Under Judgment 1: meaning under God's wrath, headed for hell, no hope, no exit; vs. Under Judgment II meaning glory-bound, but still answerable for your own thoughts, words and deeds. ALL of them.
"But I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment."
(Matthew 12:36)
Dismas exemplifies Judgment II. Dismas said that his crucifixion was a just punishment, it was due to him because of his sins. Jesus apparently agreed, because he did not deny what Dismas said, AND he did not get him down from the cross. Dismas, though saved, still had to suffer what was due to him because of his sins.
Dismas took up his cross.
So do we all. Or else, where's the justice? Jesus said we cannot be His disciples unless we take up our cross.
Think again of God's mercy, which is enacted through His justice; and His justice, which is enacted through His mercy. In God, justice and mercy are not opposites or antagonists.
Mercy and truth have met each other:
justice and peace have kissed.
Psalm 85:10
It is impossible that they should be antagonists: that mercy would annihilate justice, as if it were a flawed thing. Justice is not a mean or flawed or inferior thing. It is the foundation of His throne.
Facing the reality that all of us will receive recompense from God for our sins, we accept His justice. This makes the mercy all the greater because in the end it totally triumphs. It "superabounds".
"And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds."God's mercy and justice work together and triumph totally: In His justice, God recognizes our sin and the need of its reparation, while, in His mercy, He showers upon us the grace and the power to repent and to make reparation.
Psalm 62:12"You know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism. Colossians 3:24-25
"And loving-kindness is Yours, O Lord, for You recompense a man according to his work."
Proverbs 24:12
Matthew 16:24Think of Dismas again.
Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me."
He bears the the cross --- as Jesus said we must do, or we cannot be His disciples -- and then he is borne up to Heaven in Jesus' arms, in triumph! As we shall do!
May Christ, our matchless Savior, be glorified forever!
Until you can differentiate between the two it's hard to have a conversation with you.
Have you had any serious Biblical training? I'm serious when I ask this.