The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1969

ucce fully concealed his identity. For the e man)' ) ear he had e caped a date \Vith the electric chair. In l 9_0 he and t~'O ther men bad been a cu ed of laying a restaurant owner in Akron. He made the tatement to the ummit County prosecutor, ' 'I ~new it Y1aS coming. It had been a long time. I was hopin.g it wouldn t." For the inner Gods judgment may seem like a long time in coming. But it ,,,ill come. You may think it will ne,·er come. But judgment will con1e. . God· judgment is righteous. Romans 2: 5 reveal to us that when God judge He will judge righteously. There is nothing rigged. Full jusitice will be done. o one can truthfully ay at that day 'I dridn 1 t get a fair deal.' ' Whatever jud,gmen,t is given ourt, ~t will be right. Every person wiLJ de erve exactly that which he receives. Dr. Loui S. Bauman, great prophetic Bible cholar, now deceased, once reported in The Sunda)' School Times, "A nouri hing and extraordinarily beautiful city was Messina, Italy. In 1909 December 28th, 84,000 people ~'ere killed by an earthquake. The people of the city were very wicked. The journal II Telephono had actually publi hed an abominable parody only three da}'S before daring God to make Himself kn1own by sending an ear,thquake. He took the people at their word. He sent the earthquake and 84,000 people died.'' D. od· judgn1ent is according to lvorks. Romans 2: 6 tells us very plai nl}' that God wil.1 judge people according to their works. Revelation 20:11-15 ; 21:8, 27; 22:11; R.001ans l ~ 28-32 all reveal to us concerning C1od ' judgment upon inner . On one occ~ 1on I talked to a 36 year o ld n1an in the home of hi sister. J J>1e<l ,,.1 ith him to accept hrist as av iot1r. He had attended ot1r services bttt had rejected Je u up to thi t i 111e. A he at on th couch he aid , "Pre, chcr, I 11 tell ou why' I' n1 n 1 goi ng to get , v ,() n \V. If I want t dri n ,. ]iqt1or, ] a1n g i 11g lo do it and n dy i g i ng to t 11 n1 n t to. 1 f 1 v,ra11 ~ g t the <1 n c \; , I an1 ,....,.,_,.in , t 1 d 11c a11d I 'n1 1101 g i ng 1et an}'l d)' tell r11 11 t to. Jf l \\ nt g out , ,,,iitJ1 r 111 n, ] ' 111 go i11g ut "'i tl1 w 11 11 a nd 11 l )' i g ir1g t ell m n l .,, I t ri· o 1 e, 0 11 V\ itl1 t1i r1 an ~ ~' hin1 111 ri us- n f luI t i11g f hi , 1, ,at i 11. 1 l i d r 11 ;i.,j tl1 ~1i:111 11 , , l11m il1 ri u n 1y j t in. 11 11. ntl 1 ir r t i mi J 1 ,t a OHIO I D P ND NT BAPTI . n1oldering mattre , and the charred l)od ~ f thi n1an. I an1 not the judge l)ut 11 ~een1 he e\ identl)· ,, ent to Hell. He had jt1 t co1ne in fron1 a 1tight of ?ebauchery and in. The worst part 1 th~t on1eday he will be judged ac– cording to hi wicked works and then ca t .into t~e Lake of Fire. The severity of h1 pun1 hment in the Lake of Fire will be according to hi \\;·orks and will be according to your \.\.'orks. 