Bible Questions Answered:
“I don't believe God is a God of
judgment, how about I Corinthians 15:22 ?...”
Brenda/ State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
South America
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
I Corinthians 15:20-23 NLT
20 But in fact,
Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a
great harvest of all who have died.
21 So you see,
just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection
from the dead has begun through another Man.
22 Just as
everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to
Christ will be given new life.
23 But there is
an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the
harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes
back.
These
scriptures refer to physical resurrection, not spiritual redemption!
How careful we must be when reading the sacred Word Of God!
Another verse wrongfully used is I Timothy 2:3,4 KJV.
I Timothy 2:3,4 NLT
3 This is good and pleases God Our Savior,
4 who wants everyone to be saved and to understand The Truth.
This is spiritual fatalism. Yes our God's desire, is that all would
be saved, true! Yet He knows there
will be those, who will refuse, His offer of a free pardon.
Matthew 7:13,14 KJV
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad
is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which
go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is The Way, which
leadeth unto Life, and few there be that find it.
When our Lord spoke these words, He openly signified
that man by his choice, receives either life, or death.
John 1:12 KJV
But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to
become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name:
Hebrew 9:27 KJV
(This verse tells us that after death, is judgment.)
And as it is appointed unto men once to
die, but after this the judgment:
A Sampling Of What The Word
Says Concerning Judgment:
Genesis 18:25 KJV
"...Shall not The Judge of all the earth do right?"
Psalm 9:7 KJV
But The Lord shall endure for ever: He hath prepared His throne
for judgment.
Psalm 58:11 KJV
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the
righteous: verily He is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Psalm 96:13 KJV
Before The Lord: for He cometh, for He cometh to judge the earth:
He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with His
Truth.
Ecclesiastes 3:17 KJV
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the
wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every
work.
Matthew 25:46 KJV (Read the whole story-31-46/ Judgment of the
living nations.)
32 And before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall
separate them one from another, as A Shepherd divideth His sheep from
the goats:
33 And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on
the left.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the
righteous into Life eternal.
Mark 6:11 KJV
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart
thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against
them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and
Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
John 3:18-21 NLT
18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in Him
(Jesus). But anyone who does not believe in Him has already been
judged for not believing in God’s One And Only Son.
19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s Light came into
the world, but people loved the darkness more than The Light, for
their actions were evil.
20 All who do evil hate The Light and refuse to go near it for
fear their sins will be exposed.
21 But those who do what is right come to The Light so others can
see that they are doing what God wants.”
John 5:22,27 KJV
22 For The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment
unto The Son:
27 And hath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because
He is
The Son Of Man.
John 12:31 KJV
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this
world be cast out.
Acts 10:42 NLT
And He ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Jesus
is the one appointed by God to be
The Judge Of All—The Living And The Dead.
Acts 17:30-31 NLT
30 “God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in
earlier times, but now He commands everyone everywhere to repent
of their sins and turn to Him.
31 For He has set a day for judging the world with justice by
The Man He has appointed, and He proved to everyone who this is
by raising Him from the dead.”
Romans 2:16 NLT
And this is the message I proclaim—that the day is coming when
God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s secret
life.
Romans 14:10 KJV
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at
nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before The Judgment
Seat Of Christ.
II Corinthians 5:10 KJV
For we must all appear before The Judgment Seat Of Christ;
that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to
that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
II Thessalonians 1:7-9 KJV
7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when The Lord Jesus
shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and
that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the
presence of The Lord, and from the glory of His power;
II Timothy 4:1 NLT
I solemnly urge you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus,
who will someday judge the living and the dead when He comes to
set up His Kingdom:
Hebrews 12:23 KJV
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are
written in heaven, and to
God The Judge Of All, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
I Peter 1:17 KJV
And if ye call on The Father, who without respect of persons
judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your
sojourning here in fear:
I Peter 4:5 KJV
4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the
same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
5 Who shall give account to Him that is ready to judge the quick
and the dead.
II Peter 2:9 KJV
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and
to reserve the unjust unto
the day of judgment to be punished:
II Peter 3:7 NLT
And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been
stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment,
when ungodly people will be destroyed.
I John 4:17 KJV
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the
day of judgment: because as He is, so are we in this world.
Jude 1:14,15 KJV
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these,
saying, Behold,
The Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that
are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have
ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly
sinners have spoken against Him.
Revelation 20:11-15 KJV
(Great White Throne Judgment)
11 And I saw a Great White Throne, and Him that sat on it,
from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was
found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the
books were opened: and another book was opened, which is The Book Of
Life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written
in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and
hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were
judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in The Book Of Life was
cast into the lake of fire.
Revelation 21:8 KJV
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and
murderers, and whore mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all
liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation 22:12 KJV
And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give
every man according as his work shall be.
Sin cannot come before the presence of God, and enter heaven.
Habakkuk 1:13 KJV
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on
iniquity..."
Revelation 21:27 KJV
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth,
neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they
which are written in
The Lamb's Book Of Life.
Because of our God's justice, sin must be judged.
Justice:
The quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral
rightness:
(Dictionary.com)
Man may escape the judgment of God, by repenting of his sins now and
accepting The Lord Jesus as his Savior.
John 3:16-18 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the
world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned already,
because he hath not believed in the name of The Only Begotten Son Of
God.
John 5:24 KJV
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My Word, and
believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall
not come into condemnation; but is passed from
death unto Life.
Romans 8:1 KJV
There is therefore now no condemnation to
them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but
after The Spirit.
Acts 13:38,39 NLT
38 “Brothers, listen! We are here to proclaim that through
this Man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins.
39 Everyone who believes in Him is made right in God’s
sight—something the law of Moses could never do.
Is God, a God of judgment, yes!
Daniel 12:2 KJV
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting Life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
John 5:26-29 KJV
26 For as The Father hath Life in Himself; so hath He given to The
Son to have Life in Himself;
27 And hath given Him authority to execute judgment also,
because He is
The Son Of Man.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all
that are in the graves shall hear
His voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the
resurrection of Life; and they that have done evil, unto the
resurrection of damnation.
Acts 24:15 KJV
"...there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the
just and unjust.
Friend, today is the day of salvation. Call upon The Lord Jesus now,
asking in repentance of sin, for His salvation.
Hebrews 10:31 KJV
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of The Living God.
