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Conclusions
- Jesus is the judge. His words / the law will be the rule by which people are judged.
- Often ‘God’ is also spoken of as the judge. This I believe to be a result of Jesus being a member of the Godhead. So it is right to say God judges and Jesus judges.
- The judgment metered is just and right.
- There is a particular ‘Day of Judgment’ coming.
- God’s wrath is revealed on that day.
- Rewards will be given on that day.
- We must give an account of every word, deed and motive.
- We are judged according to what we have done.
- There is an ‘hour of judgment’ coming which seems to be separate to the Day Of Judgment.
- In various senses there is already a present judgment happening on the world.
- The Gospel of John must be read closely to understand what Jesus meant when referring to judgment.
- In it Jesus says all judgment is given to Him, the Father judges no one, that Jesus came into the world for judgment, Jesus judges with the Father, there is ‘One’ who judges, Jesus judges no one, Jesus’ words judge people, judgment can be avoided
Jesus is the judge
Act 17:31 ESV because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
2Co 5:10 ESV For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
2Ti 4:1 ESV I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
2Ti 4:8 ESV Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Jas 4:12 ESV There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
Rev 6:10 ESV They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
Act 10:42 ESV And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
Jesus makes war and judges
Rev 19:11 ESV Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
All judgment is given to the Son
Joh 5:22 ESV For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
Joh 5:27 ESV And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
Joh 5:30 ESV “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
Joh 8:26 ESV I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.”
Jesus came to judge
Joh 9:39 ESV Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
Jesus judges with the Father
Joh 8:16 ESV Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.
Jesus comes with the holy ones to execute judgment
Jud 1:14-15 ESV It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
Jesus’ words judge people on the last day
Joh 12:48 ESV The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
Jas 2:12 ESV So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.
The law will judge people
Rom 2:12 ESV For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
Jesus judges no one
Joh 8:15 ESV You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
Joh 12:47 ESV If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
God is the judge and He judges justly
Joh 8:50 ESV Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge.
Rom 3:6 ESV By no means! For then how could God judge the world?
1Co 5:13 ESV God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.”
1Pe 1:17 ESV And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,
1Pe 2:23 ESV When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
Rev 16:5 ESV And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, “Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments.
Rev 16:7 ESV And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments!”
Rev 19:2 ESV for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
Judgment Day
2Pe 2:4 ESV For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;
2Pe 2:9 ESV then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
2Pe 3:7 ESV But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
Jud 1:6 ESV And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—
A coming judgment
Act 24:25 ESV And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, “Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon you.”
God’s wrath revealed on judgment day
Rom 2:5 ESV But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
Hour of Judgment
Rev 14:7 ESV And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
Give account of every word and deed
Mat 12:36 ESV I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Rom 2:16 ESV on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
1Co 4:5 ESV Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
2Co 5:10 ESV For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
1Ti 5:24 ESV The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later.
Heb 13:4 ESV Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Jas 2:13 ESV For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
1Pe 1:17 ESV And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,
The Holy Spirit convicts of judgment
Joh 16:8 ESV And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
Joh 16:11 ESV concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
All nations will be judged by God
Rom 2:3 ESV Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?
Heb 12:23 ESV and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
1Pe 4:5 ESV but they [Gentile unbelievers] will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
God’s judgment comes on evil doers
Rom 2:2 ESV We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.
Believers are judged
Rom 14:10 ESV Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God;
1Co 4:4 ESV For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
2Co 5:10 ESV For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
Heb 9:27 ESV And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
Heb 10:30 ESV For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
1Pe 4:17 ESV For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
Bible teachers receive a stricter judgment
Jas 3:1 ESV Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
Believers can have confidence in the day of judgment
1Jn 4:17 ESV By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
The sheep are judged
Mat 25:31-33 ESV “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.
Rewards will be given on the day of judgment
1Co 4:5 ESV Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
2Co 5:10 ESV For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
2Ti 4:8 ESV Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Rev 11:18 ESV The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”
‘Babylon’ is judged
Rev 17:1 ESV Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,
Rev 18:8 ESV For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”
Rev 18:10 ESV They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, “Alas! Alas! You great city, you mighty city, Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
Rev 18:20 ESV Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”
Judgment is according to our works
Psa 62:11-12 ESV Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God, 12 and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.
Isa 3:10 ESV Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Jer 17:10 ESV “I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Jer 32:19 ESV great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
Eze 18:30 ESV “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.
Mat 16:27 ESV For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
Mat 25:34-40 ESV Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
1Co 3:8 ESV He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.
1Co 3:14 ESV If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.
Rom 2:5-10 ESV But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. 6 He will render to each one according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. 9 There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.
Gal 6:7-8 ESV Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Rev 2:23 ESV and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
Rev 20:12 ESV 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 in the books, according to what they had done.
Rev 22:12 ESV “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done.
Possible reference to Jesus’ judgment
Mat 5:21 ESV “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’
Mat 5:22 ESV But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
Mat 7:2 ESV For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
Mat 10:15 ESV Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
Mat 11:22 ESV But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
Mat 11:24 ESV But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”
Mat 12:41 ESV The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Mat 12:42 ESV The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
Luk 6:37 ESV “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
Luk 10:14 ESV But it will be more bearable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
Luk 11:19 ESV And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Luk 11:31 ESV The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
Luk 11:32 ESV The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
The Great White Throne Judgment
Rev 20:12 ESV 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 in the books, according to what they had done.
Rev 20:13 ESV And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.
Miscellaneous references
Judgment in connection with a future reign
Mat 19:28 ESV Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Luk 22:30 ESV that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
1Co 6:2 ESV Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?
1Co 6:3 ESV Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!
Rev 20:4 ESV Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Judgment has already come
Joh 3:19 ESV And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
Joh 12:31 ESV Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
1Co 11:29 ESV For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
1Co 11:31 ESV But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged.
1Co 11:32 ESV But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
1Co 11:34 ESV if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.
2Th 1:5 ESV This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering—
Judgment can be avoided
Joh 5:24 ESV Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
Jas 5:9 ESV Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
A resurrection of judgment
Joh 5:29 ESV and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Judgment is a result of one sin
Rom 5:16 ESV And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification.
Judgment is a fundamental truth
Heb 6:2 ESV and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Judgment is fearful
Heb 10:27 ESV but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
Don’t judge the law
Jas 4:11 ESV Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
Judged in the flesh
1Pe 4:6 ESV For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.
