Based on Matthew 25:31-46 (New King James Version)
“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ ‘Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ ‘Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ ‘Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.’ ”
Will we all have to give an account before the throne of the Lord in the end? The point is that yes, each person, no matter where they are from, whoever they are, rich, poor, educated, illiterate, converted or unbeliever, absolutely all of us will have to give an account before the throne of the Lord for our deeds, without exception. I know that this concept goes against much of what is taught in our Christian community today, but ultimately, we must be guided by the Word of God, and not by what we think or desire. There is much evidence within His Word that teaches us that we will all have to give an account. And that is why dedicating yourself to listening to things that are pleasant and easy can be a serious mistake, because the price of following an error is very serious, and it can have eternal consequences if you remain in that. If you want to be wise, it is better to make sure that you are in what is true than to be seriously surprised at the end. I am afraid to say that there will be many people surprised at the coming judgment.
What misconceptions are there today? Well, for starters, there are many who think that all a person needs to have to inherit or gain entrance into the kingdom of God is belief in God and nothing else. There are others who say that we are saved by grace and nothing else, and that works don't matter, that they don't mean anything anymore. And there are others who believe the opposite, that the only thing that matters is being a good person and doing good deeds, and that a person will be fine with that. Among the most liberal, there are those who believe that we are all children of God, and that God's love is so great that in the end, He will forgive us all, whatever we do, and whatever we believe. There are others who think that everything is already predetermined and that there is nothing else to do, and that you just have to follow a set path, treating God as things of destiny. And the list is very long for so many other ideas and things that people prefer to believe as true, and base their eternal future on things with little or no foundation.
Now then, what finally is the way that we can inherit or obtain eternal life? The first and most fundamental thing is: Who. Many see God as a universal god, or that all religions lead to the same God. And if we talk about religions, there are many religions that have many gods, not just one. The ancient Greeks and Romans, for example, were polytheists, or believed in many gods. So, the matter of all religions leading to the same God cannot be. The other thing that contradicts that concept is that, if he were all the same god, he would be a god with very big psychological problems, because he would suffer from having different personalities. How can a god tell a group of people one thing, and the same god say something different to another group of people? It just can't be. And if so, it would not be worth following him because he would be changeable, capricious, and inconsistent, at the very least. And you can't trust a being like that. When we talk about God, the Judeo-Christian God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, we are talking about the Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, as the Word says: “For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.” 1 John 5:7.
When you understand "Who" things are about, then everything else begins to take shape and get more defined. So, what do we have to do to inherit eternal life? This is what the Word of God says, which the Lord Himself reiterated: “And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?’ So he answered and said, ‘ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ’ And He said to him, ‘You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.’” Luke 10:25-28. What does this tell us? This describes a clear path for us. The first thing: that the Lord must be first in everything, and that we must love Him above all things and with all that we are, and to do as He tells us, as the Lord He should be in our lives. And the second thing resulting from the first, or because we love the Lord, and we want to obey him, is that we must love our neighbor as ourselves. The reason why we do everything should be for the Lord, especially when we help people who have real needs. That is what true faith is about, that our belief is so strong in the Lord that we love Him above all things, and that we seek to do His will, whatever it may be, despite the circumstances. The Word says this also: “What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,’ but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, ‘You have faith, and I have works.’ Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?” James 2:14-20.
So then, are you truly ready for the coming judgment? Lord bless! John