God Our Judge

Every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever. Psalm 119:160.

A Bible professor once said, “Never preach Hell without tears in your eyes.” Proclaiming the love of Christ cannot be fully preached without first establishing that God the Father will judge the human race for its disobedience to Him. Because God is righteous, He wants to spare us from the awful reality of Hell. He devised a way to rescue us and save us from His judgment, and so He sent His one and only Son to pay the penalty for our sin. He judged sin at the cross and extended His forgiveness to those who would accept His gift of salvation. For those who reject what Christ did at Calvary, He will judge the world. None of us deserves God’s love. All of us deserve His righteous judgment and wrath (John 3:18; Romans 3:9–12). It is easy to think of evil and depraved people deserving divine judgment, but the kind people that we know will also be judged if they refuse God’s offer of mercy and forgiveness. God judges mankind by the standard of the only God-man who ever lived, Jesus Christ. Jesus, the innocent Lamb of God, stands between our sin and the judgment of God the Father. The cross shows us the seriousness of the judgment of sin—but the cross also shows us the immeasurable love of God. Receive Him without delay.
Graham, Billy. Truth for Each Day : Daily Devotions to Renew Your Mind and Inspire Your Soul (a 365-Day Devotional), Thomas Nelson Incorporated, 2023. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/liberty/detail.action?docID=30516542.
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