CHRIST THE JUDGE OF THE UNIVERSE


A. "FOR THE FATHER JUDGETH NO MAN, BUT HATH COMMITTED ALL JUDGEMENT UNTO THE SON." - John 5:22
  1. A study of the New Testament indicates clearly that Jesus Christ has been given by the Father the power to judge all men:
    1. Said Peter in the house of Cornelius, ". . . that it is he which was ordained of God to be the judge of quick and dead" - Acts 10:42
    2. This same truth is expressed by Paul in his second Epistle to his spiritual son Timothy, "I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom" - 2 Tim. 4:1
  2. From the book of Hebrews we learn that the belief in Jesus as Judge was part of the elementary and basic instructions Christians received by the apostles:
B. CHRIST THE JUDGE OF THE UNIVERSE
  1. He is eminently qualified to be the Judge of the universe:
    1. He is the Creator of the universe as we understand it - John 1:1-3; Col. 1:15-17
    2. All things were created for Him, all things belong to Him - John 16:15; Col. 1:16
    3. By Him and His power all things are upheld - Heb. 1:1-3
  2. Most important of all, if that is possible, is the fact:
    1. That He redeemed the world by and through His great sacrifice on the cross.
    2. He laid down His life for all men, to save them from sin.
    3. He, who lived among men, who knows our life like an open book, will judge with justice and in truth.
  3. Standard in the judgment to come:
    1. The law of the Ten Commandments - Compare Eccl. 12:13, 14 with Jas. 1:22-26; 2:8-11
    2. The gospel of Jesus Christ - Rom. 2:16
    3. This is understandable because the gospel leaves all without excuse in the day of judgment.
C. FACTORS THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE JUDGMENT BY JESUS CHRIST
  1. He is the light from heaven that lighteth every one that cometh into the world:
    1. Said He, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." - John 14:6
    2. Of Him John testifies, "In Him was life; and the life was the light of men" - John 1:4
  2. He is the bread that came from heaven:
    1. "I am the living bread which came down from heaven" - John 6:51
    2. "Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you" - John 6:53
  3. Judgment will come upon all who reject the Son of man for the following reasons:
    1. They will not be judged because they were born into this world with a sinful nature.
    2. Judgment will come over them because they rejected the plan of salvation offered in Christ Jesus.
    3. They despised Heaven's efforts to save them - ILLUSTRATIONS -
      1. The unresponsive wedding guests - Luke 14:14- 26
      2. The Jews as a nation - Matt. 21:33-41
    4. Said Paul to the Jews, "And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles." - Acts 18:6
  4. All who do accept Christ as their personal Saviour:
    1. Will not come under condemnation.
    2. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." - John 5:24
    3. "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." - Rom. 8:1


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