This episode is Part 2 of the teaching Rolland began last week with Do You Fast? The Fast God Wants. Part 1 walked Isaiah 58 — the fast Adonai actually chooses, the sin of omission, the question of whether we may be blocking our own healing by not fasting the way Scripture describes. Part 2 turns to the New Testament companion: Matthew 25:31–46.

It was the doing that determined eternity in Yeshua's message." Part 1 of this teaching walked Isaiah 58. Part 2 turns to Matthew 25:31–46. The Son of Man returns. The sheep are separated from the goats. And the criteria Yeshua names are striking — not doctrine, not creed. I was hungry. I was thirsty. I was a stranger. I was naked. I was sick. I was in prison. Host Rolland Wright anchors the teaching in James — faith without works is dead — and reminds listeners that Abraham was called a friend of God because he did, not because he declared. He closes with an introduction to Keith Green, the revivalist who died young in 1982, and points listeners to Green's The Sheep and the Goats. Are you a sheep or a goat?

The episode ends with a question Rolland is not asking rhetorically. Are you a sheep or a goat? Are you a doer or a hearer? Is your name written?

You'll hear:

• The if-then structure of Isaiah 58 most listeners missed last week

• The promises that follow obedience — guidance, satisfaction, light in darkness

• Matthew 25:31–46 read in full

• The sheep and the goats and the criteria Yeshua actually named

• Why this is not works-righteousness — James on faith and works

• Abraham was called a friend of God because he did, not because he declared

• The popular contemporary worship line "I am a friend of God" and the question Rolland raises about it

• The discipleship gap in the modern church — and what the Choose Life video series is meant to address

• An introduction to Keith Green and his recorded message The Sheep and the Goats

• Why Rolland does the Thursday interviews — to honor the doers Scripture describes

• Closing question: are you a sheep or a goat?

Scripture referenced: Isaiah 58:13–14, Matthew 25:31–46, James (Jacob) 2:14–26, Romans 12:2, the Lord's Prayer and the verses that follow it on forgiveness

Resources

Ekklesia Declared! — https://a.co/d/0fkrigsy

Ekklesia Infused! — https://a.co/d/0gdii5A0

Choose Life — https://a.co/d/069OtMTN

Choose Life Workbook — https://a.co/d/06vseuNH

First Place Ministries Website — https://www.firstplaceministries.com

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Keith Green — The Sheep and the Goats (search on YouTube)

• TLV (Tree of Life Version) — the Scripture translation Rolland uses

• Choose Life video series (forthcoming this fall)

  
  

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