Posted on 10/19/2019 4:50:49 AM PDT by metmom
“‘For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son’” (John 5:22).
Jesus’ authority to grant spiritual life to whomever He chooses is consistent with His authority to judge all men on the last day (cf. 3:18–19; 12:48). Since God is the “Judge of all the earth” (Gen. 18:25), the fact that the Father judges no one, but “has given all judgment to the Son,” further attests to Christ’s deity. Because their wills are in perfect harmony, all judgment can be given to Christ in the assurance that His judgment will be, in fact, the very same as the Father’s judgment. Although judgment was not the primary purpose of Christ’s first coming to earth (3:17; 12:47), it remains the inescapable final result of rejecting the salvation He offers (3:18).
In the future, “the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus” (2 Thess. 1:7–8), because God “has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead” (Acts 17:31). On that final, terrible day of judgment, those who rejected Jesus will hear Him say, “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness” (Matt. 7:23).
Take the time right now to examine your relationship to Christ. Make sure you are depending on His grace and mercy for salvation, not on your own sincere efforts.
Ask Yourself
Knowing ourselves and our tendency to sin, our view of God’s power is perhaps most clearly seen, not in His ability and authority to judge but in His willingness to continually restrain it. That He doesn’t begrudge His sacrifice but keeps applying it to our need is evidence of the highest form of mercy. Thank Him heartily for this today.
Studying God’s Word ping
Matt. 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Judge righteously and you will be judged righteously.
Twisting words/concepts to fit a certain view is not proper.
I see you completely missed the context of the passage.
Then clue me in. Prove it, don't accuse it.
The passage deals with the final judgment...not the day to day you posted about.
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
As with many modern day preachers he left out the second half of the verse.
The passage deals with more than the final judgement.
We are to honour the Son day to day and judging righteously day to day is honouring Him.
Just stop.
Stop what?
Trying to explain the text.
I'm explaining what I believe based upon the text.
Why do you have a problem with that?
You did initiate the conversation claiming I "completely missed the context of the passage".
I'm showing that I didn't.
Are we, or are we not, to honour the Son? (you know, that part of the verses that was left out of the article)
Do we do him honour when we follow his teachings?
If we do honour Him then shouldn't we do that daily?
I'm not claiming that final judgement doesn't fall to Him or that such final judgement is mankind's role, am I?
In your opinion what does the passage deal with besides the final judgement?
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