WISDOM OF GOD - SERIES PART 1/2

This series examines the great wisdom of God in two parts and the synopsis has been published previously. In this first part, we examine what righteous judgement is about and how it constitutes great wisdom. Part 2 will be the subject of another message to explain how to easily profit from this wisdom to practically overcome this world and all threats by faith in Christ.

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PART 1 OF 2 - THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT OF GOD

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“God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked?every?day” Psalms 7:11 (KJV)

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We will consider this message by answering the following questions:

a)??What is righteous judgement?

b)??How does righteous judgement constitute great wisdom?

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WHAT IS RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT?

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“So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your PERSECUTIONS AND TRIBULATIONS that ye endure: Which is a manifest token of the RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which?ye?also?suffer” 2 Thessalonians 1:4-5 (KJV).

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“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer?persecution” 2 Timothy 3:12 (KJV).

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“Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the?kingdom?of?God” Acts 14:22 (KJV).

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Righteous judgement refers to the chastening that every believer in Christ must (of necessity) willingly partake as to share in the holiness of God (Hebrews 12:5-11). “And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the CHASTENING of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. IF YE ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD DEALETH WITH YOU AS WITH SONS; FOR WHAT SON IS HE WHOM THE FATHER CHASTENETH NOT? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? FOR THEY VERILY FOR A FEW DAYS CHASTENED US AFTER THEIR OWN PLEASURE; BUT HE FOR OUR PROFIT, THAT WE MIGHT BE PARTAKERS OF HIS HOLINESS. Now NO CHASTENING FOR THE PRESENT SEEMETH TO BE JOYOUS, BUT GRIEVOUS: NEVERTHELESS AFTERWARD IT YIELDETH THE PEACEABLE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO THEM WHICH ARE EXERCISED?THEREBY” Hebrews 12:5-11 (KJV).

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To clearly understand righteous judgement it will be helpful to distinguish it from the white throne judgement – sinners’ judgement (Revelation 20:10-15). The table above shows the distinction between the two. Every sin must be perfectly judged (Galatians 6:7,8). “Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after” 1 Timothy 5:24 (KJV). Righteous judgement and white throne judgement are the two options before every man to choose – either (1) to have their sins perfectly judged in Christ in this lifetime to be completely free, or (2) to postpone their judgement to the end when it will be without remedy in the lake of fire.

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HOW DOES RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT CONSTITUTE GREAT WISDOM?

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“Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this?generation” Luke 11:49-50 (KJV).

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The life of Christ on earth including His crucifixion and resurrection made it possible for every sinner to choose to have their sins perfectly judged in Christ to be set free in eternity. He was righteous (sinless), yet took our place to be judged, to fulfill the requirements of an uncompromising and righteous Judge, to perfectly judge the sins of the world, and provide the benefits as a gift for all men. His whole life on earth shows a perfect example of passing through righteous judgement (gladly bearing reproaches – Hebrews 13:12,13) for any willing man to follow (1 Peter 2:19-23).

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To understand how this constitutes great wisdom, imagine for a moment that the men who reproached and crucified Christ, and also refused to accept His prayer for their pardon in their lifetime, are now standing before Christ (seated as their Judge), at the white throne judgment at the end of the world. These men will be speeches and will condemn themselves and justify their being judged without remedy. This brings glory to God for a perfect acceptable judgement of all evil.

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Righteous judgement perfectly judges all sins of believers in Christ in this life especially their sinful Adamic nature represented by their flesh which must be crucified with Christ (that is to suffer reproaches with Him – Philippians 1:29,30). ?It clearly separates the righteous from the wicked by the gospel of Christ. Those who truly believe in Christ suffer with Him by the gospel, being persecuted by those who refuse to believe, and offended by the gospel and His cross. This makes it possible for God to justifiably reward and compensate only the persecuted believers and no persecutor can accuse God of partiality. Let us now see examples of this separation.

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Some say they believe in God or Christ but kick against the gospel of Christ by forbidding preaching. An example of this is in many social media platforms with so-called “Christians” forbidding the word of God to be posted in their groups, but allow any other word of men, even corrupting words of this world. This makes those without backbone to be afraid to preach for fear of reproach. It is also very common for some who call themselves Christians to take offense when they hear anyone telling them anything about the word of God or suggesting to open Bible to show what God is saying about a situation. ?But these same people will never be as angry when a man comes to gossip or narrate some corrupt stories. This is the spirit of anti-Christ at work and clearly proves to such ones that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ because they are rejecting the witness of God. ?

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There are also some genuinely born-again believers who disobey the commandment of perfect love from Christ to love others even as He loved us to the point of death. As He is our perfect example to follow, we (believers) are expected to show this love by preaching the gospel to others to win and establish them by sound doctrine (John 15:16); and also living a life devoid of murmuring and complaining even in the face of reproaches (Philippians 2:14,15), but rather free of fear and full of thanksgiving to God for everything including reproaches (Hebrews 13:12-15; 1 Thessalonians 5:15-18). Meanwhile, there are many baby believers who refuse to outgrow babyhood and therefore lack the backbone to preach the gospel, for fear of the associated reproaches, being fearful or ashamed of the gospel and thereby rejecting righteous judgement in favor of the white throne judgement as stated in Mark 8:38. “Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the?holy?angels” Mark 8:38 (KJV).

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Now that you know about righteous judgement see that you learn how to easily embrace it to be free eternally in Christ. This will be the subject of Part 2 of 2 that will discuss how to profit from it.

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God bless this message in the hearts of every reader in Jesus name. Amen.

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Watch out for Part 2 of this series to be published next.