Rodney needs to buy a good Bible commentary.

Rodney W. Pirtle of Farmers Branch says the only criterion God gave us for "entering the kingdom" was the extent to which we served the poor and needy. Uhhhhhhh, Rodney, hellooooooo.

I don't know what version of the Bible you're reading, but you missed that verse that says, "He that believeth in Me is not condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God." And you missed that one that says, "For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast." And you missed that one that says, "I am the way the truth and the life -- no man cometh unto the Father but by me." And you missed that one that says, "Ye must be born again."

Rodney contends that you won't hear the sheep and goats parable in Matthew 25 preached from many Christian pulpits. I don't know where he goes to church, but it's been preached enough in my church that I know a few things. For example, though we can certainly glean lessons from it, Matthew's message is not primarily to the modern day Christian -- it's to the Jews. And the sheep and the goats in the parable are not individuals -- they are nations. This judgment is to determine which nations accepted Jesus Christ and pledged their loyalty to Him and His people through the way they treated His messengers. It is not to determine an individual's salvation. Those nations who did not reject him will enter the millenial kingdom. Those who did reject Him, won't.

So Rodney, before you again expose your biblical ignorance to thousands of people, might I suggest that you invest in a good Bible commentary.

"Parable on judgment." The Dallas Morning News; October 10, 2010; p. 3P.