Thursday, November 30, 2017

God will judge all mankind, there are no exemptions.

We cannot judge another person's eternal life, not ever, not for a moment. No matter how horrific a person may be, it is still not up to us to judge anyone. Likewise, no matter how wonderful a person is, do we dare judge that they are saved? Is it better to deem all saved than none? We know that all won't be saved but we aren’t to judge who will be and who won't be.  We do not know the heart of a single person, we scarcely know our own hearts half the time. We witness our own faults- and there are many- and we beg forgiveness, praying we will be among those worthy through the Savior, and His righteousness, to be saved.

Rom 2:1  Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. 

How true it this! Of course all the Word of God is truth, but let's pay attention to this for a few moments. We have no excuse for judging another. If we choose to judge another we are in fact condemning ourselves, why? Because we too have so many faults worthy of condemnation. We are not clean, we will never be clean of our own accord. We need to claim Christ as our righteousness, and just as we can claim Christ as our righteousness, so to can others. We may struggle daily with our faults, we are truly wretched people, who could despair of being saved from ourselves, but we have CHRIST our advocate, who stands in our behalf, pleading His blood spilled, His life given for ours because we could never sacrifice enough to ever warrant salvation for ourselves.

Rom 2:2  But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 
Rom 2:3  And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 

No one will escape judgement.

Rom 2:4  Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 

We could easily despise the goodness of God - His riches, His forbearance, His longsuffering towards us, because all of that will cause us to realize the darkness within us. When we stop despising God's goodness towards us- we are truly led to repentance.  When we understand that ONLY God can give us all we need and no other, not even ourselves, we can repent and rely upon HIM.

Rom 2:5  But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 

We dare not encourage the hardness and impenitent of our hearts which will only lead us to the day of wrath and revelation- the revelation of the righteousness of God's judgement.  We need the mercy of God in our lives always!

Rom 2:6  Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 

God WILL render to every man according to his deeds- ALL deeds, ALL men. God will judge righteously.

Rom 2:7  To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 

We NEED to be patient, ALWAYS seeking to do well - that the end of that well doing is for the glory and honor, the immortality that we will find in eternal life through JESUS CHRIST our LORD and SAVIOR! We should not do well to get the glory and honor of others, our hope in any well doing should be for the SAVIOR to be HONORED and GLORIFIED!  

Rom 2:8  But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 

Any who willingly, tragically seek to do evil endlessly even after truth is offered time and again will face an end far different than those who seek Christ.

Rom 2:9  Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 
Rom 2:10  But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 
Rom 2:11  For there is no respect of persons with God. 

God will judge all no matter who they are, no matter what religion, or non-religion, no matter what their lifestyle, their ethnicity, no matter what, GOD will judge all and the standard of His judgement is Christ, the truth.

May we seek CHRIST first and foremost! Please! All through His love and ALL that means. Now and forever!!!!!!!

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