“The average middle-class believer who goes to church on Sunday is merely taking out an insurance policy. If there is a Heaven, they want to go there. They are not worried about sheep, goats or giving all their possessions away” them to write an essay arguing that the world is better or worse now that it was fifty years ago – it is getting worse and worse. In the end, it doesn’t matter if we are right in our beliefs; it only matters what we do. The same indictment of Christians above applies equally to everyone else: sure, you’re certain you are right in your beliefs, and, by the by, well done for that. But, What matters more – being right, or doing right? Links read these to see how far people will go to avoid the requirement to do any good. You don’t even have a choice to do good or bad, God has predestined you for one or the other! http://www.bibletruthonline.com/PARABLEofSHEEPandGOATS.htm
Good deeds are a result of salvation and ‘my brethren’ means other believers http://www.xenos.org/teachings/topical/parables/gary/parables-8.htm Discourse on the many interpretations of the Sheep and the Goats http://www.religioustolerance.org/salwdjs1.htm Using the ‘talents’ means sharing the gospel, not making something of yourself http://gracethrufaith.com/selah/parables/the-parable-of-the-talents/ The Parable of the Talents is just about knowing God http://www.gotquestions.org/parable-talents.html You don’t have to give things away, as long as you don’t love them http://www.rbc.org/questionsDetail.aspx?id=45872 Being a sheep just means being saved, which will make you want to do good http://www.gotquestions.org/parable-sheep-goats.html You don’t have to give your money away, as long as you don’t love it http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_b_the_rich_young_ruler.htm n INVESTIGATEMAGAZINE.COM December 2008 49