Can you comment on the Judgment Day?
Introduction. According to scripture, the Judgment Day is an unquestioned fact. There are over 300 references to the Judgment Day in the New Testament alone (see Acts 17: 30. 31).
The certainty and universality of the judgment. The Judgment Day, the day God shall officially sentence all men, is God's appointment (Heb. 9: 27). Peter, Paul, and John especially taught the Judgment Day (2 Pet. 3: 10; 2 Cor. 5: 10; 1 John 4: 17). The judgment shall be just as universal as death (Heb. 9: 27). "For we must all appear before the judgment seat...," wrote Paul (2 Cor. 5: 10).
Christ shall be the judge and his word the standard. "For the Father judgeth no man," we are told, "but hath committed all judgment unto the Son" (John 5: 22). Christ shall be a righteous judge (2 Tim. 4: 1, 8). Jesus said, "...the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day" (John 12: 48). It is sad that so many are ignorant of the word which shall judge them.
The individuality and nature of the judgment. The scriptures abound with teaching relative to the fact that we shall be judged as individuals, not as groups, classes, races, etc. (see Rom. 14: 10, 12; 2 Cor. 5: 10). Hear Paul, "Who (God, dm) will render to every man according to his deeds" (Rom. 2: 6, see also vss. 7-9). The doctrine that in judgment "the Father will only see the personal righteous of His Son" is patently false! None deserve eternal life and none will have earned it; nonetheless, our actions, attitudes, and conformity to God's laws will all be considered (John 12:48).
The Judgment Day will be final. We read, "and these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal" (Matt. 25: 46). We do not know the time, but we can be prepared (Matt. 24: 36; 1 Thes. 5: 1-8).
The certainty and universality of the judgment. The Judgment Day, the day God shall officially sentence all men, is God's appointment (Heb. 9: 27). Peter, Paul, and John especially taught the Judgment Day (2 Pet. 3: 10; 2 Cor. 5: 10; 1 John 4: 17). The judgment shall be just as universal as death (Heb. 9: 27). "For we must all appear before the judgment seat...," wrote Paul (2 Cor. 5: 10).
Christ shall be the judge and his word the standard. "For the Father judgeth no man," we are told, "but hath committed all judgment unto the Son" (John 5: 22). Christ shall be a righteous judge (2 Tim. 4: 1, 8). Jesus said, "...the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day" (John 12: 48). It is sad that so many are ignorant of the word which shall judge them.
The individuality and nature of the judgment. The scriptures abound with teaching relative to the fact that we shall be judged as individuals, not as groups, classes, races, etc. (see Rom. 14: 10, 12; 2 Cor. 5: 10). Hear Paul, "Who (God, dm) will render to every man according to his deeds" (Rom. 2: 6, see also vss. 7-9). The doctrine that in judgment "the Father will only see the personal righteous of His Son" is patently false! None deserve eternal life and none will have earned it; nonetheless, our actions, attitudes, and conformity to God's laws will all be considered (John 12:48).
The Judgment Day will be final. We read, "and these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal" (Matt. 25: 46). We do not know the time, but we can be prepared (Matt. 24: 36; 1 Thes. 5: 1-8).