Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers.
(Psalm 1.1 NRSV)
A newspaper conducted a poll of its readers which revealed that only four percent of the people believed that they deserved to go to hell. Twenty percent, however, knew other people whom they thought deserved to go.

We don't like to think of Christ as a judge. After all, we don't want to scare people into becoming Christians, do we? No, we don't. What do you do, though, with those passages in the Scripture in which Christ says that on the last day people will be divided into sheep and goats? The sheep will go to heavenly pastures. The goats will not be so fortunate. Why are the sheep going to heaven? "I was hungry and you gave me something to eat...I was sick and in prison and you came to visit me...." What do you do with such passages? You see, we can't really appreciate grace, because we do not feel the reality of judgment upon the way each and every one of us live! We all have neglected the poor, the sick, the imprisoned. We all pass by when we see someone who is hurting. We are all sheep who have gone astray.

But, through grace, Jesus guides us to the right path.

Dear God, keep me on the right path. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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