THE BIBLE: A Message From Our CREATOR

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IN SUPPORT OF OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH (Clause 24)
That at the appearing of Christ prior to the
establishment of the Kingdom, the responsible
(namely, those who know the revealed will of God,
and have been called upon to submit to it), dead
and living obedient and disobedient will be
summoned before his judgment seat to be judged
according to their works, and receive in body
according to what they have done, whether it be
good or bad.
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WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
INTRODUCTION
CLASS 1
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A STATEMENT OF FAITH WHY?

• We should be able to define what we believe.
• We consider the description of our beliefs to be
  what the Scriptures teach.
• We interview people prior to baptism to make sure
  we are in agreement.
• We expect that members will continue to honour
  their testimony.

• That we accept as our basis of faith and
  practice the teachings of the Holy Scriptures
  defined positively and negatively in the
  Birmingham Amended Statement of Faith and
  Commandments of Christ appended hereto.
• - Constitution of the Shelburne Ecclesia

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GOD IS ALWAYS RIGHT

• Psalm 199-11
• The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous
  altogether.
• More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than
  much fine gold
• Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
• Moreover by them Your servant is warned, and in
  keeping them there is great reward.

• judgments (OT 8199) properly a verdict
  pronounced judicially.
• YHWHs judgments are always right.
• They are absolute and not dependent on the
  situation.
• They are the source of our instruction.

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THE TIMELESS VALUE OF TRUTH

• Proverbs 2323
• Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom
  and instruction and understanding.

• When it comes to truth, we only buy!
• To sell it is to despise it.
• Truth should never be the subject of bargaining.
  

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A HERITAGE FROM OUR PIONEERS

• We must sort out our problems by referencing our
  Bibles, not other peoples writings.
• If a statement of belief cannot be shown to have
  come from the Bible itself we might guess that
  the quality of light it offers is commensurate.

• Isaiah 820
• To the law and to the testimony! If they do not
  speak according to this word, it is because there
  is no light in them.

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WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
CLASS 1
PRELIMINARY BACKGROUND FACTS
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PRELIMINARY BACKGROUND FACTS

• Resurrection will not be universal.
• In the Scriptures, Resurrection varies in its
  significance.
• All validly baptized people who have died will be
  resurrected and judged.
• The resurrection and judgment will take place at
  the time of the Lords return.
• All of those raised from the dead must appear
  before the judgment seat of Christ.

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RESURRECTION WILL NOT BE UNIVERSAL

• Dan 122
• And many of those who sleep in the dust of the
  earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life,
• Some to shame and everlasting contempt.

• Many, but not all of those who have died will be
  raised.

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RESURRECTION WILL NOT BE UNIVERSAL

• People who do not understand the commandments
  of God will not rise.
• By this means infants, idiots, the ignorant, etc.
  will be excluded from resurrection.
• The criteria for resurrection is linked to ones
  acquisition of understanding.

• Ps 4919-20
• He shall go to the generation of his fathers
• They shall never see light.
• A man who is in honor, yet does not understand,
  is like the beasts that perish.
• .

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IN THE SCRIPTURES, RESURRECTION VARIES IN ITS
SIGNIFICANCE

• Hebrews 1320-21
• Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord
  Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the
  sheep, through the blood of the everlasting
  covenant, make you complete in every good work to
  do His will, working in you what is well pleasing
  in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be
  glory forever and ever. Amen.

• Jesus benefited by his own sacrifice.
• He was raised to everlasting life.
• Not everyone who has been raised from the dead
  has been raised to everlasting life. (i.e.
  Lazarus)
• The blood of Jesus was not poured out in
  sacrifice at the time of the resurrection of
  Lazarus.

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IN THE SCRIPTURES, RESURRECTION VARIES IN ITS
SIGNIFICANCE

• Resurrection in this generic sense, is for the
  purpose of Judgment.
• You can easily imagine that some people who
  already know they belong to the group labeled
  unjust will not want to be resurrected.

• Acts 2415-16
• I have hope in God, which they themselves also
  accept, that there will be a resurrection of the
  dead, both of the just and the unjust.

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IN THE SCRIPTURES, RESURRECTION VARIES IN ITS
SIGNIFICANCE

• Acts 940-42
• But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down,
  and prayed and turning him to the body said,
  Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes and when
  she saw Peter, she sat up.
• And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and
  when he had called the saints and widows,
  presented her alive.

• Dorcas was not raised to everlasting life.
• Neither was she raised for judgment.
• Her resurrection was due to the power of the Holy
  Spirit.
• He that believeth on me, the works that I do
  shall he do also (John 1412)
• At this time the blood of Jesus was poured out in
  sacrifice.

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IN THE SCRIPTURES, RESURRECTION VARIES IN ITS
SIGNIFICANCE

• John 640
• And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that
  everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may
  have everlasting life and I will raise him up at
  the last day.

• Resurrection in this narrow sense, is to be
  completed with the granting of Eternal life.
• Everyone raised in this believer group will be
  happy they have been resurrected.

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IN THE SCRIPTURES, RESURRECTION VARIES IN ITS
SIGNIFICANCE

• Phil 310-11
• That I may know Him and the power of His
  resurrection, and the fellowship of His
  sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by
  any means, I may attain to the resurrection from
  the dead.

• By the Gospel he preached, we know that Paul will
  be raised for judgment.
• But, resurrection in the sense that it is used in
  this text can only be referring to eternal
  life, which is not for everyone who is raised
  from the dead.

