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Christ is Judge, November 29
The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto
the Son.
John 5:22
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In His teachings, Christ sought to impress men with the certainty of the
coming judgment, and with its publicity. This is not the judgment of a few
individuals, or even of a nation, but of a whole world of human intelligences,
of accountable beings. It is to be held in the presence of other worlds, that
the love, the integrity, the service, of man for God, may be honored to the
highest degree. There will be no lack of glory and honor.... The law of
God will be revealed in its majesty; and those who have stood in defiant
rebellion against its holy precepts will understand that the law that they
have discarded, and despised, and trampled underfoot is God’s standard of
character....
In this speck of a world, the heavenly universe manifests the greatest
interest; for Jesus paid an infinite price for the souls of its inhabitants....
God has committed all judgment unto the Son, for without controversy
He is God manifest in the flesh.
God designed that the Prince of sufferers in humanity should be judge
of the whole world. He who came from the heavenly courts to save man
from eternal death; ... He who submitted to be arraigned before an earthly
tribunal, and who suffered the ignominious death of the cross—He alone is
to pronounce the sentence of reward or of punishment. He who submitted
to the suffering and humiliation of the cross here, in the counsel of God is
to have the fullest compensation, and ascend the throne acknowledged by
all the heavenly universe as the King of saints. He has undertaken the work
of salvation, and shown before unfallen worlds and the heavenly family that
the work He has begun He is able to complete....
In the day of final punishment and reward, both saints and sinners will
recognize in Him who was crucified the Judge of all living.... Solemn will
be the day of final decision.... Probationary time is granted us, opportunities
and privileges are given us, to make our calling and election sure. How we
should prize this precious time, and improve every talent God has given,
that we may be faithful stewards over ourselves.
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