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Foundation Doctrines 51: Eternal Judgement: Judgement of the wicked dead, the conclusion;

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May 4, 2012

Welcome to “Abounding Grace” for the conclusion to the study on foundation Doctrines. These are the teachings that Jesus gave, they are foundational to the spiritual growth of the believer, this is the milk of the Word that will help you to grow, and if you have been through them then that is excellent but don’t stop there, continue to cycle them through your spirit man as faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word. I have given these lessons at least once a year for the past 20 odd years yet every time I share them the Lord adds things to them that I never saw before and I thank Him for that. The Word of God is like a diamond, if you look at a well cut diamond just once you will not see its beauty as at one glance you cannot examine all its facets, the more you look at it the more you appreciate it, so it is with the Word of God. In conclusion to this study let’s discuss the purpose, the length and the result of this trial.

Purpose of this trial is to give every man a fair trial before punishment.

Acts.17:31. (Amp) Because He has fixed a day when He will judge the world righteously (justly) by a Man Whom He has destined and appointed for that task, and He has made this credible and given conviction and assurance and evidence to everyone by raising Him from the dead.

Ps.9:8. (Amp) And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.

To judge the secrets of men.

Rom.2:16. (Amp) On that day when, as my Gospel proclaims, God by Jesus Christ will judge men in regard to the things which they conceal (their hidden thoughts).

To judge idle words.

Matt.12:36. (Amp) But I tell you, on the Day of Judgment men will have to give account for every idle (inoperative, nonworking) word they speak.

(Mess) Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously.

To judge the works, thoughts, actions and sins of man.

1Tim.5:24. (Amp) The sins of some men are conspicuous (openly evident to all eyes), going before them to the judgment [seat] and proclaiming their sentence in advance; but the sins of others appear later [following the offender to the bar of judgment and coming into view there].

Rev.20:12-13. (KJV) 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. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

Rom.2:5-6. (Amp) But by your callous stubbornness and impenitence of heart you are storing up wrath and indignation for yourself on the day of wrath and indignation, when God’s righteous judgment (just doom) will be revealed. For He will render to every man according to his works [justly, as his deeds deserve]:

(Mess) You’re not getting by with anything. Every refusal and avoidance of God adds fuel to the fire. The day is coming when it’s going to blaze hot and high, God’s fiery and righteous judgment. Make no mistake: In the end you get what’s coming to you.

To mete out degrees of punishment according to deeds.

Matt.7:2. (Amp) For just as you judge and criticize and condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned, and in accordance with the measure you [use to] deal out to others, it will be dealt out again to you.

Matt.11:22-24. (Amp) I tell you [further], it shall be more endurable for Tyre and Sidon on the Day of Judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, are you to be lifted up to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades [the region of the dead]! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued until today. But I tell you, it shall be more endurable for the land of Sodom on the Day of Judgment than for you.

Rev.20:11-15. (KJV) And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 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. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

The Length of the sentence:

Time for judging all the wicked is not known, but the length of the sentence for all will be eternal.

Matt.25:46. (Amp) Then they will go away into eternal punishment, but those who are just and upright and in right standing with God into eternal life.

Hebr.6:2. (KJV) Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Rev.14:9. (Amp) Then another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a mighty voice, Whoever pays homage to the beast and his statue and permits the [beast's] stamp (mark, inscription) to be put on his forehead or on his hand, he too shall [have to] drink of the wine of God’s indignation and wrath, poured undiluted into the cup of His anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no respite (no pause, no intermission, no rest, no peace) day or night–these who pay homage to the beast and to his image and whoever receives the stamp of his name upon him.

Ish.66:22-24. (Mess) “For just as the new heavens and new earth that I am making will stand firm before me” GOD’s Decree. “So will your children and your reputation stand firm. Month after month and week by week, everyone will come to worship me,” GOD says. “And then they’ll go out and look at what happened to those who rebelled against me. Corpses! Maggots endlessly eating away on them, an endless supply of fuel for fires. Everyone who sees what’s happened and smells the stench retches.”

Result.

All in death and hell sent to the lake of fire.

Rev.20:14-15. (Amp) Then death and Hades (the state of death or disembodied existence) were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s [name] was not found recorded in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire.