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ALL VALIDLY BAPTIZED PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED WILL BE
RESURRECTED AND JUDGED

• Mark 1615-16
• And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
  and preach the gospel to every creature.
• He that believeth and is baptized shall be
  saved but he that believeth not shall be damned.

• Multitudes of people consider themselves to have
  been baptized.
• Baptism is only valid however, when it is
  accompanied by belief in the Gospel.

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ALL VALIDLY BAPTIZED PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED WILL BE
RESURRECTED AND JUDGED

• 1 Cor 1522-24
• For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all
  shall be made alive. But each one in his own
  order Christ the firstfruits, afterward those
  who are Christ's at His coming.

• This is the confidence of everyone who has had a
  valid baptism.

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ALL VALIDLY BAPTIZED PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED WILL BE
RESURRECTED AND JUDGED

• 2 Cor 59-11
• For we must all appear before the judgment seat
  of Christ, that each one may receive the things
  done in the body, according to what he has done,
  whether good or bad.

• This text would include all of those believers in
  Corinth.
• By extension we as fellow-believers, although
  some of us may die, also expect to be at the
  judgment seat of Christ.

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THE RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT
THE TIME OF THE LORDS RETURN.

• Heb 927-28
• And as it is appointed for men to die once, but
  after this the judgment, so Christ was offered
  once to bear the sins of many. To those who
  eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second
  time, apart from sin, for salvation.

• Judgment takes place after death.
• This fact necessitates the resurrection of all
  those to be judged.
• Salvation takes place after He appears the second
  time.

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THE RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT
THE TIME OF THE LORDS RETURN.

• 2 Tim 41-2
• I charge you therefore before God and the Lord
  Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the
  dead at His appearing and His kingdom

• The judgment takes place prior to his kingdom.
• In this section of Scripture, there is no
  discrimination between the righteous and the
  wicked as they will both be judged at the same
  time.

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THE RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT
THE TIME OF THE LORDS RETURN.

• Rev 1118
• The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come,
  and the time of the dead, that they should be
  judged,
• And that You should reward Your servants the
  prophets and the saints, and those who fear Your
  name, small and great, and should destroy those
  who destroy the earth.

• This passage links the resurrection, judgment,
  and rewarding of the Saints.
• It is something that is to happen when the
  kingdoms of this world are become those of our
  Lord and of his Christ. (ibid v.15)

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ALL OF THOSE RAISED FROM THE DEAD MUST APPEAR
BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST

• Acts 1042
• And He commanded us to preach to the people, and
  to testify that it is He who was ordained by God
  to be Judge of the living and the dead.

• Jesus Christ is designated to be the Judge of the
  dead.
• There is no other Judge nor other jurisdiction
  for judgment.
• This is true, whether or not the person is
  baptized.

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ALL OF THOSE RAISED FROM THE DEAD MUST APPEAR
BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST

• 2 Tim 41-2
• I charge you therefore before God and the Lord
  Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the
  dead at His appearing and His kingdom

• He is the judge of both the living and the dead.
• There is no suggestion that anyone is left out of
  this picture.

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ALL OF THOSE RAISED FROM THE DEAD MUST APPEAR
BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST

• Acts 259-10
• But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor,
  answered Paul and said,"Are you willing to go up
  to Jerusalem and there be judged before me
  concerning these things?"
• So Paul said, "I stand at Caesar's judgment
  seat, where I ought to be judged.

• judgment seat (STR 968 - bema)
• Paul was at Caesarea not at Rome.
• judgment seat refers therefore, to the
  jurisdiction of Caesar rather than where Caesar
  actually was.
• Anyone resurrected for judgment must appear
  before the judgment seat of Christ.

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WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE
CLASS 1
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CLAUSE 24 - BASF

• That at the appearing of Christ prior to the
  establishment of the Kingdom, the responsible
  (namely, those who know the revealed will of God,
  and have been called upon to submit to it), dead
  and living obedient and disobedient will be
  summoned before his judgment seat to be judged
  according to their works, and receive in body
  according to what they have done, whether it be
  good or bad.

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THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE

• That at the appearing of Christ prior to the
  establishment of the Kingdom, the responsible
  (namely, those who know the revealed will of God,
  and have been called upon to submit to it), dead
  and living obedient and disobedient will be
  summoned before his judgment seat to be judged
  according to their works, and receive in body
  according to what they have done, whether it be
  good or bad.

• That these things happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.

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THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE

• That at the appearing of Christ prior to the
  establishment of the Kingdom, the responsible
  (namely, those who know the revealed will of God,
  and have been called upon to submit to it), dead
  and living obedient and disobedient will be
  summoned before his judgment seat to be judged
  according to their works, and receive in body
  according to what they have done, whether it be
  good or bad.

• That these things happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved know and understand the will
  of God.

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THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE

• That at the appearing of Christ prior to the
  establishment of the Kingdom, the responsible
  (namely, those who know the revealed will of God,
  and have been called upon to submit to it), dead
  and living obedient and disobedient will be
  summoned before his judgment seat to be judged
  according to their works, and receive in body
  according to what they have done, whether it be
  good or bad.

• That these things happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved know and understand the will
  of God.
• Some of those involved will have to be raised
  from the dead.

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THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE

• That at the appearing of Christ prior to the
  establishment of the Kingdom, the responsible
  (namely, those who know the revealed will of God,
  and have been called upon to submit to it), dead
  and living obedient and disobedient will be
  summoned before his judgment seat to be judged
  according to their works, and receive in body
  according to what they have done, whether it be
  good or bad.

