June 16th, 2006 (and June 17th)
Happy Friend’s Day!!! (A Day Late NOW!)
Friendship Study – Edition #14: The Least of a Friend
Matthew 25:31-46
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put 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; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’”
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’”
“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’”
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’”
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’”
“He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’”
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
This is another one of those scriptures I have been sitting on. The internet is broken, so I have been forced to use alternate methods, still using the computer, still using software, just not the internet. I’m using “Compton’s Interactive Bible NIV” which I’ve had for ages, just hadn’t used in a long time. When the internet went down, I dusted off the CD-rom and down-loaded the software. It’s good stuff, but I have forgotten how to use the material, like it’s search engine especially. There are two parts that I really wanted to look at in this passage:
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.” And “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” These two parts tell basically in my mind what I need to know.
Matthew 25:35 hungry:
peinaō
pi-nah'-o
Through the idea of pinching toil; “pine”); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively to crave: - be an hungered.
Matthew 25:35 gave:
didōmi
did'-o-mee
A prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternate in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide application, properly or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection): - adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.
Matthew 25:35 stranger:
xenos
xen'-os
Apparently a primary word; foreign (literally alien, or figuratively novel); by implication a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer: - host, strange (-r).
Matthew 25:36 needed clothes:
gumnos
goom-nos'
Of uncertain affinity; nude (absolutely or relatively, literally or figuratively): - naked.
Matthew 25:36 clothed:
per-ee-bal'-lo
To throw all around, that is, invest (with a palisade or with clothing): - array, cast about, clothe (-d me), put on.
Matthew 25:36 sick:
astheneō
as-then-eh'-o
To be feeble (in any sense): - be diseased, impotent folk (man), (be) sick, (be, be made) weak.
Matthew 25:36 looked after:
episkeptomai
ep-ee-skep'-tom-ahee;
To inspect, that is, (by implication) to select; by extension to go to see, relieve: - look out, visit.
Matthew 25:36 prison:
phulakē
foo-lak-ay'
a guarding or (concretely guard), the act, the parson; figuratively the place, the condition, or (specifically) the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively: - cage, hold, (im-) prison (-ment), ward, watch.
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.” When I see someone “pining” for food, I need to feed them. I don’t know what pining for food means.
Pine (verb):
Happy Friend’s Day!!! (A Day Late NOW!)
Friendship Study – Edition #14: The Least of a Friend
Matthew 25:31-46
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put 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; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’”
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’”
“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’”
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’”
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’”
“He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’”
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
This is another one of those scriptures I have been sitting on. The internet is broken, so I have been forced to use alternate methods, still using the computer, still using software, just not the internet. I’m using “Compton’s Interactive Bible NIV” which I’ve had for ages, just hadn’t used in a long time. When the internet went down, I dusted off the CD-rom and down-loaded the software. It’s good stuff, but I have forgotten how to use the material, like it’s search engine especially. There are two parts that I really wanted to look at in this passage:
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.” And “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” These two parts tell basically in my mind what I need to know.
Matthew 25:35 hungry:
peinaō
pi-nah'-o
Through the idea of pinching toil; “pine”); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively to crave: - be an hungered.
Matthew 25:35 gave:
didōmi
did'-o-mee
A prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternate in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide application, properly or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection): - adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.
Matthew 25:35 stranger:
xenos
xen'-os
Apparently a primary word; foreign (literally alien, or figuratively novel); by implication a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer: - host, strange (-r).
Matthew 25:36 needed clothes:
gumnos
goom-nos'
Of uncertain affinity; nude (absolutely or relatively, literally or figuratively): - naked.
Matthew 25:36 clothed:
per-ee-bal'-lo
To throw all around, that is, invest (with a palisade or with clothing): - array, cast about, clothe (-d me), put on.
Matthew 25:36 sick:
astheneō
as-then-eh'-o
To be feeble (in any sense): - be diseased, impotent folk (man), (be) sick, (be, be made) weak.
Matthew 25:36 looked after:
episkeptomai
ep-ee-skep'-tom-ahee;
To inspect, that is, (by implication) to select; by extension to go to see, relieve: - look out, visit.
Matthew 25:36 prison:
phulakē
foo-lak-ay'
a guarding or (concretely guard), the act, the parson; figuratively the place, the condition, or (specifically) the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively: - cage, hold, (im-) prison (-ment), ward, watch.
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.” When I see someone “pining” for food, I need to feed them. I don’t know what pining for food means.
Pine (verb):
- To feel a lingering, often nostalgic desire.
- To wither or waste away from longing or grief.
I guess this gives a new meaning to Pine Trees. “For when I was wasting away, you offered me something to eat, I was thirsty and you offered me something to drink, I was an alien and you invited me in, I was naked and you invested in me, I was weak and you looked out me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
Relieve (verb):
- To cause a lessening or alleviation of.
- To free from pain, anxiety, or distress.
- To rescue from siege.
- To release (a person) from an obligation, restriction, or burden.
- To make less tedious, monotonous, or unpleasant.
This is interesting: “…I was weak and you relieved me…” now that is very cool. Now the last part.
“I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”
Matthew 25:40 least:
elachistos
el-akh'-is-tos
Least (in size, amount, dignity, etc.): - least, very little (small), smallest.
Matthew 25:40 brothers:
adelphos
ad-el-fos'
A brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote: - brother.
“I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the worst-dignified-pathetic-scrubby-miniscule-insufficient person that is near you, then you did that for me.”
I guess this puts a new spin on “love your neighbor” and “do unto others.” I mean, if I did to others as I would have God do unto me, that would change things entirely. I mean, think about it. “Do unto others as God would do unto you,” that’s not the golden rule, that’s the ETERNAL rule. The sheep and the goat, I discovered, that if I am a sheep friend, I would do as a sheep would do, according to this passage. If I am a goat friend, then I wouldn’t do as a sheep. It’s pretty much cut and dry. And it’s VERY convicting because I don’t see me doing all the sheepish things. But at least I am growing and that is a good thing. Johnny Out.
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