What has
separated the sheep from the goats in religious broadcasting in America is the effectiveness with which individual evangelists have been able to put together a «message package» and an organization capable of generating and processing mass support.
this wrath si agsinsst them that do battle on the earth Revelation 13:9 - 10 also is a certain revealing position on War... and it has been that way since Jesus rose from the dead... It was Constantiine who made war and bloodshed acceptable to Christians and the history from then on has
certainly separated the sheep from the goats...
What I find interesting — and this is something Fred Clarke has frequently pointed out over at Slacktivist — is that while some Christians love to harp on the parable of the sheep and goats and how it proves how God will separate us, they completely ignore the criteria Jesus uses in that parable for
what separates the sheep from the goats.
Belief in the sign of Jonah (3 days and 3 nights as per Mat 12:40) may, however, be of vital importance, serving as a yardstick for Jesus to «measure» our faith in Him when He comes to «
separate the sheep from the goats».
32All the nationse will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd
separates the sheep from the goats.
Your statement about» the sword that attempts to
separate the sheep from the goats, the wheat from the chaff, the true believer from the false» reminds me of something I wrote a couple months ago.
This articulates the edge of the sword that attempts to
separate the sheep from the goats, the wheat from the chaff, the true believer from the false.
All the NATIONS will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd
separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on the right, and the goats on the left.
Here he paints a word picture of judgment day, when the son of man will come in his glory to judge the nations and shall separate them «as a shepherd
separates the sheep from the goats».
Well, the bible says God will
separate the sheep from the goats, and you don't often hear about people r a p i n g goats, but them sheep tend to stay still instead of runnin away...
Church disicipline serves to point to the parousia, the responsibility of the Shepherd to
separate the sheep from the goats, and encourages the disciplined to repent.
They're expert in
separating the sheep from the goats — and the gullible author from his money.
They could really use a verifiable way to
separate the sheep from the goats.
It was exceptionally well organized, with prostitutes wearing red and hostesses yellow armbands to
separate the sheep from the goats.