• That these things happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved know and understand the will
  of God.
• Some of those involved will have to be raised
  from the dead.
• All will appear before his judgment seat.

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THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE

• That at the appearing of Christ prior to the
  establishment of the Kingdom, the responsible
  (namely, those who know the revealed will of God,
  and have been called upon to submit to it), dead
  and living obedient and disobedient will be
  summoned before his judgment seat to be judged
  according to their works, and receive in body
  according to what they have done, whether it be
  good or bad.

• That these things happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved know and understand the will
  of God.
• Some of those involved will have to be raised
  from the dead.
• All will appear before his judgment seat.
• It cannot be limited to those who are baptized.

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WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
WITNESS 1
CLASS 1
SOME WILL BE RESURRECTED FOR THE CONDEMNATION OF
THEIR UNBELIEF
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PREACH THE GOSPEL!

• Mark 1615-16
• And He said to them, Go into all the world and
  preach the gospel to every creature. He who
  believes and is baptized will be saved but he
  who does not believe will be condemned.

• This saying of the Lord has universal application
  to Jew and Gentile alike.
• This saying of the Lord is not limited to the
  countries of the Roman Empire.
• This saying of the Lord is not limited by time
  for we continue to preach the Gospel.

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TO SAVE THE BELIEVERS THEY WILL HAVE TO BE RAISED
FROM THE DEAD

• Mark 1615-16
• And He said to them, Go into all the world and
  preach the gospel to every creature. He who
  believes and is baptized will be saved but he
  who does not believe will be condemned.

• The salvation involved must be eternal salvation.
• For many of the believers it will involve their
  resurrection.
• It will occur at the time of the return of the
  Lord from Heaven.

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COMPREHENDING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE MAKES ONE
ACCOUNTABLE

• Mark 1615-16
• And He said to them, Go into all the world and
  preach the gospel to every creature. He who
  believes and is baptized will be saved but he
  who does not believe will be condemned.

• The person involved must have heard the Gospel.
• The person involved must make the choice to
  disbelieve or disobey.
• There is no middle position, hence those who
  cannot make up their mind are disobedient.

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TO CONDEMN THE DISBELIEVERS THEY WILL HAVE TO BE
RAISED FROM THE DEAD

• This verse shows the significance of the choice
  involved from the Divine perspective.
• Balance in the verse demands that the judgment of
  the wicked be of the same vintage.
• A great number of the people involved will have
  to be raised from the dead.

• Mark 1615-16
• And He said to them, Go into all the world and
  preach the gospel to every creature. He who
  believes and is baptized will be saved but he
  who does not believe will be condemned.

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AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR WITNESS

• The results of belief and disbelief will be made
  apparent at the judgment.
• It will involve the resurrection of a great
  number of people.
• At that time disbelievers will be (not may be)
  condemned.

• Mark 1615-16
• And He said to them, Go into all the world and
  preach the gospel to every creature. He who
  believes and is baptized will be saved but he
  who does not believe will be condemned.

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WITNESS 1

• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y

• The judgments happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved knew and understood the will
  of God.
• Some of the people involved will have to be
  resurrected from the dead.
• All will appear before his judgment seat.
• Cannot be limited to those who are validly
  baptized.

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WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
WITNESS 2
CLASS 1
THE WORD WILL JUDGE HIM
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THE WORD WILL JUDGE HIM

• John 1248-49
• He who rejects Me, and does not receive My
  words, has that which judges him - the word that
  I have spoken will judge him in the last day. For
  I have not spoken on My own authority but the
  Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I
  should say and what I should speak.

• To reject the Lord is to despise Him, which they
  did. (Isa.533)
• To receive not his words is to disobey the
  authority behind the words.

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THE WORD WILL JUDGE HIM

• John 1248-49
• He who rejects Me, and does not receive My
  words, has that which judges him - the word that
  I have spoken will judge him in the last day. For
  I have not spoken on My own authority but the
  Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I
  should say and what I should speak.

• These words first of all applied to those who
  heard them. But that they were preserved in
  written form for the reader of many other
  generations they are of similar force.
• Surely if they are strong enough to save they are
  strong enough to condemn.

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IN THE LAST DAY

• John 1248-49
• He who rejects Me, and does not receive My
  words, has that which judges him - the word that
  I have spoken will judge him in the last day. For
  I have not spoken on My own authority but the
  Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I
  should say and what I should speak.

• The last day refers to the day of his coming.
• John 644-45
• No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent
  Me draws him and I will raise him up at the last
  day.
• John 1124
• Martha said to Him, I know that he will rise
  again in the resurrection at the last day."

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WILL JUDGE HIM

• John 1248-49
• He who rejects Me, and does not receive My
  words, has that which judges him - the word that
  I have spoken will judge him in the last day. For
  I have not spoken on My own authority but the
  Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I
  should say and what I should speak.

• Note that some of the reasons used to reject Him
  involved belief. (V.42,43)
• This will necessitate the resurrection of those
  involved.
• Note the certainty will judge him.
• Why should we be less certain?

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THE WORD CAME FROM GOD

• Deut 1817-20
• I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from
  among their brethren, and will put My words in
  His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I
  command Him. And it shall be that whoever will
  not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I
  will require it of him.

• The words that Jesus spoke were in fulfillment of
  this prophecy.
• Note the certainty I will require it of him.
• Jesus tells us that the timing of this judgment
  will occur in the Last Day.
• Why should we be less certain?

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WITNESS 2

• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y

• The judgments happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved knew and understood the will
  of God.
• Some of the people involved will have to be
  resurrected from the dead.
• All will appear before his judgment seat.
• Cannot be limited to those who are validly
  baptized.

