"“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.32All 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."
So this is it; this is the day you open up the book of life and find my name! Go ahead, Lord, I'm ready.
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So you were hungry and thirsty and I didn't give you anything. You're talking about the church's inner city outreach to serve in that food kitchen. That's right, I never went. Those people don't need a hand out from me; they need a hair cut and a job! Besides, it was a sketchy part of town. Why do the poor always live in bad neighborhoods?
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Oh really; you were a stranger and I didn't welcome you into my home. I think I would have recognized you if you came knocking at my door. I have your picture hanging on my living room wall. It's the one where your bright blue eyes are staring longingly toward the father in heaven. But that's not really what you're talking about, is it? You're actually talking about welcoming strangers into my home. I have a lot of nice stuff! what if they stole my "God Bless the USA" Bible. I'd be out sixty bucks!
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You were naked and I didn't clothe you? I'm pretty sure I'd have noticed that. Not a lot of naked people running around my neighborhood. I know, I know, that's not what you really meant. You're talking about that special offering for kids in that third world country. I was short on cash that week. I had just purchased the complete "Left Behind" series special collectors' edition. I needed some good, biblical reading. I didn't have money for some poor kids in Africa!
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Yeah, I knew that was coming. I've read this passage before. You were sick and in prison and I didn't visit you. You're talking about old George, the widower from church whose kids had all moved out of state. He was nervous about having surgery and asked me to spend the morning with him in the hospital before he went into the OR. But the timing was all wrong. That was the day that cable network was running a "Duck Dynasty" marathon!
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I can't believe you said that. "I was abused and you didn't protect me." That's not in the Bible. You shouldn't add to scripture like that Jesus! Are you a liberal?
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Depart form you; you never knew me? Come on, it's me Lord! You remember all those Christian movies I endured. How I always played K-Love in my car! You do remember my car, right? The 'honk if you love Jesus' bumper sticker and the 'Psalm 23' vanity liscence plate. What could be more godly than a vanity plate!? You don't remmeber my car. Have someone bring my car up here. Send one of your angels, like Gabriel or Michael Landon...
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What do you mean you never knew me!? You never knew me?...