And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left” (Matthew 25:31-33). All nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. Jesus said, “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit upon the throne of His glory. Life’s number one goal for all of us is to make sure that our names are in that book.Īll one hundred billion (plus) who have ever occupied earth will be judged. This book has the names of all those who are in Christ-the book of the Lamb who was slain (Revelation 2:6 13:8 21:27). The only exceptions will be those things that have been expunged from our record by Christ’s blood (Acts 3:19) and are remembered no more (Hebrews 8:12). Every day, every deed, every word, every thought, and every motive has been recorded and will be revealed (2 Corinthians 5:10 Matthew 12:36-37). the New Testament (for those who lived since the resurrection) (Colossians 2:14),.
the Old Testament (for those who lived before Calvary) (Deuteronomy 5:2-3 Hebrews 9:15-17),.And they were judged, each one according to his works” (Revelation 20:12-13). The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. John wrote, “I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. “These will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life” (Matthew 25:46). The stakes are high-eternity in heaven or hell. It is no “pop-quiz.” We already have the test in our hands. It is a perfect standard (James 1:25 2:12). Jesus said, “He who rejects me, and does not receive my words, has that which judges him-the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day” (John 12:48).
Thankfully, we will not have to give an account to other people, for they might be unfair or uninformed. At the name of Jesus every knee will bow, including those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, glorifying God the Father (Romans 14:10-11 Philippians 2:10-11). Jesus is the “Judge of the living and the dead” (Acts 10:42) He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead” (Acts 17:30-31). Paul preached, “Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. 1 Chronicles 28:9).Įvery person on earth needs to learn seven simple facts about the Judgment. There is no escape from it:“The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in the which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up” (2 Peter 3:10 cf. It is as sure as death for“it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment”(Hebrews 9:27). Lewis, “is the gradual one-the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” Occasionally, we need reminding of that one great event toward which all of humanity marches.
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