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WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
WITNESS 3
CLASS 1
GOD COMMANDS PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TO REPENT
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THE APPLICATION TO THE GENTILES

• Acts 1730-31
• Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked,
  but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
  because He has appointed a day on which He will
  judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom
  He has ordained. He has given assurance of this
  to all by raising Him from the dead.

• The Gospel preached to the Gentiles carried the
  same authority.

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THE APPLICATION TO THE GENTILES

• Acts 1730-31
• Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked,
  but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
  because He has appointed a day on which He will
  judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom
  He has ordained. He has given assurance of this
  to all by raising Him from the dead.

• It would have been a pointless and empty command
  if there were not consequences for the
  disobedient.
• The consequences relate to the appointed day of
  judgment.

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THE APPLICATION TO THE GENTILES

• Acts 1730-31
• Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked,
  but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
  because He has appointed a day on which He will
  judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom
  He has ordained. He has given assurance of this
  to all by raising Him from the dead.

• The judgment referred to in this passage relates
  to the same day of the coming of the Lord.
• This will undoubtedly involve the resurrection of
  many.

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THE APPLICATION TO THE GENTILES

• Acts 1732-34
• And when they heard of the resurrection of the
  dead, some mocked, while others said, We will
  hear you again on this matter. So Paul departed
  from among them. However, some men joined him
  and believed, among them Dionysius the
  Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others
  with them.

• The power of the message Paul delivered at Athens
  was such that some believed.
• It must have been therefore, equally powerful to
  condemn those who rejected it.

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WITNESS 3

• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y

• The judgments happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved knew and understood the will
  of God.
• Some of the people involved will have to be
  resurrected from the dead.
• All will appear before his judgment seat.
• Cannot be limited to those who are validly
  baptized.

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WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
WITNESS 4
SOME PEOPLE WILL BE RESURRECTED WHOSE BAPTISM WAS
NOT VALID
CLASS 1
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THE NEED FOR A VALID BAPTISM

• Belief of the Gospel is a necessary prerequisite
  for a valid baptism.
• The salvation referred to here must be eternal
  salvation.
• This is why we interview candidates before
  baptism.
• We could still be fooled.

• Mark 1615-16
• And He said to them, "Go into all the world and
  preach the gospel to every creature. He who
  believes and is baptized will be saved but he
  who does not believe will be condemned.

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EXAMPLES OF AN INVALID BAPTISM

• How could savage wolves enter in among them?
• Did the wolves have a valid baptism?
• Mentioning that some enemies would also arise
  from within illustrates more dramatically, that
  the wolves were not believers who fell away.

• Acts 2029-31
• For I know this, that after my departure savage
  wolves will come in among you, not sparing the
  flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise
  up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the
  disciples after themselves.

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EXAMPLES OF AN INVALID BAPTISM

• Matt 715-16
• Beware of false prophets, who come to you in
  sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous
  wolves. You will know them by their fruits.

• These are not brethren who fall away, but those
  who enter the ecclesia with a sinister motive.
• Their baptism is invalid because it was based on
  a false conversion.

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EXAMPLES OF AN INVALID BAPTISM

• Gal 23-5 NKJV
• And this occurred because of false brethren
  secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to
  spy out our liberty which we have in Christ
  Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage), to
  whom we did not yield submission even for an
  hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue
  with you.

• False brethren.
• Secretly, brought in.
• These people were never genuine.
• Their sole purpose of entry into the ecclesia was
  sabotage.
• The baptism of these individuals was invalid
  because they did not believe the Gospel although
  presumably they faked belief and were baptized.

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EXAMPLES OF AN INVALID BAPTISM

• 2 Peter 21-2
• But there were also false prophets among the
  people, even as there will be false teachers
  among you, who will secretly bring in destructive
  heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them,
  and bring on themselves swift destruction.

• Again, the intent appears to be to infiltrate the
  ecclesia to break it up through the introduction
  of false teaching.
• This was a prophecy.

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THE JUDGMENT AGAINST SUCH PEOPLE WAS THE SUBJECT
OF PROPHECY!

• Jude 4
• For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who
  long ago were marked out for this condemnation,
  ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into
  lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord
  Jesus Christ.

• These are not brethren who fall away, but of
  those who crept in secretly.
• By the time of Judes writing, the prophecy
  recorded by the Apostle Peter was fulfilled.

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THE JUDGMENT AGAINST SUCH PEOPLE WILL INVOLVE
THEIR RESURRECTION!

• Jude 14-15
• Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied
  about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord
  comes with ten thousands of His saints, to
  execute judgment on all, to convict all who are
  ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds

• These people did not have a valid baptism.
• Their condemnation will not be meted out until
  the Lord returns to execute judgment.
• Therefore, even without a valid baptism, they
  will be raised from the dead for judgment.

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WITNESS 4

• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y

• The judgments happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved knew and understood the will
  of God.
• Some of the people involved will have to be
  resurrected from the dead.
• All will appear before his judgment seat.
• Cannot be limited to those who are validly
  baptized.

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WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
WITNESS 5
CLASS 1
THE LATTER END OF THE LIFE OF THE UNGODLY
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WHY DO THE UNGODLY HAVE IT SO GOOD?

• Psalm 731-3 RSV
• Truly God is good to the upright, to those who
  are pure in heart.
• But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my
  steps had well nigh slipped.
• For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw
  the prosperity of the wicked.

