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Separated For Punishment

Matthew 25:41-46

'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 ill 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 ill or in prison, and did not help you?" He will reply, "Truly I tell you, 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. (NIVUK)'

The popular image of Jesus is that He is a benign person who loves everybody, and will not harm anybody. Certainly He is not in any way bad or malignant; and He definitely does love all that He has made (Psalm 145:9). But He will also be a righteous judge: patient, yes, but indulgent, no. All the people who do not love Him will be separated out; their destiny will be the same as that of the devil and the demons. If that seems like strong language, it is exactly what Jesus said in these verses.