ministered to them. Even if Jesus limited his ministry to his people in his time, that does not mean that it was not God’s intention that Gentiles also be saved by believing in Jesus. Not only that, it is the testimony of the eyewitnesses and the apostles that the Gentiles will be saved by believing in Jesus and what he taught.

@@sedmercado24 Of course the Gospel is for all people, both Jew and gentile. Read carefully what I said. A gentile congregation. I never said he didn't ever speak to a gentile. The sheep are the lost sheep of "the house of Israel." Context is the key to interpreting the Scriptures. Interpretation is first. Then application. I gave you the literal, historical, cultural, interpretation of the sheep and the goats. Apparently you don't have the discernment to understand it or your pride won't let you be taught or corrected.

@@knowmusicman157 The Gospel is for all people yet Matthew 25 has nothing to do with Christians according to you. It's clear that the verse is teaching that what you do to the least of the brethren of Jesus determines whether you are a sheep or a goat. And who is Jesus' brethren? Jesus himself said those who do the will of God, and not "only you Jews listening me in this congregation" or "only those born ethnically Jews". The fact that Jesus taught gentiles is proof that his teachings are not limited to certain ethnic groups. If Jesus' teachings only apply to Jewish congregations who heard him at that time how can the Gospel be "for all people"? Moreover how is helping the needy, visiting the sick and imprisoned related to the persecution of Jews by other nations? Is Jesus teaching that he expects other nations to take care of sick Jews, visit Jews in prison and take care of Jewish beggars? How could these be a message to those who don't follow or even know Jesus? No. Rather Jesus is teaching that he expects his OWN followers to DO THOSE things to the least of his brethren - the least meaning those who are needy. So what does Matthew 25 have to do with national persecution issues? Your interpretation doesn't make sense.