And the Winner is.............(THE SHEEP)

Matthew 25:43-46 MSG - : "41-43'Then he will turn to the 'goats,' the ones on his left, and say, 'Get out, worthless goats! You're good for nothing but the fires of hell. And why? Because—
I was hungry and you gave me no meal,
I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,
I was homeless and you gave me no bed,
I was shivering and you gave me no clothes,
Sick and in prison, and you never visited.'
44'Then those 'goats' are going to say, 'Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or homeless or shivering or sick or in prison and didn't help?'
45'He will answer them, 'I'm telling the solemn truth: Whenever you failed to do one of these things to someone who was being overlooked or ignored, that was me—you failed to do it to me.'
46'Then those 'goats' will be herded to their eternal doom, but the 'sheep' to their eternal reward."

Pictured here...is couple of the guys from Ntcheu, who felt they needed to honor us (the Calvary Church Malawi Missions Team 2012) by sacrificing a goat to barbecue it for us. When you realize the resourcefulness of having a goat around and that they would kill one just to serve you meat, it humbles you to no end. Goats produce milk, which in turn you can get cheese & butter from. Goats help to dispose of waste because they eat EVERY DARN THING! No lawnmowers...so guess who eats all the grass? So killing 1 is a big deal. But that's not what our devotion is about....it's about ARE YOU WINNING? Are you the WINNER in the game of life. Jesus depicts people as either goats or sheep. Sheep are the winners...they know His voice. They are inherently stupid...(they make mistakes, the are easily misled, they are gentle, at their core pure hearted peace-loving animals.) Goats on the other hand are stubborn, they are mass consumers, they get into arguments, they are selfish, did I say they are stubborn, they don't herd well, and according to Jesus they are good for....hell (my emphasis). So which are you: at work? at church? in your marriage? in relationships? in your community? The sheep will have a eternal reward but the goats have an eternal doom?

Are you in line to recieve a eternal reward (WINNING) or eternal doom (LOSING)? LGLP