• It is not hard to empathize with the Psalmist for
  it is likely that we know of similar examples.
• This could not be speaking of those in covenant
  like the Psalmist, or chastening would have been
  evident.

63
THE UNGODLY SEEM TO ESCAPE JUDGMENT

• Psalm 734-6 RSV
• For they have no pangs
• their bodies are sound and sleek.
• They are not in trouble as other men are they
  are not stricken like other men.
• Therefore pride is their necklace violence
  covers them as a garment.

• They die with no visible pain associated with
  their way of life.
• The righteous on the other hand suffer due to
  chastening.
• Pride and violence are their hallmarks.

64
THEY SPEAK WITHOUT RESTRAINT

• Psalm 737-9 RSV
• Their eyes swell out with fatness, their hearts
  overflow with follies.
• They scoff and speak with malice loftily they
  threaten oppression.
• They set their mouths against the heavens, and
  their tongue struts through the earth.

• Why does God tolerate this lifestyle?

65
OTHERS WERE BEING PERSUADED TO FOLLOW THEIR
BEHAVIOUR

• Psalm 7310-12 RSV
• Therefore the people turn and praise them and
  find no fault in them.
• And they say, "How can God know? Is there
  knowledge in the Most High?"
• Behold, these are the wicked always at ease,
  they increase in riches.

• They seemed to be able to speak against God with
  impunity.
• Why does God tolerate their blasphemy?
• The Psalmist noted that his contemporaries were
  being converted to wickedness by the evidence
  that God does not seem to judge this behaviour.

66
WHERE IS THE FAIRNESS?

• Psalm 7313-14 RSV
• All in vain have I kept my heart clean and
  washed my hands in innocence.
• For all the day long I have been stricken, and
  chastened every morning.

• This aspect of life continues to be a challenge
  to the faithfulness of the righteous.
• God chastens those whom he loves, he does not
  chasten the ungodly.
• This is why chastening is so essential to see.

67
THE TRUTH IS ONLY REVEALED BY GOD

• Psalm 7315-17 RSV
• If I had said, "I will speak thus, I would have
  been untrue to the generation of thy children.
• But when I thought how to understand this, it
  seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into
  the sanctuary of God then I perceived their end.
  

• The psalmist would not join those who judged by
  human observation alone.
• Gods perspective reveals a very different end
  for the ungodly.

68
THEIR RESURRECTION IS REQUIRED

• Psalm 7318-20
• Truly thou dost set them in slippery places
  thou dost make them fall to ruin.
• How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away
  utterly by terrors!
• They are like a dream when one awakes, on
  awaking you despise their phantoms.

• These verses speak of a judgment on the wicked
  not visible in their lifespan.
• Gods view of the end of the ungodly is a quick
  destruction at some future time.
• Since nothing unusual happened before their
  death, their resurrection is required.

69
A SIMILAR CLAIM

• Mal 314-15 RSV
• You have said, 'It is vain to serve God. What is
  the good of our keeping his charge or of walking
  as in mourning before the LORD of hosts?
  Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed
  evildoers not only prosper but when they put God
  to the test they escape.'"

• Some of the people of Malachis time likewise saw
  God to be unjust in the way he dealt with the
  ungodly.
• From their human observation of the way God was
  dealing with the wicked, ungodliness appeared to
  be a better way.

70
A SIMILAR INSIGHT

• Malachi 316 RSV
• Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one
  another the LORD heeded and heard them, and a
  book of remembrance was written before him of
  those who feared the LORD and thought on his name.

• The people of Malachis time who served God were
  remembered in a book.
• Presumably waiting for the time at the
  resurrection and judgment when those books would
  be opened. (Rev.2012)

71
THE APPLICATION OF BOOKS

• Revelation 2012
• And I saw the dead, small and great, stand
  before God and the books were opened and
  another book was opened, which is the book of
  life and the dead were judged out of those
  things which were written in the books, according
  to their works.

• In a figurative sense the Bible suggests that
  books are kept which record our behavior.
• These books are opened at the time of
  resurrection and judgment.

72
A SIMILAR OUTCOME

• Mal 317-18
• "They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, my
  special possession on the day when I act, and I
  will spare them as a man spares his son who
  serves him. Then once more you shall distinguish
  between the righteous and the wicked, between one
  who serves God and one who does not serve him.

• This day when I act could only be referring to
  the day when the books are opened the day of
  Resurrection and Judgment.
• To discern between those who serve God and those
  who dont will require the resurrection and
  judgment of them both.

73
THE WICKED SEE THE RIGHTEOUS

• Luke 1328
• There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth,
  when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob,
  and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and
  you yourselves thrust out.

• After the judgment there will be a time of
  weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Some arrangement will be made for the wicked to
  see what they have missed.
• It is reasonable to believe that the righteous
  will also see the rejected ones.

74
WITNESS 5

• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y

• The judgments happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved knew and understood the will
  of God.
• Some of the people involved will have to be
  resurrected from the dead.
• All will appear before his judgment seat.
• Cannot be limited to those who are validly
  baptized.

75
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
WITNESS 6
CLASS 1
THE PROPHECY OF ENOCH
76
ENOCH THE 7th FROM ADAM

• Jude 14-15
• Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied
  about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord
  comes with ten thousands of His saints, to
  execute judgment on all, to convict all who are
  ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds

• Was Enochs prophesy limited to a generation of
  people who lived 4000 years in the future?
• The Bible answer is clearly NO.
• He prophesied concerning these men also. (This
  emphasis is not seen in every version of the
  Bible)

77
THE COMING OF THE LORD

• Jude 14-15
• Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of
  His saints, to execute judgment on all, to
  convict all who are ungodly among them of all
  their ungodly deeds which they have committed in
  an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which
  ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

• This prophecy is one of the oldest to be found in
  the Bible.
• Adam was still likely alive when it was made.
• Notice, that it is completely negative.
• Yet, it has still not come to pass.
• It must therefore, involve the resurrection of
  many people.

78
THE COMMON CRUCIBLE OF SUFFERING

• 2 Thess 14-7
• your patience and faith in all your
  persecutions and tribulations that you endure,
  which is manifest evidence of the righteous
  judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy
  of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer
  since it is a righteous thing with God to repay
  with tribulation those who trouble you,

• The ecclesia at Thessalonica was suffering
  persecution at the hand of their contemporaries.
• But God was keeping a record of the persecutors
  for use in a future time.

79
IN FLAMING FIRE TAKING VENGEANCE

• 2 Thess 17-8
• and to give you who are troubled rest with us
  when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with
  His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking
  vengeance on those who do not know God, and on
  those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord
  Jesus Christ.

• Their rest will not come until the return of the
  Lord.
• Then he will come with his mighty angels to take
  vengeance on those who do not know God.
• And on those who do not obey the Gospel.
• This is the same time that Enoch was alluding to.

80
THE COMING DAY OF DESTRUCTION

• 2 Thess 19-10
• These shall be punished with everlasting
  destruction from the presence of the Lord and
  from the glory of His power, when He comes, in
  that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be
  admired among all those who believe, because our
  testimony among you was believed.

• The day of Gods vengeance against the ungodly
  has not yet come.
• When it does come it will be pre-millennial.
• The judgment against the ungodly will be
  everlasting destruction from the presence of the
  Lord.

81
ENOCH THE 7th FROM ADAM

• Jude 14-15
• Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied
  about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord
  comes with ten thousands of His saints, to
  execute judgment on all, to convict all who are
  ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds

• Judes application of this prophecy to people of
  his day was not because it was about to be
  fulfilled at that time.
• Another 2000 years have passed since it was first
  uttered.
• His use of Enochs words was due to the
  pervasiveness of ungodliness in his day and how
  God will react to it.

82
THE COMING OF THE LORD

• Jude 14-15
• "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of
  His saints, to execute judgment on all, to
  convict all who are ungodly among them of all
  their ungodly deeds which they have committed in
  an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which
  ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

• The prophecy is directed against those who have
  spoken against the Lord.
• Since these people will be convicted, Judgment is
  involved.
• This judgment has still not taken place.
• The judgment will be broadly based against
  everyone practicing ungodliness since the time of
  Adam.

83
WITNESS 6

• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y

• The judgments happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved knew and understood the will
  of God.
• Some of the people involved will have to be
  resurrected from the dead.
• All will appear before his judgment seat.
• Cannot be limited to those who are validly
  baptized.

84
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
WITNESS 7
CLASS 1
THE RESURRECTION OF THE UNJUST
85
WHO ARE THE UNJUST?

• Acts 2414-15
• But this I confess unto thee, that after the way
  which they call heresy, so worship I the God of
  my fathers, believing all things which are
  written in the law and in the prophets
• And have hope toward God, which they themselves
  also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of
  the dead, both of the just and unjust.

• The Apostle here divides those appearing at the
  resurrection into two groups.
• Who are the unjust?
• Does the Bible teach that people who become
  justified can subsequently become
  unjustified?
• If so, is that the only way it can be understood?

86
WHO ARE THE UNJUST?

• Matt 544-45
• Love your enemies, bless them that curse you,
  do good to them that hate you, and pray for them
  which despitefully use you, and persecute you
• That ye may be the children of your Father which
  is in heaven for he maketh his sun to rise on
  the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the
  just and on the unjust.

• The Unjust (STR 94), in this reference, are a
  generic group.
• They hate and curse the righteous.
• God sends His sun and His rain upon such people.
• There is no evidence or reason to believe that
  the word unjust is limited to the baptized who
  have become wicked.

87
WHO ARE THE UNJUST?

• 1 Cor 61
• Dare any of you, having a matter against
  another, go to law before the unjust, and not
  before the saints?
• 1 Cor 66
• But brother goeth to law with brother, and that
  before the unbelievers.

• The word unjust in this reference represents a
  group of people.
• The unjust are said to be unbelievers and
  therefore we may conclude they were never
  baptized.
• There is no evidence to support that these unjust
  ones were former members of the ecclesia.

88
WHO ARE THE UNJUST?

• The word Unjust in this reference is used in a
  generic sense.
• They are people for whom Christ died.
• They could not be unjust saints. (Heb.1026)
• The word unjust as it is used here definitely
  includes unbaptized people.

• 1 Peter 318
• For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the
  just for the unjust, that he might bring us to
  God, being put to death in the flesh, but
  quickened by the Spirit

89
WHO ARE THE UNJUST?

• 2 Peter 29
• The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of
  temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the
  day of judgment to be punished
• Matt 1124
• But I say unto you, That it shall be more
  tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of
  judgment, than for thee.

• The context of both passages refers to Lot and
  the people of Sodom.
• A day of judgment yet awaits the people of Sodom.
  
• There isnt the slightest suggestion that these
  people were unjust saints.

90
WHO ARE THE UNJUST?

• 1 Cor 69-11
• Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not
  inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived
  neither fornicators, nor extortioners, shall
  inherit the kingdom of God.
• And such were some of you but ye are washed,
  but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in
  the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of
  our God.