We must remember that we as the body of Christ will not partake in this judgement, so right now you can raise your hands and give praise and glory to the Father who has drawn you out of darkness into His glorious light, He has delivered out of the kingdom of darkness and translated you in the Kingdom of His Son and has given you eternal life through your faith in Jesus as the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the earth, if you have never received Jesus as your personal Lord and saviour then you are on the road to what I believe to be the saddest day since the beginning of time and that will be the day that our loving heavenly Father will have to deliver judgement on all who have reject the precious blood of Jesus that has the power to give God life to all who will accept it. People say God is a good and loving God so He won’t send people to hell, that is correct, the person who refuse to accept what God has done in Christ Jesus as the sin sacrifice sends himself to hell, it’s the person personal choice, and it is not God’s call. To become a part of the family of God all you have to do is pray the following prayer and make Jesus the Lord of your life:

“Father, it is written in Your Word that if I confess with my mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in my heart that You have raised Him from dead, I shall be saved. Therefore, Father, I confess that Jesus is my Lord. I make Him Lord of my life right now. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead. I renounce my past life with Satan. “I thank You for forgiving me of all my sin. Jesus is now my Lord, and I am a new creation. Old things have passed away. Now all things become new in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

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May 3, 2012

Hi and welcome to “Abounding Grace” thanks for joining me in this study of the foundation doctrines of Christ. We continue to-day with the judgement of the wicked dead or the great white throne judgement, this is a judgement of all men who have reject the Word of God, ignored what God has done in Christ Jesus for man and have rather relied on their own righteousness to put them in right standing with God. To-day we will discuss the nature of this judgement:

This judgement will not be a spiritual, invisible, endless process but a definite, literal, visible and personal trail in God’s court similar to a trail on earth.

Ps.9:8. (KJV) And he shall judge the world in righteousness; he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

The Universality of this judgement:

Rev.20:13. (Amp) And the sea delivered up the dead who were in it, death and Hades (the state of death or disembodied existence) surrendered the dead in them, and all were tried and their cases determined by what they had done [according to their motives, aims, and works].

(Mess) Sea released its dead, Death and Hell turned in their dead. Each man and woman was judged by the way he or she had lived.

“And the sea gave up the dead in it”. This could only refer to bodies, for souls and spirits of the wicked dead do not remain in the sea at physical death. They go to hell and await the resurrection of their bodies. All will be tried and their cases determined, God does not just go ahead and condemn people; all will have a chance to present their cases and then judgement. (Remember what judgement means).

“Death and hell delivered up the dead that were in them” This refer to the souls and spirits of those who are spiritually dead. The wicked dead will be raised wholly to stand judgment before the great white throne.

Spirits are dead in trespasses and sins while yet in the physical body.

Eph.2:1-9. (Amp) And you [He made alive], when you were dead (slain) by [your] trespasses and sins in which at one time you walked [habitually]. You were following the course and fashion of this world [were under the sway of the tendency of this present age], following the prince of the power of the air. [You were obedient to and under the control of] the [demon] spirit that still constantly works in the sons of disobedience [the careless, the rebellious, and the unbelieving, who go against the purposes of God]. Among these we as well as you once lived and conducted ourselves in the passions of our flesh [our behaviour governed by our corrupt and sensual nature], obeying the impulses of the flesh and the thoughts of the mind [our cravings dictated by our senses and our dark imaginings]. We were then by nature children of [God's] wrath and heirs of [His] indignation, like the rest of mankind. But God–so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favour and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation). And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One). He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in [His] kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus. For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law's demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]

Read the above scripture again, please note that God is so rich in mercy and He has a rich and intense love for His man that even when we were spiritually dead in our sin he made us alive together with Jesus, so that we could be delivered from judgement and be shown His limitless free grace, unmerited favour, you can’t earn this salvation all you can do is accept it, by making Jesus the Lord of your life.

Time to say “till next time” dear friends, be blessed and go rejoicing in the fact that your names are written in the Lambs book of life, if it isn’t, then it’s time for you to consider Jesus in all earnest and bow your head and pray the following prayer from your heart and receive the eternal life God is offering you to-day.

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May 2, 2012

Welcome to “Abounding Grace” once more as we continue our study of eternal judgement, namely the judgement of the wicked dead. We have been discussing the basis for this judgement and to-day we will look into who the judges are. I would just like to finish the basis of this judgement by saying that the Word of God is also a basis of this judgement.

