GOD’S
JUDGMENT
DEFINITIONS:
Greek-
krites= a critic; a judge
dikastes=
a judge, judicial functionary
anakrino=
to judge strictly; afresh
diakrino=
to judge thoroughly
hegeomai=
to account, think
kriterion=
place of judgment
gnome=
mind; opinion; sentence
dikaioma=
a judicial sentence
dike=
justice, vengeance
hemera=
day
krima=
judgment
krisis=
judgment
bema=
judgment seat; tribunal
dikaiokrisia=
righteous judgment
I.
I .
GOD’S JUDGMENT IN THIS LIFE!
A.
Saved
1.
I Corinthians
2:15 “But he that is
spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no
man.”
2.
I Corinthians
6:1-8 “Do ye not know
that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are ye
unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? How much more things that pertain to this life?
If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set
them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
I speak to your shame. Is
it so, that there is not a wise man among you?
No, not one that shall be able to judge between his
brethren? But brother goeth
to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye
go to the law one with another. Why
do ye not rather take wrong? Why
do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.”
3.
I Corinthians
14:24-25, 29 “But if
all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned,
he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: And thus are the secrets
of his heat made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will
worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.”
4.
Matthew 7:1-5;
Luke 6:37 “Judge
not, that ye be not judged.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged:
and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but
considereth not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out
of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and
then shall thou clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s
eye.”
5.
John 7:24
“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
6.
John 16:8
“And when the Comforter is come, he will reprove the world of
sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin,
because they believe not on me; of righteousness, because I go to
my Father, and ye see me not more; of judgment, because the prince
of this world is judged.”
7.
I Corinthians
11:31-32 “For if we
would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged,
we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the
world.”
8.
I Timothy 5:24
“Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment;
and some men they follow after.”
B.
Unsaved
1.
John 12:48
“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.”
2.
I Corinthians
5:13 “But them that
are without God judgeth.”
3.
Matthew 13:24-40
“Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven
is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men
slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his
way…He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the filed is the
world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are
the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the
devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the
angels. As therefore the
tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end
of this world. The son of man
shall send forth his angel, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all
things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them
into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of
teeth.”
II.
GOD’S JUDGMENT OF
BELIEVERS WORKS!
A.
In This Life
1.
I Peter 4:17
“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of
God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that
obey not the gospel of God? And
if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner
appear? Wherefore let them
that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls
to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.”
2.
I Corinthians
11:31 “For if we
would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we
are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be
condemned with the world.”
B.
In Eternity
1.
Romans 14:10-12
“For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee
shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself
to God.”
2.
I Corinthians
3:11-15 “For other
foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious
stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made
manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by
fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it
is. If any man’s work
abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss:
but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.”
3.
I Corinthians
4:4-5 “But he that
judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore
judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will
bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the
counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.”
4.
I Peter 1:17
“The Father without respect of persons judgeth according to every
man’s work.”
5.
Romans 13:10
“But why dost thou judge thy brother?
Or why dost thou set at nought thy brother?
For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”
6.
II Corinthians
5:10 “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.”
7.
Matthew 13:43
“Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in
the
kingdom of their Father.”
III.
GOD’S MILLENIUM
JUDGEMENT!
1.
Revelation
14:9-11 “And the
third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship
the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation;
and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence
of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: and thy smoke of
their torment ascendeth up forever and ever: and thy have no
rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever
receiveth the mark of his name.”
2.
Revelation 20:4-6
“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment
was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and
which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image,
neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;
and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
But the rest of the dead lived not again unto the thousand years
were finished. This is the
first resurrection. Blessed
and holy is he that hath part
in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power,
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign
with him a thousand years.”
3.
Revelation 3:5
“He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment;
and I will not blot out his name out of the book life, but I will
confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.”
4.
Revelation 13:8
“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are
not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of
the world.”
IV.
GOD’S
FINAL JUDGMENT OF SAVED!
A.
Salvation
1.
Luke 10:20
“Notwithstanding
in this rejoice not, that the spirit are subject unto you; but rather rejoice,
because your names are written in heaven.”
2.
Revelation
20:11-15 “And I saw a
great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the
earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
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 whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the
lake of fire.”
3.
Philippians 4:3 “With other my fellowlaborers, whose names are in
the book of life.”
4.
II Thessalonians
1:5 “Which is a
manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted
worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:”
5.
I John 4:17
“Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in
the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.”
6.
Revelation 21:27
“And there shall in now wise enter into it anything that defileth,
neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but
they which
are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”
7.
Revelation 3:5
“He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I
will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will
confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.”
8.
Revelation 20:15
“And whosoever was not found written in the book of life
was
cast into the lake of fire.”
9.
Revelation 22:19
“And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life,
and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this
book.”
B.
Works
1.
Revelation 11:18
“That thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets,
and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great.”
2.
Matthew 12:36
“Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account
thereof in the day of judgment.”
V.
GOD’S FINAL
JUDGMENT OF THE UNSAVED!
A.
Salvation
1.
Revelation
20:11-15 “And I saw a
great white throne…and I saw the dead, small and great, stand before
God; And whosoever was not found written in the book of life
was cast into the lake of fire.”
2.
Revelation 17:8
“Whose names were not written in the book of life from the
foundation of the world.”
B.
Works
1.
Romans 1:32 “Who knowing the judgment of God, that they
which commit such things are worthy of death.”
2.
I Peter 4:5
“Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the
quick and the dead.”
3.
