'Rubbish'  - 14 October 2007

'Rubbish'

One of the most listened to voices in South Africa and beyond is that of the outspoken Archbishop Desmond Tutu. As you can imagine the Nobel Peace Prize laureate has admirers as well as critics.

His Grace is no stranger to controversy. Once in defence of his utterances he fought back by saying, "Desmond Tutu speaks for Desmond Tutu."

On Wednesday I could not but take note of a news item that reported on Archbishop Desmond Tutu's warning that heaven is not only for Christians. The one paragraph that got me thinking was:

"Most of us think God is a Christian, but if you think that God is going to tell the Dalai Lama 'you're a good person, but sorry you're not a Christian' then (I say) rubbish."

Of course, as we would say in our democratic South Africa, the archbishop is entitled to his opinion but is that the final word on the matter? Definitely not.

The crunch question is who has the ultimate authority to pronounce the last verdict on every matter that concern us worldlings? Who will say the final 'Rubbish?' The obvious answer is that it will not be His Grace but His Majesty - the King of kings and Lord of lords.

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory.

All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats." Matthew 25:31-32)

Have a blessed weekend.
 
Pressing on!
 
In His love
 
Fano Sibisi