John.12:48. (KJV) He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

Let us now continue with who the judges are at this judgement:

God the Father:

Rev.20:12. (KJV) 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.

Hebr.12:23-24. (KJV) To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Rom.2:12-16. (Mess) Their response to God’s yes and no will become public knowledge on the day God makes his final decision about every man and woman. The Message from God that I proclaim through Jesus Christ takes into account all these differences.

God the Son.

John.5:19-27. (Amp) So Jesus answered them by saying, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of His own accord); but He is able to do only what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does in the same way [in His turn]. The Father dearly loves the Son and discloses to (shows) Him everything that He Himself does. And He will disclose to Him (let Him see) greater things yet than these, so that you may marvel and be full of wonder and astonishment. Just as the Father raises up the dead and gives them life [makes them live on], even so the Son also gives life to whomever He wills and is pleased to give it. Even the Father judges no one, for He has given all judgment (the last judgment and the whole business of judging) entirely into the hands of the Son, so that all men may give honour (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honour to the Father. [In fact] whoever does not honour the Son does not honour the Father, Who has sent Him. I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the person whose ears are open to My words [who listens to My message] and believes and trusts in and clings to and relies on Him Who sent Me has (possesses now) eternal life. And he does not come into judgment [does not incur sentence of judgment, will not come under condemnation], but he has already passed over out of death into life. Believe Me when I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the time is coming and is here now when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear it shall live. For even as the Father has life in Himself and is self-existent, so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself and be self-existent. And He has given Him authority and granted Him power to execute (exercise, practice) judgment because He is a Son of man [very man].

God will judge by Jesus Christ. The Father will decree, the Son will execute.

Acts.10:42. (Amp) And He charged us to preach to the people and to bear solemn testimony that He is the God-appointed and God-ordained Judge of the living and the dead.

Rom.2:16. (Amp) On that day when as my Gospel proclaims, God by Jesus Christ will judge men in regard to the things which they conceal (their hidden thoughts).

That’s all folk’s, thank you once again for joining me in this foundational study of the teachings of Jesus, a knowledge and understanding of these teachings is what cause us as Christians to become solid in our faith. Have a blessed day and we will continue to-morrow by looking into the nature of this judgement. Don’t forget to share the Word and spread His love all around.

I pray that each and every person who reads this post is born again, and if you aren’t then right where you are bow your head and pray the following prayer from your heart and our loving Heavenly Father will receive you into His fold, all who come to Him will He in no wise cast out:

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May 1, 2012

Welcome to “Abounding Grace” as we continue to-day with the basis for the great white throne judgement of the wicked dead. We have already established the fact that if you have not been judged in Christ Jesus by being born again then you are going to be judged by the law of conscience; the law of memory; the Law of Moses. You will be judged by whatever law you are relying on to make youself right with God. To-day we will discuss a few more laws that the wicked dead will be judged by:

The law of character:

Hebr.3:8-10. (Amp) Do not harden your hearts, as [happened] in the rebellion [of Israel] and their provocation and embitterment [of Me] in the day of testing in the wilderness, where your fathers tried [My patience] and tested [My forbearance] and found I stood their test, and they saw My works for forty years. And so I was provoked (displeased and sorely grieved) with that generation, and said, They always err and are led astray in their hearts, and they have not perceived or recognized My ways and become progressively better and more experimentally and intimately acquainted with them.

Eph.4:19. (Amp) In their spiritual apathy they have become callous and past feeling and reckless and have abandoned themselves [a prey] to unbridled sensuality, eager and greedy to indulge in every form of impurity [that their depraved desires may suggest and demand].

The Gospel:

Rom.2:12-16. (Amp) All who have sinned without the Law will also perish without [regard to] the Law and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged and condemned by the Law. For it is not merely hearing the Law [read] that makes one righteous before God, but it is the doers of the Law who will be held guiltless and acquitted and justified. When Gentiles who have not the [divine] Law do instinctively what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, since they do not have the Law. They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts and are operating there, with which their consciences (sense of right and wrong) also bear witness; and their [moral] decisions (their arguments of reason, their condemning or approving thoughts) will accuse or perhaps defend and excuse [them] on that day when, as my Gospel proclaims, God by Jesus Christ will judge men in regard to the things which they conceal (their hidden thoughts).