Revelation
20:11-15 “And I saw a
great white throne…and I saw the dead, small and great, stand before
God; and the books were opened: and the dead were judged out of
those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell
delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged
every man according to their works.”
4.
II Peter 2:9”The
Lord knoweth how to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to
be punished.”
VI.
GOD’S GENERAL
JUDGMENT
1.
II Timothy 4:1
“The Lord Jesus Christ shall judge the quick and the dead at his
appearing and his kingdom;”
2.
Hebrews 10:30
“Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense saith the Lord.
And again, The shall judge his people.”
3.
Hebrews 13:4
“Whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
4.
Acts 24:25
“And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to
come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I
have a convenient season, I will call for thee.”
5.
Romans 2:2
“But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth
against them which commit such things.”
6.
Matthew 5:21-22
“Whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I
say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause
shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his
brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say,
Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.”
7.
Matthew 12:36
“Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account
thereof in the day of judgment.”
8.
Hebrews 9:27
“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”
9.
James 2:13
“For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no
mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.”
10.
Revelation 14:7
“The angel saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him;
for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made
heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.”
VII.
GOD’S FINAL
JUDGMENT OF ISRAEL!
1.
Matthew 19:28;
Luke 22:30 “And Jesus
said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in
the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory,
ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel.”
2.
Romans 2:2-16
“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? Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance
and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to
repentance? But after the
hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against
the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by
patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and
immortality, eternal life: But
unto them that are contentious, and do no obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon
every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also the
Gentile; But glory, honor,
and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and
also to the Gentile: For
there is no respect of persons with God.
For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish
without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by
the law; For not the hearers of the law far just before God, but the doers
of the law shall be justified. In
the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ
according to my gospel.”
VIII.
GOD’S FINAL
JUDGMENT OF NATIONS & CITIES!
1.
I Corinthians 6:2
“Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?”
2.
Revelation 11:18
“And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the
dead, that they should be judged.”
3.
Revelation 15:4
“Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only
art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy
judgments are made manifest.”
4.
Matthew 10:15;
Mark 6:11 “It shall
be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day
of judgment, that for that city.”
5.
Matthew 11:22,
24; Luke 10:14 “It
shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment,
than for you. It shall be
more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than
for thee.”
6.
Luke 11:31-32
“The queen of the south shall rise up in judgment with the men
of this generation, an condemn them: for she came from
the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold,
a greater than Solomon is here. The
men of Nineva shall rise up in the judgment with this
generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the
preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.”
7.
Jude 7
“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them, in
like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after
strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of
eternal fire.”
IX.
GOD’S FINAL
JUDGMENT ON THE GREAT WHORE!
1.
Revelation 14:8
“And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is
fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of
the wrath of her fornication.”
2.
Revelation 17:1,
15-18 “And there came
one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me,
saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of
the great whore that sitteth upon many waters.
The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples,
and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall
hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her
flesh, and burn her with fire.
For God hath put in
their hearts to fulfill his will, and
to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God
shall be fulfilled. And the
woman
which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the
earth.”
3.
Revelation 18:10
“Standing afar off from the fear of her torment, saying, alas, alas that
great city Babylon, that might city!
For in one hour is thy judgment come.”
4.
Revelation 19:2
“For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged
the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication,
and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”
5.
Revelation 14:8
“And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is
fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the
wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
X.
GOD’S FINAL
JUDGMENT OF ANGELS!
1.
I Corinthians 6:3
“Know ye not that we shall judge angels?”
2.
II Peter 2:4
“God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to
hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto
judgment;”
3.
Jude 6
“And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their
own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness
unto the judgment of the great day.”
XI.
GOD’S FINAL
JUDGMENT OF ANTI-CHRIST, BEAST AND FALSE PROPHET!
1.
Revelation 19:20
“And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet
that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had
received the of the beast, and them that worship his image.
These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with
brimstone.”
XII.
GOD’S FINAL
JUDGMENT OF DEATH AND HELL!
1.
Revelation 20:14
“And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death.”
XIII.
GOD’S FINAL
JUDGMENT OF SATAN!
1.
John 12:31
“Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of
this world be cast out.”
2.
John 16:11
“Of judgment, because the prince of this world is
judged.”
3.
Revelation 20:10
“And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of
fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet
are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
XIV.
GOD’S FINAL
JUDGMENT OF HEAVENS AND EARTH!
1.
II Peter 3:7, 10,
12 “But the heavens
and the earth, which are now, be the same word are kept in store,
reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of
ungodly men. But the day of
the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are
therein shall be burned up. Looking
for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens
being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat?”
2.
II Peter 3:13
“Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and
a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
XV.
GENERAL
REFERENCES ON JUDGMENT:
1.
John 5:22
“For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all
judgment to the Son:”
2.
John 5:30
“I can of mine self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my
judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of
the Father which hath sent me.”
3.
Revelation 19:11
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon
him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge.”
4.
Romans 3:16
“In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus
Christ according to my gospel.”
5.
Romans 11:33
“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past
finding out!”
6.
Hebrews 6:1-2
“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go
on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of…eternal
judgment…”
7.
John 5:22, 27, 30
“For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment
unto the Son: And hath given him authority to execute a judgment
also, because he is the Son of man. I
can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment
is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father
which hath sent me.”
8.
Hebrews 9:27
“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the
judgment.”
9.
Hebrews 10:27, 31
“But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery
indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living
God.”
10.
Revelation 22:19 “And if any man shall take away from the
words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of
the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are
written in this book.”
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