God: A Just Judge
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
How
just are the judgments of God! In Rom. 2:16 St. Paul says: “God shall
judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.” Notice
carefully what this involves:
1.
He will judge “the secrets of men.” In human courts there are often
miscarriages of justice because all the facts are not brought to light.
But at the “Great White Throne” there will be a Judge with “eyes… as a
flame of fire” (Rev. 19:12), before whom no secret can remain hidden.
(See also Heb. 4:13).
2.
He will judge the secrets of men “by Jesus Christ.” Not the Father, but
the Son will preside at the judgment of the unsaved. John 5:22 declares
that “the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto
the Son” and Verse 27 adds that the Father has given the Son this
authority “because He is the Son of man.” This insures just judgment,
for, men will be judged in that day by the One who loved them enough to
become a man that He might understand and help men, and even die for
their sins.
3.
He will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ “according to my
gospel,” says Paul. How eminently fair and just this is. If He judged
men according to the law of Moses no one ever would be saved, for all of
us have broken the Law. Moreover the children of fallen Adam, because
of their depraved nature, cannot consistently keep the Law. Thus they
will not be judged on the basis of that which they were unable to live
up to. This is why He will judge men according to the good news
proclaimed by Paul, which is the great truth that salvation is denied to
no one who takes God at His Word and approaches Him in His way. His way
for today? “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.”
“To him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness” (Rom. 4:5).
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