The Lord tells the parable of the Last Judgment. About how the Son of Man will sit in His glory and judge all people. He will put some on His right hand and others on His left. Some will be like sheep, and others like goats. And those who are on the right, he will call to Himself:

Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you fed me, I was hungry, and if you visited me, I was in prison, and you came to me.

And they will say:

Lord, when did we do that?

And the Lord will answer:

As you have done to one of the least of My brethren, you have done to Me.

And to those on the left, the Lord will say:

Depart from me, you cursed, I was hungry, and you did not give me food, I was thirsty, and you did not give me to drink, I was sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.

And they will also be surprised:

Lord, when did all this happen, when did we not serve You?

Inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me. They will go into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life (cf. Matt. 25:3446).

This is the Gospel about the Last Judgment. A person begins to work on himself, to strive for God, and suddenly he realizes that he is full of sins, that in the state in which he is now, he is completely alien to the Kingdom of Heaven, and his life is subject to hell and torment, that the words depart from me, the cursed do not refer to some unknown people, but to him personally.

Who are those to whom the Lord said the accursed? For it was not about robbers, murderers, persecutors, He did not say to any of them: "Depart from Me, for you have killed, stolen, committed fornication, and committed other lawless things." The Lord does not name a single sin of these people. These damned ones seem to have lived their lives like many of us: just taking care of themselves, paying attention to themselves, and not noticing any other life but their own. That's all. These people did not do anything so repulsive. Maybe they had nothing to judge themselves harshly for. And their lives are subject to damnation.

What is the meaning of being Christians? How are we different from others? Why does the Lord ask us so severely? God is one, but there are many and many different faiths. What difference does it make in which God a person believes? All religions call to be honest, good, not to kill, not to steal. Everyone thinks so. And Christians think so. What is required of me, a Christian? I don't do anything bad to anyone: I lend to those who pay back debts, I help whoever needs it, I love those who love me. And everything is fine with me, a Christian. My conscience does not convict me. But the Gospel convicts.