own these things, like they were given to us by ourselves for the glory of ourselves, we belittle the name of God. The universe isn’t Burger King; we don’t get to have everything made our way. So the weight of Matthew 25:41–46 is not, “You had better feed the poor.” The weight of this text is that you have been given much by God to steward in order to be a blessing and primarily a reflection of his glory. Food and drink and clothing are given to us not chiefly for our benefit but for God’s glory,
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