Praise to the JUDGE of the LIVING & the DEAD
“I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to JUDGE the living and the dead…”
My husband is a State District Judge over three counties. All day people appear before him. Literally thousands of people have been in his courts. But that is nothing compared to the judgement and courtroom to come. God and Christ Jesus will JUDGE the living and the dead. For those who have called on the name of Jesus for salvation, it will be a judgment of rewards. For those who have rejected God’s gift of forgiveness in Christ, it will be a judgement of works and even thoughts; against which no one will be declared righteousness. If our standing before God is one of rewards, then certainly we have reason to praise.
Lord, I praise you, JUDGE of the LIVING and the DEAD!