Friday, December 5, 2014

Act of Kindness

December 5 , 2014   Friday

Lino Dial

Title :  Act of Kindness

Author :  Lino Dial

Yesterday , Dr. Ted Herbosa , Professor of Medicine at the University of the Philippines  shared a story of kindness.

It did not stay long on the Internet ( www.facebook.com)

Briefly ,

It was about a Pastor , on the welcoming day for him at a Church with 7 to 10, 000 people or parishioners.   This is what he did :

1.  He went to the front ( on the outside ) of the Church , dressed like a homeless guy , unkempt. 

2.  Only three people greeted him.

3.  Later he went inside the Church , all the way to the front.

4.  He was told to go all the way to the back.

5.  Then the announcement came :  Let us welcome our new Pastor !

6.  He walked to the front , people were wondering who he was and what he was about to do.

7.  He took the microphone and recited a story.

There was no mention where the story was taken from but for those who are familiar with the story , it was the story of :

" The Judgement of the Nations "  or  " The Last Day ".

Matthew  25 : 31 - 46  ( NAB ).

" When the Son of Man comes in his glory , and all the angels with him,

he will sit upon his glorious throne , and all the nations will be assembled 

before him.  And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd

separates the sheep from the goats.  He will place the sheep on his right and

the goats on his left.  Then the King will say to those on his right, ' Come , you

who are blessed by 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 , a stranger and you welcomed me,

naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited 

me.  Then the righteous will answer him and say ,

' Lord , when did we see you hungry and feed you ,  or

thirsty and give you drink ? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you,

or naked and clothe you ?  When did we see you ill or in prison and visit you ?

And the King will say to them in reply, ' Amen I say to you ,

whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'

Then he will say to those on his left ,  Depart from me, you accursed,  into the

eternal 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, 

a stranger and you gave me no welcome , naked and you gave me no clothing ,

ill and in prison and you did not care for me.  Then they will answer and say,

' Lord,  when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or

in prison and not minister to your needs ? '

He will answer them, ' Amen,  I say to you,

what you did not do for one of these least ones,  you did not do for me.'

And these will go off to eternal punishment ,

but the righteous to eternal life."

Then the man who appeared homeless said ,  this assembly is over ,  see you

Next week.

Question :

Do you think the Lord knows how to repay your act of kindness ?

In Tagalog :

Marunong kayang tumanaw ng utang na Loob ang Panginoon ?

Amen.

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