Thoughts From the Bible

Read Matthew 13: 36- 43- Jesus was explaining the parable of the weeds to His disciples. There was one section that really c aught my attention. In verses 41 and 42 Jesus told the disciples this, “The Son of Man will send His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all causes of sin and all lawbreakers and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ” I began to think about how horrible this “fiery furnace” experience would be. Who would want to have to endure something like that. It encourages me to continue to work to make sure everyone has a chance to know the grace of Jesus Christ so they will miss this horrible experience. Jesus loves us all, this I know but there will be a day of judgment, and I need to work to make sure as many people as possible miss the bad side of the judgment.    

Read Revelation 20: 11- 15- This is the part of Revelation so many people today do not want to talk about.  They do not want to talk about the judgment of God.  They only want to talk about God’s love for people. They want to lean on this idea and ignore there will be a day when everyone will be judged according to what they did.  It is clear in verses 11 and 12, “Then I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated on it.  From His presence earth a nd sky fled away, and no place was found for them.  And I saw the dead, great and small , standing before the throne, and books were opened.  Then another book was opened which is the book of life.  And the dead were judged by what was written int he books, according to what they had done.” Many people want to talk about their good works while alive on this earth at this point.  Some religions even dwell on good works as the only way into heaven.  On e must look at the Bible in its entirety to...

Read  John 12: 44-50- “Don’t judge me for that.” “You don’t have a right to judge me.” “Don’t be judgey .” We all hear people say these things. Whether it’s about the clothes they are wearing or what lifestyle they choose to live, no one wants their behavior to be judged and determined to be lacking in a specific area. On the other hand, many like to judge others. Their opinions of others suffer when they judge another person to have fallen short in their life in some way. That is usually based on a subjective list of standards. Also, if you look close enough, you will probably find a certain amount of hypocrisy involved. We don’t want to be judged and we shouldn’t judge others. There will come a time, however, when we all will be judged. In verse 48 we hear Jesus saying, “But all who reject me, and my message will be judged on the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken.” The first and most important question will be, “Did you accept my Son or not?” At that give...