And when the Son of Man comes, and all the Holy Angels with Him,
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Then shall He sit on His Glorious throne,
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And He will divide the nations before Him, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
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And He shall put the sheep on His right and the goats on His left,
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And He shall say to the sheep; come ye, blessed of My Father,
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inherit the Kingdom I have prepared for you from the foundation of the world,
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For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat,
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I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink,
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I was naked, and you clothed Me,
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I was a stranger, and you invited Me in,
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I was sick, and I was in prison, and you came to Me.
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Thank you! Enter into your rest.
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And they shall answer Him, yes, they shall answer Him,
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And they'll say, Lord, when?
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When were You hungry Lord, and we gave You something to eat?
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Lord, when were You thirsty? I can't remember. And we gave You drink?
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Huh, when were You naked Lord, and we clothed You?
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And Lord, when were You a stranger and we invited You in?
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I mean, we invited lots of people in Lord. I could never forget that face.
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And Lord, when were You sick and we visited You?
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Or in prison, and we came to You? Lord, tell us?
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In as much as you did it to the least of My bretheren, you've done it unto Me.
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Oh yes, as much as you've done it to the very least of My bretheren, you've done it,
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you've done it unto Me. Enter into your rest.
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Then He shall turn to those on His left, the goats.
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Depart from Me, you cursed ones, into everlasting fire,
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prepared for the devil and his angels.
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For I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat,
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I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink,
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I was naked, out in the cold, in exposure, and you sent me away,
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I was a stranger, and I knocked at your door,
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But you didn't open, you told Me to go away,
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I was sick, racked in pain upon My bed,
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And I begged, and prayed, and pleaded that you'd come, but you didn't,
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I was in prison, and I rotted there,
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I'd prayed that you'd come.
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I heard your programs on the radio, I read your magazines, but you never came.
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Depart from Me!!!
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Lord, there must be some mistake, when?
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Lord, I mean, when were You hungry Lord and we didn't give You something to eat?
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And Lord, when were You thirsty, and we didn't give You drink?
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I mean, that's not fair, well, would You like something now?
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Would one of the Angels like to go out and get the Lord a hamburger and a coke?
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Oh, You're not hungry, yeah, I lost my appetite too.
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Uh Lord uh, Lord, when were You naked,
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I mean Lord, that's not fair either Lord,
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We didn't know what size You wear.
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Oh Lord, when were You a stranger Lord,
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You weren't one of those creepy people who used to come to the door, were you?
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Oh Lord, that wasn't our ministry Lord. We just didn't feel led, you know?
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Lord, when were You sick? What did You have, anyway?
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Well, at least it wasn't fatal; oh, it was?
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I'm sorry Lord, I would have sent You a card.
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Lord, just one last thing we want to know,
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When were You in prison Lord? What were You in for anyway?
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I had a friend in Levenworth..
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ENOUGH!
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In as much as you've not done it unto the least of My bretheren,
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You've not done it unto Me.
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In as much as you've not done it unto the least of My bretheren,
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You've not done it unto Me. Depart from Me.
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And these shall go away into everlasting fire.
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But the righteous into eternal life!
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And my friends, the only difference between the sheep and the goats, according to this scripture,
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is what they did, and didn't do!!
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The Sheep And The Goats
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