09/07/2024
Thank God that Christ is our judge.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to that he has done, whether good or bad (2 Corinthians 5:10)
Who is this Judge of all the earth before whom we each must stand? The text referred to “the judgment seat of Christ.” Did you ever think about that? Listen: The Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son (John 5:22).
The same story is found also in Romans 2:16: God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
It is by Jesus Christ through whom God will judge the secrets of men. It wasn’t for nothing that Paul added, “according to my Gospel.” A major part of the Good News is that One with our human nature, the Son of man, our Elder Brother, is to be our Judge. The Crucified One is to be the Judge of sinners. Good News indeed!
This is where the judgment differs from the tribunals of our day. It is not to be just an indictment because of sins committed. In fact, the real issue is not the sin question primarily, but the Son question. The Judge himself has declared: John 3:18 "Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son."
Blessed day!
