The Social Principles of JesusRauschenbusch, Walter
Religion
The Social Principles of Jesus
Rauschenbusch, Walter
Christian ethics; Christian sociology; Jesus Christ -- Teachings
Here was a democratic procession! No caparisoned charger, but a
burro—though a young and frisky one, carefully selected—no military escort
with a brass band and a drum major, but a throng of peasants, shouting the
psalms of their fathers and the hope of a good time coming; no costly rugs
to carpet the way of the King, but the sweat-stained garments of working
people and branches wrenched off by Galilæan fists. What was he, this King
of the future, ridiculous or sublime?
If Jesus is ever to make his entry into the spiritual sovereignty of
humanity, will the social classes line up as they did at Jerusalem?
Seventh Day: The Final Test for All
But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the
angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: and
before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall
separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the
sheep from the goats; and he shall set the sheep on his right
hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them
on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I
was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me
drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed
me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came
unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when
saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?
And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and
clothed thee? And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came
unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I
say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren,
even these least, ye did it unto me. Then shall he say also unto
them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal
fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was
hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave
me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and
ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee
hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in
prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them,
saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one
of these least, ye did it not unto me. And these shall go away
into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal
life.—Matt. 25:31-46.
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