God is just, hates sin, and, therefore, He must punish every deviation from His standard of moral perfection (Gal 3:10; Jas 2:10). All humans and the fallen angels will be given their just punishment but humans who believe in Christ have been forgiven and will be given a gracious reward for their faith-inspired deeds of loving loyalty to Him (Rev 20:11-15; Rom 14:10-12). The Lord Jesus Christ will be the Judge (Jn 5:27).
What will the Lord judge about us at The Final Judgment? Our motives (Prov 16:2) and thoughts (Mt 5:28) will be judged. In addition, God will judge our deeds (Rom 2:6), conscience (Rom 1:18-21), and words (Mt 12:36-37). This will cover our entire life up until death (2 Cor 5:10; Heb 9:27).
What are the results of The Final Judgment? Those who have trusted Christ to forgive them for their wrongdoing, having already been given eternal life (Jn 3:16; 5:24) and can never be condemned (Rom 8:1). They are judged to determine the amount of reward they will receive (1 Cor 3:11-15; 15:41-42). Those who rejected Christ in this life will be punished, to varying degrees based on the revelation of God’s will they had (Lk 12:47-48). In the traditional view, this punishment will be conscious torment that is eternal. On the other hand, it does seem possible to believe there is suitable conscious punishment followed by destruction that is eternal in its effects (i.e. they will be punished and then destroyed, never to become alive again). See 2 Thess 1:9 as just one example. I cannot confidently advocate either view but would prefer the latter to be true.
The Final Judgment should motivate us to avoid sin (2 Pet 3:7-14). It should comfort us in our suffering (2 Pet 3:13) and help us to accept God’s forgiveness that is offered through Christ (Jn 3:16; 14:6).
We may avoid enriching commitments because they are costly.
We need to increasingly be delivered from error, unnecessary evil, and the evil one.
by Dr. Mark Avery Reed
A ‘hopeless’ spouse doesn’t mean a hopeless marriage. Have you ever felt hopeless about your marriage improving because it seems that your spouse is unwilling to change? You don’t think your marriage can get better because you believe your spouse is hopelessly unwilling to change – and you assume that their changing is necessary for marital improvement to begin. That assumption is wrong.
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Daily Christian Living is set up to be a daily two-minute Bible study on one of over 275 topics about how to live the Christian life. It includes passage insights from about 50 translations, top commentaries or language aides, quotes, and stories from famous people. All this is geared to answer the question, ‘How then, should I live?’ In two short minutes, you learn great things from the Bible that many people don’t know with wonderful applications about how to live.
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Have you ever wondered how to get the most out of your Bible reading? Do you want deeper insight into the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer? This book covers five key ways of interpreting the Bible that will enrich your understanding of it. Many other ways to better understand the Bible are explained in an appendix.
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God’s 40 hints are taken from the Old Testament book, The Song of Songs. The Song depicts the kind of marital lovemaking the Lord wants His saved couples to experience. By looking at the key characteristics of marital sex the couple in the Song displays, we can understand what to do to vastly improve our own marital lovemaking.
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It is so easy to be insensitive to the very many ways we are rude to our spouse. Jesus said that the key problem in marriage is hardness of heart (Mt 19:8). This book addresses the great need to recognize many of the ways we are rude and gives us ideas for how to display better manners toward our spouse. It is vital that we improve our manners in marriage. Small changes can eventually have great results.
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Discover tools to answer many of the burning questions we all face each and everyday. It is not enough just to make a flippant decision on daily matters whether large or small. God has a specific plan for our life that involves listening to Him and making sound judgement.
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We know the enemy’s strategies for ruining our lives. He will attack our vulnerabilities, but if we can identify what those are and prepare ourselves, we may avoid ourselves and family through unnecessary pain and anguish.
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Too many people live their lives in a very general manner - believing that as long as they do “good” things and try their best they are fulfilling God’s plan for their life. However, that is not how Jesus lived, and it is not how we should live either. We are to be directed by the Spirit on a day in, day out basis.
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Instead of being timid, learn to be appropriately bold.