Record of personal acts.

Matt.12:36. (KJV) But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment.

Luke.12:2-9. (Amp) Nothing is [so closely] covered up that it will not be revealed, or hidden that it will not be known. Whatever you have spoken in the darkness shall be heard and listened to in the light, and what you have whispered in [people's] ears and behind closed doors will be proclaimed upon the housetops. I tell you, My friends, do not dread and be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom you should fear: fear Him Who, after killing, has power to hurl into hell (Gehenna); yes, I say to you, fear Him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And [yet] not one of them is forgotten or uncared for in the presence of God. But [even] the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be struck with fear or seized with alarm; you are of greater worth than many [flocks] of sparrows. And I tell you, Whoever declares openly [speaking out freely] and confesses that he is My worshiper and acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man also will declare and confess and acknowledge him before the angels of God. But he who disowns and denies and rejects and refuses to acknowledge Me before men will be disowned and denied and rejected and refused acknowledgement in the presence of the angels of God.

John.3:18. (Amp) He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation, he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.]

Rev.20:12. (Amp) I [also] saw the dead, great and small; they stood before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is [the Book] of Life. And the dead were judged (sentenced) by what they had done [their whole way of feeling and acting, their aims and endeavours] in accordance with what was recorded in the books.

The book of life.

Rev.3:5. (Amp) Thus shall he who conquers (is victorious) be clad in white garments, and I will not erase or blot out his name from the Book of Life; I will acknowledge him [as Mine] and I will confess his name openly before My Father and before His angels.

Rev.13:8. (Amp) And all the inhabitants of the earth will fall down in adoration and pay him homage, everyone whose name has not been recorded in the Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain [in sacrifice] from the foundation of the world.

Rev.17:8. (Amp) The beast that you saw [once] was, but [now] is no more, and he is going to come up out of the Abyss (the bottomless pit) and proceed to go to perdition. And the inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been recorded in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will be astonished when they look at the beast, because he [once] was, but [now] is no more, and he is [yet] to come.

We have already established that fact that every person’s name is entered into a book called the book of life, there is another book into which the deeds, words and actions of an individual are recorded. When a person accepts Jesus as Lord his name is entered into a book called the Lamb’s book of life. When a person dies his name is removed from the book of life. All who receive the mark of the beast will have their names removed from the book of life as well.

You are either a worshipper of the Lord Jesus Christ or a worshipper of Satan; there is no other category for worship.

There is another group of persons’ whose names will be removed from the book of life according to the scripture and they are the ones that meddle with the Word of God:

Rev.22:18-19. (Amp) I [personally solemnly] warn everyone who listens to the statements of the prophecy [the predictions and the consolations and admonitions pertaining to them] in this book: If anyone shall add anything to them, God will add and lay upon him the plagues (the afflictions and the calamities) that are recorded and described in this book. And if anyone cancels or takes away from the statements of the book of this prophecy [these predictions relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions or warnings pertaining to them], God will cancel and take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the city of holiness (purity and hallowedness), which are described and promised in this book.

We are instructed to rejoice in the fact that our names are written in heaven, the disciples had just returned from an evangelistic campaign and were overjoyed by the fact that evil spirits were subject to them and Jesus encourages them to rather rejoice in the fact that their names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Luke.10:20. (KJV) Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Take heart my dear friends, you are all registered in the Lambs’ book of life and will never stand before the heavenly court for judgement, you have already been judged in Christ Jesus, so rejoice and offer up sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving to our awesome God.

If you are not born again then you are not part of the family of God and you are outside of the covenants of God, you are in this world without God and should you expire in your present state then your name will be removed from the book of life forever. Why play such a dangerous game when all you have to do is submit your life to God the Father by making Jesus your personal Lord and saviour. I urge you to pray the following prayer by faith and receive the life God is offering you to-day:

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April 30, 2012

Welcome and thank you for joining me once more at “Abounding Grace”. To-day we continue with our study of the foundation doctrines of Christ as we discuss the place and the basis of the judgement of the wicked dead. We have already established the facts that this judgement is a judgement of the wicked dead and that the believer does not take part in this judgement. We also know from the Word that this judgement will take place at the end of the Millennium. We have also discussed the fact that it is not God’s will for any man to perish and the only reason a man will be judged at this judgement is because He rejected the Word of life by his own free will. Man chooses his own destiny, remember the Father lay’s before every man life or death it is the man privilege to choose, God will accept whatever choice the man makes.

