Bible Matters 398: The Judge

It is clear from the preponderance of evidence testimonies of the eight New Testament witnesses, that there is to be only one judge, God the Father.  Man has proven himself to be incapable of judging.  God will not judge you according to what you know.  God will judge you by your works.  By your labor of love and living the commandments given to you by Jesus.  God offers redemption thru the shed blood of Jesus.  The traditions of man mean nothing.  God judges righteousness.  You are to live according to the will of God, to God in the spirit.

1 Peter 1:17-19 – And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:  Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

1 Peter 2:23-24 – Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:  Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

1 Peter 4:6 – For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Jesus judges no one!  Jesus was judged by the Father

John 8:15,49-51 – Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.  Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.  And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.  Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

John 12:44,46-48 – Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.  I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.  And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.  He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

John 16:10-11 – Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;  Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

God wants a pure heart.  You are to repent and turn from sin and be born again as a child of God.  Judge no one.  Be a doer of God’s word. Judge no one.  Love and do good.  Forgive and you shall be forgiven. 

James 4:7-8,11,17 – Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.  Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.  Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.  Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Luke 6:35-37 – But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.  Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.  Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

When you are walking with God, you do the will of the Father.  When you believe, you are a witness for God.  The Holy Ghost will dwell in your heart.  God through the Holy Ghost will tell you what to say.  Do you have any doubt?  Don’t.  Yesterday while running errands and pressed for time, I stopped to order a double hamburger in a local community.  It took f.o.r.e.v.e.r!  I got in the back of the truck and there was a “Power of God” and several “Miracle at Lincoln Crawford” pamphlets.  I was about ready to jump out of line before I ordered when the line started to move.  I talked to the lady at the restaurant pickup window and thanked her for the free special.  I gave her the “Power of God” book and told her that this area needs the power of God to keep people out of jail from drunk driving.  She confessed and said she too had been arrested for drunk driving after her dog died and spent the night in jail!  She said she is going to read the book and the pamphlet.  At any time during that twenty minute wait, I could have jumped from that drive through lane before ordering, but I didn’t.  God wanted me there to witness to the lady at the window.  God knew that she needs the power of God.  God knows that we all need his power to fight the devil. 

Luke 12:8-10,12 – Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:  But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.  And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.  For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

The easiest way the devil has to your heart is through alcohol!  If this had been twelve years ago, I would have been out playing golf and likely would have had a beer or two early afternoon.  The last thing I would have done is talk to someone about improving their life with the power of God.  That was not God’s plan for me.  The devil had me in bondage.  For me, this bondage played out for forty years.  God sent me miracle after miracle, and he waited and waited…..

Acts 7:6-7 – And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.  And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

God is longsuffering.  He never gave up and me and he will never give up on you!  You will serve him in this place.  The truth out of the mouth of two witnesses from this ministry is the doctrine that God wants you to teach others.  God wants your service.  To serve God, day and night.  

2 Timothy 4:1-4 – I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;  Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Acts 10:42 – And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

If you are still walling with the dead in God, then God will raise you up. 

Acts 26:6-8 – And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:  Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.  Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

Do not be fooled into thinking that you are saved by grace and that God is happy with you sitting back on your laurels, living your old life of sin and serving the devil.  God is the judge and he will judge to world.  God is waiting for you!

Romans 2:3,16 – 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?  In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

Romans 3:6 – God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

Matthew 7:21 – Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

To God be the glory in all you do, Amen.