I BELIEVE in Godthe Father Almighty, Maker
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of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only
Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born
of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,
dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose
again fromIthe dead; he ascended into in the sitteth on the
BELIEVE heaven, and
right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to
JUDGMENTthe Holy Ghost; the holy to COME
judge the quick and the dead. I believe in
catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen

I BELIEVE in Godthe Father Almighty, Maker
of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only
Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born
of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,
dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose
again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the
right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to
judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy
catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen

Key Question…
“Is There a Coming Judgment?”
The Creed – I Believe in the Judgment to Come

“It is a public scandal that
gives offense, it is no sin
to sin in secret.”
- French Dramatist, Moliner
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\"And there is no creature hidden from
His sight, but all things are open and
laid bare to the eyes of Him with
whom we have to do.\"
(Hebrews 4:13)
\"“But I tell you that every careless
word that people speak, they shall
give an accounting for it in the day of
judgment.\"
(Matthew 12:36)
\"on the day when, according to my
gospel, God will judge the secrets of
men through Christ Jesus.\"
(Romans 2:16)
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But Isn‟t God Love…?
\"In this is love, not that we loved God, but
that He loved us and sent His Son to be
the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if
God so loved us, we also ought to love
one another. No one has seen God at
any time; if we love one another, God
abides in us, and His love is perfected in
us. By this we know that we abide in Him
and He in us, because He has given us of
His Spirit. We have seen and testify that
the Father has sent the Son to be the
Savior of the world.\"
(1 John 4:10-14)
\"The Lord‟s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.\"(Lamentations 3:22-23)
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God is Love, But Also Just
\"A jealous and avenging God is the Lord; The Lord is avenging and wrathful.
The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for
His enemies. The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And the Lord will
by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In whirlwind and storm is His way,
And clouds are the dust beneath His feet. . . .The Lord is good, A
stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in
Him.\"
(Nahum 1:7)
\" “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant
and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,”
says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”\"
(Malachi 4:1)
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The Wrath of God
Five General Types of God‟s
Wrath:
1.Eschatological (Revelation)
2.Calamity (Flood)
3.Eternal (Hell)
4.Consequential (misuse freedom)
5.Abandonment (Romans 1)
\"“He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not
see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”\"(John 3:36)
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Abandonment Wrath
\"“Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof; I will also laugh at your
calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, When your dread comes like a storm And
your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. “Then
they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find
me, Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord. “They
would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof. “So they shall eat of the
fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices.\"(Proverbs 1:24-31)
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The Wrath of Christ
\" And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called
Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a
flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him
which no one knows except Himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and
His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in
fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. From His mouth comes
a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with
a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the
Almighty.\"(Revelation 19:11-15)
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Why is God‟s Wrath Coming?
\"For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man,
who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one
deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes
upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them; for you were
formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light (for the
fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), trying to learn
what is pleasing to the Lord. Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness,
but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are
done by them in secret.\"(Ephesians 5:5-12)
\"Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity,
passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. For it is because of these
things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, and in them you
also once walked, when you were living in them.\"(Colossians 3:5-7)
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Why is God‟s Wrath Coming?
\"“Then in the fourth generation they will return
here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet
complete.”\"(Genesis 15:16)
\"hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so
that they may be saved; with the result that they
always fill up the measure of their sins. But
wrath has come upon them to the utmost.\"(1
Thessalonians 2:16)
The figure of \"heap up\" or \"fill to the full\"
(anaplerosai) points to a well-defined limit of sin
appointed by divine decree. When this point is
reached, divine chastisement becomes
inevitable.
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God Always Warns First
\"The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His
messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place; but
they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at
His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no
remedy.\"(2 Chronicles 36:15-16)
\" And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall
around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-
growers and went on a journey. “At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers,
in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. “They
took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. “Again he sent them another
slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. “And he sent
another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing
others. “He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying,
„They will respect my son.‟ “But those vine-growers said to one another, „This is the
heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!‟ “They took him, and killed him
and threw him out of the vineyard. “What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come
and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others.\"(Mark 12:1-9)
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Judgment is Certain
\"The conclusion, when all has been
heard, is: fear God and keep His
commandments, because this applies
to every person. For God will bring
every act to judgment, everything which
is hidden, whether it is good or evil.\"
(Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)
\"And inasmuch as it is appointed for
men to die once and after this comes
judgment,\"
(Hebrews 9:27)
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How to Have Real Justice…?
Immanuel Kant didn‟t believe
you could know God, but
taught that if God doesn‟t exist,
then ethics were meaningless.
Without God all ethics are
emotive – a matter of opinion.
Kant asked the question,
“What would it take for ethics
to be meaningful?”