The place of this judgement is in heaven at the great white throne.

Rev.20:11. (Amp) Then I saw a great white throne and the One Who was seated upon it, from Whose presence and from the sight of Whose face earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.

Ps.9:7-8. (Amp) But the Lord shall remain and continue forever; He has prepared and established His throne for judgment. And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.

The throne is literal and white indicates absolute righteousness and justice of the judgment.

Ps.45:6-7. (Amp) Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Your kingdom. You love righteousness, uprightness, and right standing with God and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.

Last time we discussed the books, remember, every person’s name is recorded in the book of the living, every person’s deeds, motives, word’s, are recorded, every time a person hears the message the gospel and rejects it is recorded in a book. It is by these records that the wicked dead will be judged.

That brings us to the basis for this judgement:

The law of conscience:

The law of memory:

Luke.16:25. (Amp) But Abraham said, Child, remember that you in your lifetime fully received [what is due you in] comforts and delights, and Lazarus in like manner the discomforts and distresses; but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

An interesting observation here, read the full account in your own Bible, remember the rich man died and was buried; Lazarus died and was carried to Abraham’s bosom also known as paradise. Note that after physical dead a person is still able to remember.

I would venture to say that every nation on this planet has had the gospel preached to it at some time or other, have you ever noticed how all religions have something to say about Jesus, if you think of Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism to name but a few, all openly reject Jesus as the Son of God and choose their own way to please God. If my memory serves we well, and I know it does as I have the mind of Christ, it is written that the end won’t come until the gospel has been preached to every nation.

Matt.24:14. (KJV) And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

I believe that has been done, the nations have chosen to reject it.

The Law of Moses:

Rom.2:12-16. (Amp) All who have sinned without the Law will also perish without [regard to] the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged and condemned by the Law. For it is not merely hearing the Law [read] that makes one righteous before God, but it is the doers of the Law who will be held guiltless and acquitted and justified. When Gentiles who have not the [divine] Law do instinctively what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, since they do not have the Law. They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts and are operating there, with which their consciences (sense of right and wrong) also bear witness; and their [moral] decisions (their arguments of reason, their condemning or approving thoughts) will accuse or perhaps defend and excuse [them] on that day when, as my Gospel proclaims, God by Jesus Christ will judge men in regard to the things which they conceal (their hidden thoughts).

In closing I would like to say that there is no person on the face of the earth that could possibly pass one of these examinations that we are discussing, remember what the word judgement means: To examine, study, evaluate and uncover in order to arrive at a verdict as to whether a reward or condemnation is deserved. It depends on the result of the investigation. Take any of the above mentioned religions, a Muslim for instance will be judged according to the Koran, if he broke one law he will be guilty of breaking all the laws in that book, without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness for sin, if there is no forgiveness there can only be punishment for the broken law. The reason for Jesus’ coming was to shed His blood for mankind as God’s sacrificed lamb, and to impart eternal life, God life into the real you, into the spirit man and have your name recorded in the Lamb’s book of life.

We can now understand why it is so important that you make Jesus the Lord of your life, so that through Him we can escape this coming judgement, I implore you by the mercies of God that you accept the life that God the Father is offering you to-day by accepting Jesus into your life, all you have to do is pray the following prayer from your heart and by faith receive the promise of the Father which is ‘all who call upon His name shall be saved”. Have a day filled with joy and laughter, and don’t forget to share the Word of His grace, spread the fragrance of His love everywhere you go. Love ya.

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April 27, 2012

Thank you for joining me at “Abounding Grace” as we continue our study of the judgement of the wicked dead. Yesterday we looked at the subjects of this judgement and we established that the wicked dead are all men through the ages who have rejected the Word of God. To-day we will discuss the time of this judgement. Remember this judgement is reserved for the wicked dead, and we as the body of Christ are not include at the great white throne judgement.

The time of this judgement is at the end of the Millennium.

