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Final Judgment: The Great White Throne Revelation 20:11-15 Introduction: Judgment Day! We typically do not give it too much thought primarily because it is surreal , kind of like dying. We know it is coming, but since we have never experienced it, we can’t imagine it. It seems distant, almost fantasy like. But as Peter said (2 Peter 3), Judgment Day is as sure as the destruction of the world in the days of the Flood. Every second the clock ticks brings us closer to that fateful day. Jesus and all the writers of the NT warn us of it. It is what everything in our life should be about, and yet it is so easy to live with almost casual disinterest . Summing Up the Text “Judgments” began in chapters 17-19 with the judgment of the prostitute, and then of the beast and the false prophet. Then in chapter 20 the dragon himself is judged. The only judgment left is that of mankind . That this is the final judgment is evident. God appears on a great white throne, causing the earth and sky to flee with no place found for them. In other words, the present heavens and earth are no longer needed nor are they in God’s plans for the future. Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away” ( Matthew 24:35 ). The main point of this context is not so much the righteous on the day of judgment, but the outcome of the wicked . That has been the focus since chapter 17. God is bringing justice to the wicked. As Paul said, “God is just. He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels” ( 2 Thessalonians 1:6-7 . Vs. 12 : “The dead, great and small, stand before the throne.” No one is left out. No one is exempt. “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.” ( 2 Corinthians 5:10 ) Vs. 12 : “…books were opened…and the dead were judged by what was written in the books.” Evidently, the books represent the deeds of each person, “whether they are good or evil.” Vs. 13 : “The sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them.” The “sea” is where the dragon had raised up the beast in chapter 13 and from which all the previous beasts had come in Daniel 7 . A few verses later in 21:1 , there is a new heaven and new earth and the sea is no more. “Death,” the perpetual enemy of mankind, takes the body so that it is left to decay. “Hades” claims the spirit. The main point is that all the dead are raised for the great Day of Judgment. No one can hide from the judgment of the Lamb. Vs. 14 : With all the dead raised, both death and Hades are now destroyed by being thrown into the lake of fire. According to Jesus’ Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19ff , Hades is the unseen realm of the dead. In that realm, the wicked are “tormented” and the righteous are “comforted.” In each case they are waiting for the day of judgment when the final rewards for the righteous are given and the final sentences for the wicked are given. Jesus himself “descended to Hades” ( Acts 2:27 ). He also told the thief on the cross, “Today, you will be with me in Paradise.” Therefore, “paradise” is part of Hades. The word simply means “the unseen.” It is the unseen realm of the dead. Paul refers to Paradise as the “third heaven” ( 2 Cor. 12:2-3 ) where he “heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.” Paul also referred to his departure in death as “departing and being with Christ” ( Phil. 1:23 ). Conclusion : the “two parts of Hades” is being comforted with the Lord and being tormented without the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:21-28 describes this as the end . Everyone has been raised, all enemies are put under Christ’s feet, with death, the last enemy, being destroyed. Thus when Jesus has fulfilled his purpose in subjugating all things under God’s authority, he delivers the kingdom to God and subjects himself to the him, “that God may be all in all.” Considerations and Applications Judgment is according to our works . Romans 2:4-11 “He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality , he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury…” Our “works” communicate our desires for God and his kingdom and express our thankfulness for the salvation he has given us. We prove ourselves as those who are either self-seeking or seeking for glory and honor and immortality. In other words, though salvation is by grace because there is nothing we can do to deserve the gift of God’s Son, God is not just saving us from sin, he is saving us for his glory . Paul said, “For by grace you have been saved through faith…for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” ( Ephesians 2:8, 10 ). To in any way suggest that we are the sons and daughters of God without fulfilling God’s purpose in us to glorify him in the world, is the essence of faith without works. Such faith is dead ( James 2:24 ). Why a final judgment? First, it reminds us that all God has done is far, far greater than what we have allowed ourselves to realize or accept. We grow up selfish, completely self-centered. Everything is about satisfying needs and pleasures and finding new things to explore and enjoy. God is not against us enjoying blessings he has provided ( 1 Timothy 6:17 ), but he does mind when his cause gets crowded out of our lives and is not our number one passion. Judgment reminds us why we are here! Judgment reminds us of the value of God’s creation and the seriousness of how our sins have destroyed all that God has done and planned. Judgment reminds us of how the world has despised the priceless sacrifice God made by submitting to the cross. The Hebrew writer explains, “How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?” ( 10:29 ). Judgment reminds us of an eternal joy and pleasure God planned with a relationship with him that is beyond imagination. God cannot allow those who rebel, refuse to trust in him, or refuse to obey him to be a part of that eternity. Judgment reminds us that we have a choice . This is not about God “sending us to the lake of fire.” It is about us choosing to live without God! Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5:11 , “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others.” Judgment reminds us of the vanity of all things earthly : Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 , “This is the end of the matter; all has been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole [duty] of man. For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” (ASV) This is the conclusion after the Preacher explored every pursuit of man in life under the sun. Every one of these “life under the sun” pursuits was vanity – vapor, brief, short-lived and without eternal value. Therefore, “fear God and keep his commandments for this is the whole of man.” Fearing God and keeping his commandments is the whole purpose of man and it is what makes man whole. Conclusion : What if just one minute from now – just one minute – the last trumpet sounds and we are standing before the great white throne with the Lord God sitting on it. Now, what is this life about? One minute from now, what is it in your life that you kept saying you needed to change, but did not? One minute from now, how much will you wish you had made those changes? Berry Kercheville The post Revelation 20:11-15 Final Judgment: The Great White Throne appeared first on Woodland Hills Church of Christ .…
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The Enemy of Love: Envy, Strife, Jealousy, Wrath Galatians 5:19-21 Introduction: I am excited about the direction the elders have led us as we start the new year. Hopefully and prayerfully this will help us be more thorough in our work together, better share the work so that no one person is overwhelmed, and fulfill needs that often get neglected. I loved what Adam said Wednesday evening: this is not so that deacons do all the needed work, but so that they can better identify the work needed and help us all find a way we can use our talents to help . That being said, and without taking away from the good possibilities ahead, I want to share with you what should be our greatest concern . In fact, it was the greatest concern of Jesus while on the earth. It is the greatest concern expressed by Paul , Peter , and John in all of their letters. That concern is that we do not allow the love we have to be destroyed . The Greatest Concern Ecclesiastes 9:18–10:1 , “Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good. Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.” It doesn’t take a group , it doesn’t take a faction , it just takes one person , and much good can be destroyed. Titus 3:8-11 “The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things , so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. But avoid foolish controversies , genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless . As for a person who stirs up division , after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned .” What kind of person is the above? Is he or she humble, following Paul admonition of submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ? – “valuing others above yourself”? What causes a foolish controversy? Is it not when a person insists on their way and can’t just back off, realizing that Paul commanded, “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts , to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful” ( Col. 3:15 ). Why do these rivalries take place? I would suggest that the number one reason comes from what Jesus said when he rebuked the rivalries of the apostles: “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” ( Matt. 20:25-28 ). We must stop thinking we are “somebody” and that we “deserve” something! We could multiply scriptures like the above, could we not? “ A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” ( John 13:34-35 ). Please note: this is a “new commandment.” It is not the command to love is new, but the extent of the way we are to love is new because it has been defined by the way Jesus loved us. Galatians 5:19-21 Much has already been said about this text, but as a reminder, please note that we are very, very good at being aghast at the sins listed before and after the sins in verse 20. We certainly must recognize the dangers of the sensuality and sexual immoralities, but who would argue that the sins of verse 20 are not extremely dangerous and destructive? Further, these sins will just as easily keep us from inheriting the kingdom as murder, orgies, and sexual immorality. Enmity & Strife These words are complementary, and thus placed side by side. Enmity : the result of two or more parties setting themselves against another in mutual animosity, inclined to work against each other’s good in favor of each party’s own, competing good, rather than working together for the common good . It is also defined as, “Self-centered competition leading to the erosion of community .” When we define strife , it looks like this: “a quarrel, i.e. (by implication) wrangling: — contention, debate, strife, variance.” I have to tell you, by what I saw growing up and sometimes still see, I thought what I read in this definition was what Christians did during Bible class and during men’s business meetings . This Greek word [eris] is used ten times in nine verses in the NT. Notice a few of these: It is used in Romans 1:29 to describe the sins of the Gentiles: “They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness.” It is used in Romans 13:13 when Paul urges Christians to stay away from the sins of darkness: “Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.” Notice how easily Paul mentions the “big” sins in the same breath. It is mentioned three times in the Corinthian letters in the beginning of 1 Corinthians and at the end of 2 Corinthians as an indication of their divisiveness: “For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers” ( 