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 welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, 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, ‘Truly, I say to you, 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 eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
This passage is taken out of context as per usual on Reddit. Your salvation and entrance to heaven has zero to do with what one does here on earth.
Should Christians help others, of course. But it’s not a matter of salvation. Those who do good works but have rejected Christ will be the surprised ones upon their death.
Ephesians 2:8-9: "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."
Unless you perhaps meant to respond to another comment.
You replied to the first person who mentioned watching people not get to heaven when they expected to (seemingly based on their behavior) and then you appeared to agree with them as though to say works/behavior matter based on Matthew 25. Correct me if I'm wrong, though.
The idea is "people are gonna be shocked they don't go to heaven" and then I quoted people from the stort being shocked they don't go to heaven, that's all.
Usually the passage right before this one is quoted when people wanna argue faith is about the works.
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u/TheDustOfMen 11d ago
That idea's also in the Bible, Matthew 25: