Dec 5

Romans 1:18-32
Memorise Psalm 19:7-14
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven"

Not only are there the judgment of words and the judgment of works that unbelievers are put through for all they have said and done, there is also the judgment of the will. This has to do with the conscience, the motives, the secret intentions of the heart. The sin of the heart is the most serious of all. God has revealed Himself so clearly to man in His creation (Psalm 19:1), so fully in His Son (Hebrews 1:1-3), and so perfectly in His Word (Psalm 19:7). And yet man chooses to reject and rebel against Him.

And so we read of God’s judgment against such reprobates in Romans 1:18-23, “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things”. Those who change GOD into DOG shall face the wrath of God. When God comes back to judge this world, He will not spare His enemies.

The judgment of God against all the finally impenitent is eternal destruction in a place of torment called the lake of fire (Revelation 20:10). It is a terrible and terrifying place where the fire is not quenched and   the worm dieth not. It is a place where Satan and his demons will be, including the Antichrist and the False Prophet. All of them and those who are like them shall be cast alive into the fiery lake to be tormented day and night forever. The torment shall never end.

Thought: “The ungodly are moved by no threats; nay, they laugh to scorn all God’s judgments” (Calvin).
Prayer: O Lord, I want heaven not hell. Please save me from my sins.