• The unrighteous (unjust) is the condition that
  the Corinthian ecclesia came out of.
• Through baptism they became justified
• Although one could argue that the unrighteous
  may include some baptized people, it would be
  unreasonable to conclude that it only included
  baptized people.

91
WHO ARE THE UNJUST?

• Acts 2414-15
• But this I confess unto thee, that after the way
  which they call heresy, so worship I the God of
  my fathers, believing all things which are
  written in the law and in the prophets
• And have hope toward God, which they themselves
  also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of
  the dead, both of the just and unjust.

• The word unjust mentioned here is referring to
  a generic group.
• In the light of the way the word is used in other
  passages, when used in a generic sense, it is
  reasonable to conclude that the unjust is
  referring to many who were not baptized.

92
WITNESS 7

• Y
• Y

• The judgments happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved knew and understood the will
  of God.
• Some of the people involved will have to be
  resurrected from the dead.
• All will appear before his judgment seat.
• Cannot be limited to those who are validly
  baptized.

93
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
WITNESS 8
CLASS 1
THE DAY OF GODS WRATH
94
THE DAY OF GODS WRATH!

• This wrath was not due to them being of Adams
  descent.
• This wrath was being accumulated by their
  unrighteous behavior.

Rom 25 But after thy hardness and impenitent
heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against
the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous
judgment of God
95
GOD KNOWS OUR CIRCUMSTANCES

• Many ecclesial members have been required to
  leave a world of riotous living.
• Those they left behind and who were critical of
  those who had been converted, will be held
  responsible.
• In order for them to give account to the Lord
  they will have to be resurrected.

1 Peter 43-6 In regard to these, they think it
strange that you do not run with them in the same
flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you. They
will give an account to Him who is ready to judge
the living and the dead.
96
THE DAY OF GODS WRATH!

• Revelation 616-17
• and said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on
  us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on
  the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For
  the great day of His wrath has come, and who is
  able to stand?"

• This must be a day that is still coming.
• There will be a particular terror associated with
  this day for people will try to hide themselves
  from God.
• This statement has no reference to people who
  stay in the grave.

97
THE DAY OF GODS WRATH!
1 Thess 19-10 For they themselves shew of us
what manner of entering in we had unto you, and
how ye turned to God from idols to serve the
living and true God And to wait for his Son from
heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus,
which delivered us from the wrath to come.

• For the Thessalonians the wrath to come could
  only have reference to those who disobeyed the
  command to repent.
• The judgment being referred to had no reference
  to righteous baptized believers as they had been
  delivered from it.

98
THE DAY OF GODS WRATH!
Rev 1118 And the nations were angry, and thy
wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that
they should be judged, and that thou shouldest
give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and
to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small
and great and shouldest destroy them which
destroy the earth.

• Note the timing of this prophecy angry nations
  Gods wrath resurrection judgment of the dead
  reward of the prophets destruction of the
  corrupters of the earth.
• This is relating to what will happen at the
  judgment seat of Christ.

99
THE DAY OF GODS WRATH!
Rev 1915 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp
sword, that with it he should smite the nations
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron and he
treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and
wrath of Almighty God.

• This is the work of Christ and the saints.
• It happens at the beginning of the kingdom during
  the last vial containing Gods wrath.

100
THE DAY OF GODS WRATH!

• Children of disobedience implies being given
  the opportunity to obey.
• The statement does not apply to all that are in
  the grave for not all have disobeyed.
• Clearly, the wrath of God is said to relate to
  people who were not members of the ecclesia.

Col 36-7 For which things' sake the wrath of God
cometh on the children of disobedience In the
which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in
them.
101
THE DAY OF GODS WRATH!

• The context reveals that this statement refers to
  those who will not be humbled by the work of God
  in Jesus Christ.
• This will happen in the day when God shall judge
  the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to
  my Gospel. (216)
• Hence, it will require the resurrection of many
  unbaptized people.

Rom 25 But after thy hardness and impenitent
heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against
the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous
judgment of God
102
WITNESS 8

• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y

• The judgments happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved knew and understood the will
  of God.
• Some of the people involved will have to be
  resurrected from the dead.
• All will appear before his judgment seat.
• Cannot be limited to those who are validly
  baptized.

103
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
WITNESS 9
CLASS 1
JUDGMENT AND THE FEAR OF GOD
104
FELIX BEFORE THE APOSTLE PAUL

• Acts 2424-26
• And after some days, when Felix came with his
  wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul
  and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Now
  as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control,
  and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and
  answered, "Go away for now when I have a
  convenient time I will call for you."

• This was no fireside chat, for Paul spoke
  thoroughly about the faith in Christ or the
  substance of the Gospel.
• Since he reasoned about the faith in Christ, the
  Resurrection and the Judgment must have been
  discussed.

105
THE FEAR OF GOD

• Prov 17
• The fear of the LORD is the beginning of
  knowledge,
• But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Prov 910
• The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
• And the knowledge of the Holy one is
  understanding.

• The fear of God is where knowledge and wisdom
  starts.
• If we havent made this point in our preaching,
  our contacts havent started on the road to
  salvation.
• No wonder Felix was trembling at the end of that
  conversation.

106
FELIX BEFORE THE APOSTLE PAUL

• Acts 2424-26
• And after some days, when Felix came with his
  wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul
  and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Now
  as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control,
  and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and
  answered, "Go away for now when I have a
  convenient time I will call for you."

• Felix was fearful of what he heard, hence he must
  have seen the remarks concerning the judgment to
  come as applying to himself.
• The inclusion in preaching of elements of the
  Gospel which cause fear is a Divine method for
  causing repentance and departing from evil.