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For there to be meaning in ethics there must be … Justice.
What is necessary for justice to be real? This world shows that justice
doesn‟t always prevail. There must be life after death.
Is that enough? No. There must be a judgment. And it must be
perfect.
And for there to be perfect justice and a perfect judgment, there must
be a perfect judge. One that must know all the facts of the case. He
must have all knowledge.
Is that enough? No. the judge must be righteous. A judge can know all
the facts and be corrupt.
Is that enough? No. The judge must have the power to implement and
enforce the justice. Nothing must be able to oppose him.
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The Perfect Judge
\"“For not even the Father judges
anyone, but He has given all judgment
to the Son,\"
(John 5:22)
\"because He has fixed a day in which
He will judge the world in
righteousness through a Man whom
He has appointed, having furnished
proof to all men by raising Him from
the dead.”\"
(Acts 17:31)
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What Judgments are Coming?
1. Bema Seat 2. Sheep/Goat 3. White Throne
This judgment This judgment This judgment
concerns itself concerns itself concerns itself
with the believers with living Jews unbelieving
rewards. Occurs and Gentiles at humans and
after the the end of the fallen angels.
Rapture in tribulation. Occurs outside
Heaven. Occurs on earth. of earth.
1 Cor. 3:11-15 Matt. 25: 31-46 Rev. 20: 11-15
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What Judgments are Coming?
Sheep/Goat /
Judgment of OT Saints White
Believer‟s works Judgment Throne
Judgment Eternity
(Unsaved,
2nd Coming
Fallen
Rapture
Angels)
Tribulation Millennium
7 years 1,000 years
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Bema Seat Judgment
\"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for
his deeds in the body, according to what he has
done, whether good or bad.\" (2 Corinthians 5:10)
• Degrees of rewards
• Quantity of works (Luke 19:11-27; Rom 2:6-7)
• Quality of works (1 Cor. 3:10-14)
• Motivation of works (1 Cor. 4:5)
• Manifested in the crowns we receive (2 Tim. 4:7-
8), robes we wear (Rev. 19:8); degrees of ruling
authority we exercise (Luke 19:11-27)
• Affects Church age saints occurs right after
Rapture (2 Cor. 5:10, Rev. 19:6-9)
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Sheep/Goat/OT Saints Judgment
\"“All the nations will be gathered before Him; and
He will separate them from one another, as the
shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and
He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on
the left.\" (Matthew 25:32-33)
• Living believers and unbelievers judged
• Affects both living Jews and Gentiles
• Tribulation saints (believers who died during that
time) are judged
• Old Testament saints judged (Ezek. 20:34-38)
• Beast and false prophet judged and thrown into
lake of fire
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White Throne Judgment
\" Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat
upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled
away, and no place was found for them. And I saw
the dead, the great and the small, standing before
the throne, and books were opened; and another
book was opened, which is the book of life; and the
dead were judged from the things which were written
in the books, according to their deeds.\" (Revelation
20:11-12)
Satan judged before all others
•
All unbelievers judged
•
All fallen angels judged
•
Only one destination – eternal death
•
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Why a Judgment of the Lost?
\"“And that slave who knew his master‟s will and did not get ready or act in
accord with his will, will receive many lashes, but the one who did not know it,
and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From
everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they
entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.\"(Luke 12:47-48)
\"And while all the people were listening, He said to the disciples, “Beware of
the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful
greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places
of honor at banquets, who devour widows‟ houses, and for appearance‟s
sake offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”\"(Luke
20:45-47)
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Judgments Listed by Tom Ice
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What applications can we take away
from these truths?
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Application #1 – Judgment is Certain
Live with a mission to save the lost.
The first doctrine to be denied in Scripture is Judgment:
“The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die!”
-Genesis 3:4
But God says Judgment is certain:
“For od will bring every act to judgment, everything which is
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hidden, whether it is good or evil.”
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
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\"If sinners be dammed,
at least let them leap
to hell over our
bodies. If they will
perish, let them perish
with our arms about
their knees. Let no
one go there
unwarned and
unprayed for.”
- Charles Spurgeon
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On an American troopship, the soldiers
crowded around their chaplain asking, “Do you
believe in hell?” “I do not”, replied the chaplain.
“Well, then, will you please resign, for if there is
no hell, we do not need you, and if there is a hell,
we do not wish to be led astray.”
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Application #2 – Salvation is Certain
Live with peace and thankfulness.
\"Much more then, having now been justified by His
blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through
Him.\"
(Romans 5:9)
\"For God has not destined us for wrath, but for
obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,\"
(1 Thessalonians 5:9)
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Application #3 – Christ‟s Victory is Certain
Live with confidence and assurance.
\"Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do
some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no
resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not
been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. Moreover we are
even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God
that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ
has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those
also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ
in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied. But now Christ has been
raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man
came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all
die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.\"
(1 Corinthians 15:12-22)
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Christians talk often of being „saved‟
and of „salvation‟, which means
„deliverance‟. But how often do
Christians reflect on the question:
“Saved from what?”
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“For some, Hell is simply a truth
realized too late.”
- Os Guinness
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The Essence of Theological Liberalism:
“a God without wrath brought men
without sin into a kingdom without
judgment through the ministrations of a
Christ without a cross.”
- Richard Niebuhr
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“The judgments of the Lord are
true; they are righteous altogether.\"
(Psalm 19:9)
Judgments – “mishpat” – “Divine Verdicts”
\"“Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with
the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike.
Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal
justly?”\"
(Genesis 18:25)
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I BELIEVE in Godthe Father Almighty, Maker
The Creed
of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only
Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born
of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,
dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose
again fromIthe dead; he ascended into in the sitteth on the
BELIEVE heaven, and
right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to
JUDGMENTthe Holy Ghost; the holy to COME
judge the quick and the dead. I believe in
catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen