Matt 25:32 ( And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divided his sheep from the goats.)
There was a time when everything created by God was perfectly fine before Satan interfered and made man fall into his schemes, which gave him the opportunity to plant his species amongst human beings created in the image of God.
A separation is coming at the end of this age before orderliness can be brought back to the confusion created by Satan after the fall, where tares is mixed with the wheat and the generation of the serpent trailing the heels of the seed of the woman.
The children of the evil one are categorised as goats, while the children of the kingdom are the sheep.
It’s difficult for men to differentiate now not to talk of separations, but with God all things are possible; you can only know yourself; you can’t discern the spirit that’s operating in the one sitting next to you.
It’s even difficult for prophets or evangelists to know; theirs is to preach the reality of the kingdom of God; Jesus will perform the separation.
We only know that of unbelievers, even among them, there are children of the kingdom hiding in their midst; it’s the fisherman of the almighty that can bring them out through the gospel and transfer them into the kingdom of God.
That’s the essence of Jesus death and resurrection—to bring the sheep back into the fold and reconcile them back to their maker.
Some are working against the knowledge of God now, but will still come to their senses when the deep calls to the deep within their souls; but how do we discern those who are sitting in our midst but don’t belong to us?
There is mixed up now, the seed of the serpent with the seed of the woman, demons mixed with humans, going about doing God’s works among us, camouflaged to deceive the elects; they hide under the canopy of religion to bring the purpose of their master to fulfillment.
By their fruit ye shall know them, Jesus Christ says, we should let them grow together till the end of the time when he shall come and separate them and put the wheat inside His garner and the tares inside the lake of fire.
Even if we try to separate them now, it will cause disorderliness between the creatures and might mistakenly pluck out the wheat with the tares.
They might be dining with us on the same table as Judas and preaching in the temples like the Pharisees or pretending to be the power of God like Simon; Jesus will fish them out on that day, and the goats shall be cast in to the lake of fire prepared for Satan and his demons.
The criteria for separation is, “As you refuse to do it for these, you didn’t do it for me: those who refuse to show the love of Christ to people around them are categorised as goats; if they can’t exhibit the kind love shown at Calvary, they’re disqualified from standing to reap the rewards meant for the saints.
This kind of love can only be exhibited by those who have been transformed after His likeness and live in His image; this is how men will know that they belong to him if they love one another.
Many are doing service in the house of God by claiming to love God, but it’s difficult for them to show real love to the one sitting next to them.
They performed all the tenets of faith and observed all the laws, but lacked in the area of love.
This separation is for the called and the elects; the elect love what is loved by God and hate what God hates; the goats failed to be upgraded to meet with the level of Christ stature and missed the purpose of their calling.
Many will be disappointed on that day, as they’ll claim to preach in His street and perform miracle signs and wonders to people; as they failed in what matters most, they will be categorised among the goats.
Many put on the garment of religion like the Pharisees but persecuted the one God sent and nailed him to the cross to silence their conscience.
They obey the law of Sabbath and omit the greater law of allowing someone to receive healing on the same Sabbath.
They went extra miles to fulfil the law of God, but their actions drove people away for that very God they claimed to preach and persecute those who confessed Him in their midst.
They decorated the sepulchre of the prophets that was killed by their fathers but refused to accept whom God sent and finally killed Him by crucifixion.
They fool men with their outward appearance but God knows their heart and will judge them
according to their ways.
God will judge the body of Christ and remove everything that’s causing offence in their midst.
There are sisters that act like lambs in our midst with their outward appearance, whereas they are ravenous wolves in sheep clothing; we only judge sometimes with the outward look of believers, while most of them keep dangerous things inside to war against the gathering of the saints, but pretend to be holy outside to deceive the saints; Jesus will separate them on that day.
Jesus Christ knows all who follow him for supplies of fish and bread; He knows who follows because of signs and wonder; he also knows who follows because He is the one who has the word of life and wants to listen to Him.
It’s important to know where we belong before the day approaches; a spot on our garment will lead to disqualification of all that we have done in the kingdom.
There won’t be any place to hide from the all-seeing eyes and the all-knowing one on that day; that is why we need to wash our garment in the blood of the lamb so that we won’t walk naked and everyone will see our shame.
Prayer: Father, sanctify me by your word; your word is true, in Jesus name, amen
