Judgment (28)
  1. Nature ends in stinging judgment from its Creator.
  2. As both law and gospel are proclaimed, judgment and deliverance are miraculously pronounced over the hearer.
  3. God's Son comes to deal with the infestation of sin, but in an unforeseen twist of grace, he’s the only one who goes under the knife.
  4. The youths that mock Elisha are representative of Israel’s collective contempt and disregard for all things relating to their One True God.
  5. Jesus Christ is our peace because he doesn't criticize us. He declares us freed from our perceptions to accept the truth about ourselves.
  6. What does the return of the Lord Jesus in judgment mean for me now in the face of all the real-life verdicts that I have to face?
  7. In this context where death looms large, Jesus reveals a kingdom where life looms even larger.
  8. Because Israel has turned the eschatology of the Day of the LORD into “escapism” Amos turns that notion on its head in his prophecy.
  9. As we stand before our Lord dead in our transgressions and guilt, Jesus pronounces His judgment upon us. He absolves us.
  10. As we judge and demand payment from one another, we fashion a world not only skeptical of forgiveness, grace, and mercy... but downright opposed to it.
  11. We all live with the knowledge of good and evil, but lack the power or ability to affect either one. We can judge good and evil but we cannot control them.
  12. In many ways [this text] brings to mind Judgement Day and the separation of the sheep from the goats when Christ the King comes to take His treasured possession home to be with Him in the courts of everlasting life.
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