God - The Righteous Judge

Righteousness is one of the attributes of God. This means that God is right in all His ways. He makes decisions based on what is right and just, rather than personal opinion or prejudice. In Acts 10:34, Peter declared that God is not a respecter of persons. Meaning that He does not look at your position, your personality, your responsibility, your wealth, earthly achievement, and so on when He judges.

Psalm 7:11 says, "God is a righteous Judge, The God who displays His wrath every day." The supreme judge of all men is God; Him alone has the right and the power to judge us. He has perfect knowledge and cannot err; He is absolutely righteous and can not do injustice.

Psalm 98:9 says, “For the Lord is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice and the nations with fairness." The Lord is coming again to judge both the living and the dead. What is the standard for His judgment? It is clearly written in John 16:8ff “And He, When He is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement: of sin, because they believe not in me, of righteousness because I go to the Father, and you behold me no more: of judgement, because the prince of this world hath been judged”. Here, the basis of His judgement is clear. Nobody will be taken by surprise.

In John 3:18ff, Jesus said “He that believeth in me (the only Begotten Son of God) is not judged, but he that believeth not in me hath been judged already; because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the judgement, that the light is come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. For every one that doeth evil hated the light, and cometh not to the light lest his works should be reproved. But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light that his works may be made manifest that he have been wrought in God.

The judgement is for everybody according to 2Cor. 5:10 which says "for we must all be made manifest before the judgement- seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether it be good or bad."

In Jn: 12:47-48, Jesus said if anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge Him. For I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge. The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. The words of Jesus will be there at judgment, and we will be accountable to what He has taught us. Since we will be judged about sin, let us avoid any act of sin and confess all the ones we have committed. Since we will be judged based on our actions, are you in a right stand with God? Remember that all our righteousness is like filthy rag before God. Citizenship in heaven is not by self-righteousness but imputed righteousness, which is by faith in Jesus Christ.

More so, the prince of this world will come under judgement, let us not have anything to do with the prince of this world, rather let expose them. Eph. 5:11 Brethren, may we run to Jesus Christ, who is the saviour of all, so that you will have no case to answer on the judgement day, Rev. 20:11ff.

REMAIN BLESSED.