Bible - John Chapter 5
God is holy and in
keeping with His character He must and will judge all people.
Under the law given to
Moses (10 commandments etc), the judgement was to be carried out by the leaders
in the nation. – the king, the elders, the judges. However this system failed because the
leading ones were not qualified. This is the situation recorded in John chapter
8 when Jesus said to the accusers “ He that is without sin, let him cast the
first stone” – so they all left.
In John chapter 5, Jesus
makes some happy, yet astounding statements.
1
God will judge the world in
righteousness. (fair)
2
God will judge the world by Jesus Christ.
The Lord Jesus Christ will be the judge on judgement day because he has
experienced being a human as well as being the Son.
3
All the dead will be raised by the
command of Christ.
4
Some will be raised to eternal life. The
others will be raised to eternal damnation.
5
A wonderful promise is given by the Lord
in verse 24: Everyone who hears
(accepts) the words of Jesus, and believes in God the Father who sent Him, will
not be judged, but has passed from death (present condition) into life (born
into the family of God).
Please take the time to
read this section through. In particular read carefully John chapter 5 verse
24.
What a wonderful
experience it is to be forgiven by God through the death of the Lord Jesus and
no longer live in the fear of the Judgement day.
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