In The Beginning

But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me. And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
(Matthew 25:31-46)



Its an odd thing to think about.  Imagine, you having to go to prison and talk to someone there to comfort them.  Or simply to visit and talk about stuff.  Imagine once they get out and come to your church.  Do you want a convicted sex offender sitting next to you praising GOD for his forgiveness?

Imagine that.  Now imagine that GOD, Christ Himself, required that of you prior to admission to Heaven.  Got that on your resume?  It matters not what you did, it is what HE told you to do.  ...and you didn't do it...

The Skelton Ministry is a ministry dedicated to delivering this one message: God Forgives, and he forgives completely.  Men and women in prison are brought to Christ every day.  Some of their church services are the most profoundly blessed events, even in comparison to any church service on the street.  For when you have nothing else and you give it all to God, blessings can only follow.

Sadly, many only read what they want to read and leave out the requirements of God.  So called Christians are not the only ones guilty of this.  If one was to be a Muslim and ignore the requirement to kill all Christians and Jews (for in Islam they are worse than Pagans, and pagans are to be killed where they stand), what does it say about being a Christian where is is required that you help those in need, and visit those in prison?

What greater testimony do we have than this: that we obeyed GOD.

God Bless.  I look forward to your continued readings of this blog and of the newsletters that will be posted.