107
THE FEAR OF GOD - ESSENTIAL

• Proverbs 1426-27
• In the fear of the LORD there is strong
  confidence, And His children will have a place of
  refuge.
• The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,
• To turn one away from the snares of death.

• The fear of God is a Divinely provided means for
  changing bad behavior.
• Where the fear of God is lacking from our
  preaching, one of the greatest means for turning
  people away from evil and towards repentance is
  being ignored.

108
THE FEAR OF GOD A DETERRENT

• Deut 1712-13
• And the man that will do presumptuously, and
  will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to
  minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto
  the judge, even that man shall die and thou
  shalt put away the evil from Israel.
• And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do
  no more presumptuously.

• God saw that judgment against an evil work would
  act as a deterrent to others.
• People who just heard about it feared as well.
• So it would be with the judgment of the ungodly
  if we would use it.
• But who is going to warn someone while they
  themselves are unsure that God will do so?

109
THE FEAR OF GOD AND PERSUASION

• 2 Cor 510-11
• For we must all appear before the judgment seat
  of Christ, that each one may receive the things
  done in the body, according to what he has done,
  whether good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the
  terror of the Lord, we persuade men but we are
  well known to God, and I also trust are well
  known in your consciences.

• All who are raised from the dead must appear at
  the judgment seat of Christ.
• This terror of the Lord was likely what caused
  Felix to tremble.
• Paul used the idea to persuade men.
• Therefore, God will raise to judgment those who
  are disobedient to the command to repent.

110
THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST

• Each of us will have to bow the knee and confess
  to our God.
• The quotation comes from Isaiah 4523 where the
  context is in reference to everyone including the
  Gentiles.
• Paul is reasoning from the general to the
  specific.
• It is incorrect to conclude from this passage
  that the only ones in attendance at the Judgment
  seat of Christ will be those in covenant.

• Rom 1410-13
• But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you
  show contempt for your brother? For we shall all
  stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it
  is written As I live, says the LORD, Every
  knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall
  confess to God."
• So then each of us shall give account of himself
  to God.

111
PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR

• 1 John 417-19
• Love has been perfected among us in this that
  we may have boldness in the day of judgment
  because as He is, so are we in this world. There
  is no fear in love but perfect love casts out
  fear, because fear involves torment. But he who
  fears has not been made perfect in love. We love
  Him because He first loved us.

• Fear does involve torment.
• Our Gospel proclamation should include this
  aspect of fear.
• Our discipleship should continue with the
  motivation of fear to achieve love.
• By Gods grace our mortal days will end with a
  measure of perfect love.

112
WITNESS 9

• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y
• Y

• The judgments happen at the return of Christ
  prior to the Kingdom.
• The people involved knew and understood the will
  of God.
• Some of the people involved will have to be
  resurrected from the dead.
• All will appear before his judgment seat.
• Cannot be limited to those who are validly
  baptized.

113
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF THE UNGODLY!
WITNESS 10
CLASS 1
CHRIST NEVER KNEW THEM!
114
CHRIST NEVER KNEW THESE PEOPLE

• Matt 722-23
• Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
  have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy
  name have cast out devils? and in thy name done
  many wonderful works?
• And then will I profess unto them, I never knew
  you depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

• Never knew means never at any time did he know.
• Since this statement could not be said about
  those who were validly baptized, this must be
  referring to others.

115
THE CONTEXT WAS THE KINGDOM

• Matt 721
• Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
  shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he
  that doeth the will of my Father which is in
  heaven.

• Jesus was talking about conversations that would
  take place at the time of Judgment.
• Entering the kingdom of heaven will take place
  prior to the commencement of the Kingdom.

116
THE JUDGMENT IS UNIVERSAL

• Matt 724
• Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of
  mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a
  wise man, which built his house upon a rock

• By means of reading the Word of God many more
  people today are hearing the sayings of Jesus.
• By this means we are empowered to either be saved
  as a believer or be condemned for unbelief.

117
CHRIST NEVER KNEW THESE PEOPLE

• Acts 117-8
• And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise,
  Peter slay and eat.
• But I said, Not so, Lord for nothing common or
  unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

• The word never is STR 3763.
• It is found 17 times in the New Testament and
  always has the sense of never at any time.
• Acts 117,8 is a typical case where it is used
  twice to strengthen the point.
• See also Luke 1529

118
CHRIST NEVER KNEW THESE PEOPLE

• Matt 723
• And then will I profess unto them, I never knew
  you depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

• If Jesus never knew them then he did not
  recognize their baptism. That is, if they ever
  were baptized.
• These people were never part of the faithful so
  it is incorrect to say they are part of the
  unfaithful.
• Yet they appear at the Judgment Seat.

119
THESE PEOPLE WERE CHRISTIAN

• Matt 722
• Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
  have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy
  name have cast out devils? and in thy name done
  many wonderful works?

• Not Christadelphians as our community has never
  been known for these beliefs.
• These people thought they had prophesied in
  Jesus name.
• It appears that they thought they had the Spirit
  gifts.
• What are they doing at the Judgment Seat?

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THE GROUND OF JUDGMENT IS UNIVERSAL

• Matt 724
• Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of
  mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a
  wise man, which built his house upon a rock

• The basis of judgment was whether the person that
  heard the sayings of Christ responded
  positively or not.
• Obviously knowledge, understanding and wisdom
  were involved.
• Since this has been true for every generation of
  mankind the resurrection of some is necessiated.

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WITNESS 10

• Y
• Y