Judgement

Judgment is a harsh word, one we like to avoid. Paul has a lot to say about God's judgment in Romans 2. At our church we are going through Romans right now and you can check out that teaching here.

Judgment is basically God making a decision about us. That decision is based on evidence. The evidence is what we have said and done in our lives. God is the only one who can make a right decision because he isn't tainted by the fallen world around us and our own nature, which makes us see everything in a slanted way.

But in reality, there is only one decision that God makes and one decision you make. That decision determines the outcome of judgment. We read about it in John 3:

3:16"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light lest his works should be exposed. 21But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God."

God doesn't want anyone to miss eternal life. In the end, the decision you make as to whether to accept God's free gift is the most important decision you will ever make. It's not about how good you are, it's about whether you know Jesus, God's Son.

No huge insights today, just the simple truth of the gospel, a truth that couldn't be more important!

Pastor Tom