I imagine that when someone dies and stands in judgment before God, he or she will finally understand God’s righteousness.
Have you ever been to a Judgment House? Basically, A Judgment House is the Christian alternative to a Haunted House. You are led through a church seeing a different scene for each room. The story line usually goes something like this:
1. Christian family having breakfast together
2. Drunk teenagers at a party decide to go get some more beer
3. Horriffic car accident. 4 teenagers dead, 2 of the family members in critical condition.
4. Hospital young boy of family dies from injuries sustained in car crash
5. Heaven-standing in judgment before God.
One of the teenagers stands before god and as God is looking through the Book of Life, she says, “I was a good person. I went to church. I just know my name has to be in there. I volunteered at the local homeless shelter. I have money for missions…” She begins to cry out desperately as Satan’s angels are dragging her to Hell. She cries out to God, trying to convince Him of her holiness.
I think that when we stand before God, we will fully realize His righteousness, and if we are able to speak at all, there will only be two possible answers:
“I trust in the blood of Jesus to save me”
Or
“Poor wretched sinner that I am.”
I don’t think we will even bother trying to rationalize our sins before God because when we know his holiness, we will understand our unrighteousness.
by Sunny Daydreame on February 26, 2003
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At evening when I go to bed
I see the stars shine overhead.
They are the little daisies white
That dot the meadow of the night.
And often while I’m dreaming so,
Across the sky the moon will go.
It is a lady, sweet and fair,
Who comes to gather daisies there.
For, when at morning I arise,
There’s not a star left in the skies,
She’s picked them all
and dropped them down
Into the meadows of the town.
by Sunny Daydreame on February 24, 2003
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Justification: to be declared righteous before God. Not because of anything that I have done but because He who knew no sin became sin so that I might be righteous through him.
I believed in Jesus before I was even 4 years old. Some may say that at that young, I didn’t really know what I was doing. Believe me, I did. I knew that I was a sinner, and Jesus died for my sins. That was enough for me to know that I needed Him for salvation.
I have failed God often. My life hasn’t always been pretty. But God can use me inspite of–and sometimes because of–my failures.
Two Weeks ago I had to deliver a speech: “My Personal Christian Testimony” I was talking to Sam and I said, “I don’t feel qualified to give a speech on my walk with Christ, but If I’m not then who is?”
Sam said, “God doesn’t call the qualified, he qualifies the called.”
Justification
My righteousness has been secured in the highest court in the universe.
My Judge: God
My Plea: Saved by Grace
Key Witness: Jesus Christ
His argument: I died for this little child so that she could inherit the kingdom of heaven. Do not judge her for her unrighteousness. I give her my righteousness to wash away all of her transgressions. I offered my body as a sacrifice in payment for her sins.
Praise The Lord! I’m saved!
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