Friday, June 8, 2018

Quick Facts on the Judgment:


-Jesus is our Judge, Advocate and Savior (see Acts 17:31; John 5:29; 1John 2:1,2). *********************** -All will come into judgment (see 2Corinthians 5:10; Romans 14:9-12; Ecclesiastes 3:17), in absentia if saved; in person if lost (see Matthew 10:32; !Timothy 5:24, 25; Revelations 20:11, 15). ********************** -God’s judgment begins with His people (Hebrews 10:30; 1Peter 4:17). ********************** -God’s ten commandments are the standard by which He judges our lives (see Ecclesiastes 12:13,14; James 2:10-12; Romans 2:12-16). ********************* -God judges us from His unerring record books in heaven (see Daniel 7:9, 10). ********************** -His judgment probes into our acts, motives, words and secret intents (1 Peter 1:17; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Hebrews 4:13; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew 12:36, 37; 5:26-48). *********************** -If we repent, our sins will be blotted out; if we fail to repent, our names will be blotted out of the book of life (see Acts 3:19; Revelations 3:5; Psalms 32:1,2,5; Proverbs 28: 13; Deuteronomy 29:17-20). ******************* -Truly converted Christians are vindicated in the judgment; for Christ has taken our place in bearing our sins, to replace our unrighteousness with His own perfect “righteousness, which is unto all and upon all them that believe” (see Romans 3:22-26; 5:1,2; 8:1-4). ********************* -We are justified by faith in Christ’s saving sacrifice, but we are judged by our works, which reveal whether our faith is genuine (see Romans 3:20-28; 1 Peter 1:17). ******************** -God Himself is vindicated in the judgment for His perfect mercy, fairness and justice toward all (see Romans 3:3, 4, 24-31; Revelation 15: 3,4; 19: 1,2; Psalms 19:9). *********************** -God’s investigative judgment takes place in heaven before Jesus’ second coming (see Psalms 89:14; 97:2; Daniel 7:9-14; Matthew 22:1-13; Acts 17:31; Revelations 22:11-14). ************************ -God’s final message to the world includes the proclamation that the hour of His judgment is come, according to a prophetically set time (see Revelations 14:7; Psalms 75:2; Daniel 7: 9-14; 8:13,14; 9:24-27; Hebrews 9:22-28). When this message is promulgated world-wide, Christ will come and reap the harvest of the righteous for His Kingdom (see Revelations 14:6-16; Matthew 13:37-43). ************************** - “Justice and judgment are the habitation of Thy throne; mercy and truth shall go before Thy face” (Psalms 89:14, cf. Isaiah 16:5).

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