'Jesus aid some will be beaten with fei-v tripe ~rbile other will be beaten with 111a11y stripes. Many will receive the greater damnation. ( ft. 23: 14 15) I believe that the e are those who are religious leader - tho e that deliberately lead other a tray. Jlhey neither go into the kingdom them elve nor t1ffer o,thers to go who would. (Mt. 23: 13) o sinner just in1ply goes to Hell or ju t goes to the Lake of Fire. Tihere i more - far more. E. J Ltdgment of God is made y.,itlz– ozt t respect to perso11s. Ron1ans 2: 11 reveals to tls that the 1 ew and the Gentile will both end up in ,the same place if he rejeots Jesus Chri t as aviour. It doe n't matter ,vho an individt1al i ·. He may be rich or poor, religiot1s or irreligiot1 , cultt1ral or wicked king or pea ant, all orf the e and others will end up in the Lake of Fire if they die witho11t Je u Christ as aviot1r. Felix was governor at Caesarea. Paul appeared before hin1 and hi wife Priscilla. Paul rea oned w,ith them of righteou nes , temperance, and judg– ment tc) con1e. The criptt1re state "Feli trembled." Peli ~aid "Go thy way for this tin1e: when I have a more convenienrt ea on, I will con1e for thee. ' Felix never got ar und to calling for Paul. He tren1bled bt1t never w a . i1vc 1. . 1od ~ ill jt1 lge all thing<; b, 1 I e.\·1,s l1rist . Ror11 ,1n\ 2: 16 re\'eal. tha t Je Lts C hr1\t \\: ilJ jt1dge pc pie tlCC<.)rcl1ng tc the (ro\r~ J. J htl 5. --· "-1or the Fnlh~r Jt1clgeth 11 111a 11. bt1t hath co111111ittt.:ll iall jt1d g 111en l 1111t th . ) 11 • ., J }) 1 : 27 ,l ,It ~~. " n i 11 th giv 11 J-1i111 (J t.:~t , ) at1tl1 , rit./ t l tllc jt1d g 111 111 • . . l)t: "Utt •• h is t l 1 S 11 f 111 • n." J 1, 11 5 : 3 0 t ls gi ,, t(> 11 tl1 c ,,, r ls: ··... , I 11 tr. 1 jtt lge: a 11 t 111 1 jt1 l g 1 1 Il l is j l l t. ' I< v t: I t i 11 - 0: I I r , ·, I t ti 1t1e c , , rd , "1\ 11 I n,, . grt.: l ,, l1it l hr 11 • n ) }1 i 11 l t Jl, I , l ll i I, f Ii( Ill , , 11 fi. .. th ·1rt 11 a 11 1 1]1 l1t av 11 f l~d ' tv. ' ' I > udg t1l I l t: 11 SlJ S t1 I i l h c \ )1 · re jL1 lg I , 1 l1n I \ 11 I t I J r t I I l I I S. I t l l ti , 11 J n 11 g I }1 I t 11 I ll ri l , n I re urrection of Je u hri. t. \Vhat a per on doe \.\ ith Je us hri t and Hi go pel determine " Yt hero he ~1end e ternity. Ron1ans 1: 16 and 10 :9 tate that a per on must be- 1 ieve the go pel and mu t believe con– cerning the death, burial and resur– rection of J e u Chri t or else be lo t forever. \ ' er e 4 reveal to us in .Roman . Chapter 2, that the good– ne of God lead to repentance. I remember talking to a man on one occa. ion ·who wanted and de ired t do the will of God. He a ked me to pra} 1 with hin1. I did. Later he told n1e that God had been o gocxl to hin1 that he could not do anything el e but to turn hi life over to Him. The goodne s of God ought to lead you as well a other to repentance. JUDGMENT OF GOD UPON CHRIST II orinthian 5: 21: ··For he hath made hin1 to be in for u . who knew no in: that \.\e n1ight be made the righteou n of God in him.'' I Peter 2 :24 tate thi ' 'Wh·o his own elf bare our in in hi own body on rhe tree ( cro s) that \.\e. being dead to in , should li\ 1 e unto right– eot1 ne : by wh e tripes )e were he.aled. ' ' Roman 6: 23 tell u that ' 'the wage of ·in i death." Chri t ..... died to pay ,that debt f in on t1r behalf. God did th1 to Hi n that He n1ight n t have to do it to LL . 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