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There are some serious verses about judgment for the Christian found in the New Testament without even getting into the Book of Revelation.
For example: 1 Peter 1:17, “If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work.” Then there’s Jesus’ saying in Matthew 12:36, “I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak.” Or Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:13, “each one’s work… will be revealed by fire; the fire will test the quality of each one’s work.”
These verses lifted from their context sound fearful, but actually, there is nothing to fear on Judgement Day — for believers. Why? For there is only one work by which we shall be judged. It’s recorded in John 6:29: “This is the work of God—that you believe in the One He has sent.”
Now add John 5:22, “The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son.” So the Father is not judging. Nor Jesus, for John 12:47-48 says, “If anyone hears My words and doesn’t keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.” Jesus then added, “The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.”
There are inescapable consequences for rejecting Jesus. He came to save, not to judge — but His coming was itself a judgment, for He declared Himself the promised Messiah, the Savior of the World. What have we done about that? Did we believe and respond accordingly? This is what Peter meant when he said we will be judged according to our work.
Believers need not fear. John urges us to have confidence on Judgment Day, 1 John 4:17. And Jude :24 assures us that we will be able to stand “blameless and with great joy” on that day.
On Judgement Day believers will not be judged for our sins but by our response to the Savior. Did we heed him who suffered and died for our sins? Did we take Him at His word when He offered salvation? We who have put our faith in Jesus are not judged because we have been judged already. The moment we said YES to Jesus as our Savior, we passed out of judgment and gained eternal life. That’s John 5:24; believers do not come into judgment, for they have passed out of death into life.
We heard the word of grace and we believed. TODAY, let those fears of judgment GO, and — COME ALIVE!
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