1:11 ). “For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling , jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder” ( 2 Cor. 12:20 ). From the beginning of the first letter to the very end of the second, quarreling was Paul’s main concern. It is used again by Paul to Timothy in referring to some in the church who craved controversy: “He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension , slander, evil suspicions” ( 1 Tim. 6:4 ). Rule of thumb : enmity/strife/quarreling is all sinful . Practice it, and we lose our soul . Practice it, and we destroy God’s church. Instead, the fruit of the Spirit is gentleness . Jealousy and Envy The Greek word for jealousy (zelos) is used 16 times in the NT, but only half those times is it used in a bad sense. The word is also translated “zeal” and is used in a good sense as in zeal for God. Of course, in our text the word is used in a negative sense. As a sin, jealousy is having unfriendly feelings that are excited by another person’s possession of or enjoyment of something good. When compared with “envy” there is a similarity to a point, in that there are bad feelings toward another’s good fortune. But envy is always used in a bad sense and has the additional desire to take away what another has. Thus Saul was envious of David and wanted to kill him. The chief priests were envious of Jesus and later the apostles and sought to do them harm. Thus, envy is the inability to do what Paul commanded in Rom. 12:15 , “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” The envious person does not care about another’s pain or misfortune but is annoyed at their successes. Three things help to overcome this sin: Anything you see that others have will not satisfy them or you . Even if you owned what they have, it would not change your level of joy and that thing would disappoint you. Our treasure is in heaven. Our reward is not and will not be enjoyed in this life. When we are envious and jealous, we are acting like Israel in the wilderness, unthankful and discontent for the rich blessings God has given us. Without contentment, there is no joy. Desire what you already have and you will not be troubled with envy. If your greatest joy is found in God, it is impossible to be envious! How could I be? I already have the best. Wrath The Bible is filled with warnings about anger and how sinful it is. However, it is interesting how difficult it is for us to apply these passages to ourselves. Sinful anger is commonly justified because it is so commonly practiced. You will notice that in most of our modern translations we read, “fits of anger” or “outbursts of wrath.” However, the Greek simply has “wrath” or “anger.” There are numerous forms of anger all the way from a “fit of anger” to giving the “silent treatment” or withdrawing ourselves to someone with whom we are angry. We must remember that though this sin may happen more behind closed doors , it does not change the fact that we “will not inherit the kingdom of God.” Sinful anger may be one of the most rationalized sin because we have convinced ourselves that expressing our anger is the only way we can get a person not to act in a manner that is offensive to us. But that does not excuse the sin. We need to recognize anger for what it is – a means to punish a person for behavior we do not like. Who gave us the right to punish? Even when someone else’s actions or words and sinful, it does not give us the right to punish with our anger. The angry person does not believe they can calmly reason with the person with whom they are angry. In fact, it never crosses their mind. But here is what is critical . A raised voice, an agitated response, a disrespectful criticism, destroys love . Angry people think they are correcting bad behavior but the result is destroying love and respect . “A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.” ( Proverbs 18:19) . Thus, anger or offensive speech builds the bars of a castle, and makes it less likely that this person will respond to you in the future. Anger is also displayed in ways that we typically do not identify as sinful. For example, we may not have an anger fit, but withdrawing from a person with whom we are upset instead of talking out the difference is a way we punish a brother or sister. Matthew 5:45-46 Paul said in Romans 12:17,19 , “Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to what is honorable in the sight of all…Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God…” So when someone hurts our feelings by how they spoke to us or how they treated us, what is a typical response? What reaction does our flesh want to take? Well that’s easy; I don’t want to be around that person any more. I withdraw from them. I avoid them. I may even leave the church because of them. Okay, now what have we done? Our withdrawal is a way to use an anger weapon . When a person does that to you, do you feel punished? Is it extremely hurtful? We have repaid evil for evil. Jesus identified this sin when he said if a brother sins against us seven times in a day and then repents, we are to forgive ( Luke 17 ). What if the first time you sinned against God, the first time you grieved the Spirit of God by your sinfulness, what if God just withdrew from you, and said, “That’s that! I warned you! I’m done with you!” Conclusion: The way we treat one another should always be a grave concern! These sins, along with all the other sins of the flesh have a devastating affect on us, on others, and on our relationship with God. But the worst thing we do is cease to be lights for God and we turn people away from the truth and increase the chances that they will live eternally without God – along with us! Berry Kercheville The post Galatians 5:20 The Enemy of Love: Envy, Strife, Jealousy, Wrath appeared first on Woodland Hills Church of Christ .…
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