Christ is Judge

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for November 29
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Christ is Judge

The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.
John 5:22. 


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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