“I Was Sick and You Visited Me . . . .”

“I Was Sick and You Visited Me . . . .”

When Jesus said this, there was no postal service. We are quite limited in how many personal visits we can make, even taking into account today’s various means of transportation.

Seeing that we now have the postal service, this is by and large a completely different situation. We can reach virtually everyone by letter and postcard wherever they are in this world, and at a very small cost per envelope and paper.

On the strength of this, Jesus’ words now mean this to us as well: “I was sick and you wrote to Me,” and, “I was sick and you did not write to Me.” V. 43.

When we do not have the opportunity of going or traveling to a sick person, we still have, to a large extent, the opportunity of sending them some words in the mail.

Do not say, “Writing is one of the worst things I do.” In any case, it is very unfitting to say it in this connection and is extremely ominous according to Jesus’ reliable word. V. 45-46.

I assume that all of us have to judge ourselves considerably in this area!

“Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.” Jas. 4:17.

God give us all grace to do what we can instead of excusing ourselves and thereby explaining it away. Otherwise, we risk that Jesus, according to His own word, can come and explain away our share of the eternal glory.