CONCEPT OF GOD'S JUDGMENT

 

CONCEPT OF  JUDGMENT

“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”. 2 Corinthians 5:16.

Judgment basically is accountability to God at the final day. There is certainly going to be a day when we shall all appear before the judgment seat of God where we shall give account to God for all things we have ever done, good or evil. There and then God will hold us accountable for the good and or evil deed that that we ever did whilst were on earth. It is accountability of whatever we did with our body or in our body or which we were alive in this body.

“For God shall bring every work into judgment with every recent secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil. Ecclesiastes 12:14. In judgment God is going to reward righteousness and punish sin as well. “and behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be”. Revelation 22:12

For everything that we have ever done God will bring it into account at the judgment because there is a hundred percent records of our deeds in God’s book. “and I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were 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”. Revelation 20:12

Judgment therefore is the design of God to punish sinners and also to reward the righteous. “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:15”. God’s judgment for the unrepentant is to be condemned to eternal fire of destruction. In judgment we discover the terror of the Lord against the disobedient and the devil.

“Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men (people)”. 2 Corinthians 5:11. This shows that God gives out judgment in fury, although he is a merciful God. However, at the judgment it is a terrifying scene, because then the time of mercy has exhausted. God’s judgment without mercy will be at the end of the world and especially the judgment day.