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Lesson 10

What The Bible Teaches About
Judgment For All Of Humanity

The Judgment

1. What wi

Ecclesiastes 12:14

Ecclesiastes 12:14 (KJV)
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

2. How many will appear before the judgment?

2 Corinthians 5:10

2 Corinthians 5:10 (KJV)
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

The Judgment In Action

3. Who is the judge?

John 5:22

John 5:22 (KJV)
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

4. Where are our actions recorded?

Revelation 20:12

Revelation 20:12 (KJV)
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

5. Who are the witnesses?

Matthew 18:10

Matthew 18:10 (KJV)
10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

6. Who is the lawyer?

1 John 2:1

1 John 2:1 (KJV)
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

7. By what code will we be judged?

James 2:12

James 2:12 (KJV)
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

8. What will be the sentence?

Matthew 25:31-46

Matthew 25:31-46 (KJV)
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

WHAT MUST I DO?

1. Believe and obey Jesus.

John 5:24

John 5:24 (KJV)
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

2. Love God and keep the commandments.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Ecclesiastes 12:13 (KJV)
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

MY RESOLUTION

I accept Jesus as my lawyer. I desire to be faithful to God and respect all his commandments.

Addtional Study 1

There Will Be A Judgment. God has established a day to judge (Acts 17:31). Even hidden things will be judged (Romans 2:16).

Everyone Will Appear Before The Judge. We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. (Romans 14:10). Even the evil angels will be judged (Jude 6). Each one will have to answer for their actions (Matthew 12:36; Romans 14:12; Ecclesiastes 11:9). The judgment will begin at the house of God (1 Peter 4:17). The just and the wicked will be judged (Ecclesiastes 3:17). It is impossible to deceive God (Galatians 6:7).

The Records. The judgment is carried out with the help of the records that are in heaven. (Revelation 20:12). There are several books:

  1. The Book of Life (Revelation 20:12).
  2. The Book of Remembrance (Malachi 3:16).
  3. The Book of Sins (Isaiah 65:6,7; Matthew 12:36,37).

The Standard of Judgment. The supreme standard is God's holy law (Romans 7:7; James 2:12; Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14). We will also be judged according to the teachings and the gospel of Jesus (John 12:48; Romans 2:16).

The Reality of the Judgment

The prophet Daniel saw the dramatic moment of the beginning of the judgment (Daniel 7:9, 10).

Diverse religious authorities refer to that moment. "And each one shall have to give account before God's tribunal, of their own life, according to how they chose to do good or evil".—The Vatican Documents II, p. 209).

"Jesus will return to the world at the end of time, to exercise his power as sovereign judge. That judgment called public, universal, ultimate, is necessary to justify Divine Providence, glorify Jesus Christ, gladden the just and confuse the wicked." — Hillaire, Religion Demonstrated, p. 500.

The Time of the Judgment

Daniel, in his prophecy in chapter 8 verse 14, establishes that at the end of the period of 2,300 years "the sanctuary would be purified". The sanctuary was the Jewish house of worship. Once a year, a very important judgment ceremony would take place. But the Bible explains that the true sanctuary is in heaven (Hebrews 8:2, 5). The purification of this heavenly sanctuary is nothing else than the beginning of the investigative judgment, the one that began at the end of the 2,300 years, in other words, en 1844.

The Defense Attorney

The Lord Jesus plays an important role in the judgment. The Father assigned Him the specific task of judging (John 5:22, 27; Acts 10:42). "God, in order to glorify the humanity of his divine Son, entrusted to him the judgment of men. We must all stand before the judgment seat of Christ". — Hillaire, Religion Demonstrated, p. 508.

However, Jesus' most important task is that of lawyer and intercessor. Daniel tells that with the judgment in action, our Lord Jesus Christ presents himself and is taken to the Father (Daniel 7:9, 13). There he intercedes for us (1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 7:25).

The sinner must come to Jesus with confidence, his lawyer (Hebrews 4:16). When we have sincerely repented, after confessing all our sins, Jesus takes care of our cause and acts as our effective lawyer (1 John 1:9; 2:1).

Assurance In The Judgment

The assurance for the judgment consists in separating completely from sin (Ezekiel 18:20-22, 27).

Then Jesus will come and reward each according to their works (Matthew 16:27). But there will be no problem with all who have stayed firm and faithful until the end (Revelation 2:10; 3:5).

Believing in Jesus, walking in his light and trusting fully in Him, we can absolute certainty of having a favorable outcome at the judgment (1 John 1:7; John 5:24).