SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/6/2016 9:11 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
Jesus is Equal to God in His Judgment
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: John 5:22
Message of the verses: “22 “For not even the Father judges anyone,
but He has given all judgment to the Son,”
I have to
say first of all that this will be a short SD as there is not a lot of things
that can be said about this verse, but we will do our best to make it come
alive to all.
Not only
does the Son give life to those that He chooses, but in the last judgment he
will also be the One judging those who come to Him. Let us look a John 3:18-19 and 12:48 for more
references: “18 “He who believes in Him
is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has
not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 “This is the
judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness
rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.” Remember that these are the words from John
the Baptist. “48 “He who rejects Me and
does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what
will judge him at the last day.” I guess
that when I was studying the book of Revelation last year that it took me a
while to understand that Jesus Christ will be the One sitting on the throne at
the Great White Throne Judgment, and for good reasons as we see here, and I
believe that no one will be able to see God the Father in heaven.
We are
looking at these sub-titles in this section of John to show that Jesus Christ
is God come in the flesh and has the same attributes and does the same things
that the Father does, and judgment is one of those things. God has the right to judge the world, since
it was He who made it, and because He sent His Son into the world to pay for
the sins of those who will accept His offer of Salvation, He has the right to
judge those who do not accept Him, and He is in perfect harmony with the Father
in doing this. What we are saying is
that Jesus Christ’s judgment will be the very same as His Father’s judgment. John MacArthur writes “Although judgment was
not the primary purpose of Christ’s first coming to earth (3:17; 12:47), it
remains the inescapable final result of rejecting the salvation He offers
(3:18).”
Let us look
at 2 Thessalonians to show the future judgments carried out by our Lord: “7 and to give relief to you who are
afflicted and to us as well when
the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming
fire, 8 dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who
do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus (2 Thessalonians 1:7-8).” The following partial verse from Acts shows
why this will happen: “He has fixed a
day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has
appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead’ (Acts
17:31).” John MacArthur concludes this
section with these words “On that final, terrible day of judgment, those who
have rejected Jesus will hear Him say, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you
who practice lawlessness’ (Matt. 7:23).”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I am thankful that while Jesus Christ was on
the cross and God the Father turned off the lights so that He could judge His
Son on my behalf, and now the important things is to tell others of this
gracious act.
My Steps of Faith for
Today: To get this Word out to
others so that they can come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their own Savior
and Lord.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible question: “He sought to kill Moses” (Exodus 2:15).
Today’s Bible question:
“What three things were in the Holy Place?”
Answer in our next SD.
3/6/2016 9:34 PM
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