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A Call to Stand Apart
Scripture
Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to
break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and
bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to
cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? Then your
light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring
up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you.
Isaiah 58:6-8
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When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with
him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be
gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another
as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put
the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left
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Then the king will say to those at his right hand, “Come, you
that 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 something to drink, I was
a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me
clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you
visited me
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Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord, when was it that
we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you
something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger
and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was
it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?” And the king
will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the
least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me
.”
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Then he will say to those at his left hand, “You that are accursed,
depart from me 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 nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not
welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in
prison and you did not visit me.” Then they also will answer, “Lord,
when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked
or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?” Then he will
answer them, “Truly I tell you, just 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