Judgment

Job 19:29 – “If you say, ‘How we will hound him, since the root of the trouble lies in him,’ you should fear the sword yourselves; for wrath will bring punishment by the sword, and then you will know that there is judgment.”

Psalm 1:5 – Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Psalm 58:11 – Then people will say, “Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.”

Ecclesiastes 3:17 – I said to myself, “God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.”

Ecclesiastes 11:9 – You who are young, be happy while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Application:

• ·         “Will not stand in the judgment” means will not be able to withstand God’s wrath when He judges.
• ·         When God has judged the unjust “gods”, all people will see that right ultimately triumphs under God’s just rule.
• ·         God’s true judgments are the answer to cynicism about human injustices. “The past” is not meaningless, and God will override the perverse judgments of people. No one will escape divine judgment.
• ·         The prospect of divine praise or blame makes every detail of life significant rather than meaningless.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV