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THE JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27
1 Peter 4:5-6
Psalm 50:1-17
“Thou art my portion, O LORD…”
THE JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH
Throughout Scripture is the recurring theme of the coming judgment. An important part of the Gospel message is that God will judge both the living and the dead in the end times (Acts 10:42). All things are known and open before God who is prepared to judge in righteousness (Heb 4:13). Every word spoken shall be accounted for before the great and righteous Judge. This includes those evil words spoken against believers who would not join with the world in its sin (Matt 12:36). The Judge of all the earth is ready to judge. The day of judgment is very near (1 Pet 4:5). This eternal judgment will be undertaken by the Lord Jesus Christ (Rom 2:16). So, it has been well said that man will either accept Jesus Christ as his Saviour, or someday face Him as his final Judge.
The Gospel has been preached to many who believed and then departed from this life (1 Pet 4:6). They suffered the judgment of unbelieving sinful men while they were on this earth. These were righteous men who were falsely accused of evil, ridiculed and condemned as misfits and bigots. But now, having passed into eternity, these Christians have come to realise the full blessing of being alive with God. While the unsaved ridicule the believer and go out into final and eternal condemnation, the children of God go on to see the Saviour and be like Him (1 John 3:2).
These words bring another ringing challenge to those who know the truth. The Gospel message must be preached throughout the world. The great commission of our Lord compels those with a knowledge of salvation to take it forth to the lost, so that men might come to know Him as Saviour rather than face Him as their eternal Judge.
THOUGHT: Do I pray regularly for the lost?
PRAYER: Father, open the eyes of the unsaved to see Thy salvation, for it is “…appointed unto man once to die, but after this the judgment” (Heb 9:27).