Rev.20:7-15. (KJV) And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 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. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Every person ever born has their name entered into the book of life, that is, their physical birth, those who receive Jesus as their Lord have their names then entered into His book which is the Lamb’s book of life, that is their spiritual rebirth, that is why Jesus said man must be born again. If a person dies unsaved he is blotted out of the book of life:

Ps.69:28. (Amp) Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and the book of life and not be enrolled among the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those upright and in right standing with God).

The Word states that 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. Every idle word a person speaks, all a person has ever done is recorded in books. God keeps perfect records. Every time a person hears the Gospel and rejects it is record, all deeds good and bad are recorded in the books, these records will be used at the persons trail at the great white throne.

If a person dies without making Jesus his Lord and saviour then at his death his name is blotted out of the book of life, that person then can never be enrolled among the righteous.

Heaven and earth are renovated by fire.

2Pet.3:7-13. (Amp) But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been stored up (reserved) for fire, being kept until the Day of Judgment and destruction of the ungodly people. Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape you, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He promises, according to some people’s conception of slowness, but He is long-suffering (extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish (pass away) with a thunderous crash, and the [material] elements [of the universe] will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up. Since all these things are thus in the process of being dissolved, what kind of person ought [each of] you to be [in the meanwhile] in consecrated and holy behaviour and devout and godly qualities, while you wait and earnestly long for (expect and hasten) the coming of the day of God by reason of which the flaming heavens will be dissolved, and the [material] elements [of the universe] will flare and melt with fire? But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise, in which righteousness (uprightness, freedom from sin, and right standing with God) is to abide.

It is not the desire of the Father that any should perish but that all should be born again and have their names recorded in the Lamb’s book of life.

Hebr.12:25-28. (Amp) So see to it that you do not reject Him or refuse to listen to and heed Him Who is speaking [to you now]. For if they [the Israelites] did not escape when they refused to listen and heed Him Who warned and divinely instructed them [here] on earth [revealing with heavenly warnings His will], how much less shall we escape if we reject and turn our backs on Him Who cautions and admonishes [us] from heaven? Then [at Mount Sinai] His voice shook the earth, but now He has given a promise: Yet once more I will shake and make tremble not only the earth but also the [starry] heavens. Now this expression, Yet once more, indicates the final removal and transformation of all [that can be] shaken, that is, of that which has been created, in order that what cannot be shaken may remain and continue. Let us therefore, receiving a kingdom that is firm and stable and cannot be shaken, offer to God pleasing service and acceptable worship, with modesty and pious care and godly fear and awe.

Listen to God’s hearts cry, do not reject Him, it is not His will for man to perish.

Rom.1:21-23. (Amp) Because when they knew and recognized Him as God, they did not honour and glorify Him as God or give Him thanks. But instead they became futile and godless in their thinking [with vain imaginings, foolish reasoning, and stupid speculations] and their senseless minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools [professing to be smart, they made simpletons of themselves]. And by them the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God were exchanged for and represented by images, resembling mortal man and birds and beasts and reptiles.

That is all for now my dear friends. I pray that each and every person who reads this post is born again, and if you aren’t or if you are not sure if you or not then right where you are bow your head and pray the following prayer from your heart and our loving Heavenly Father will receive you into His fold, all who come to Him will He in no wise cast out:

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April 26, 2012

Welcome back once again to “Abounding Grace”. To-day we will begin a study of the last of the foundation doctrines of Christ as we discuss the judgement of the wicked dead, or “The Great Throne Judgement”. Once again I must stress that this judgement does not include the body of Christ, and we as God’s people should not place ourselves in the judgement, by that I mean that we must know and understand that we will never stand before God the Father for judgement of sin. Once again this is the judgement of the wicked dead.

Rev.20:11-15. (Amp) Then I saw a great white throne and the One Who was seated upon it, from Whose presence and from the sight of Whose face earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. I [also] saw the dead, great and small; they stood before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is [the Book] of Life. And the dead were judged (sentenced) by what they had done [their whole way of feeling and acting, their aims and endeavours] in accordance with what was recorded in the books. And the sea delivered up the dead who were in it, death and Hades (the state of death or disembodied existence) surrendered the dead in them, and all were tried and their cases determined by what they had done [according to their motives, aims, and works]. Then death and Hades (the state of death or disembodied existence) were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s [name] was not found recorded in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire.

Rom.2:16. (KJV) In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

(Mess) Their response to God’s yes and no will become public knowledge on the day God makes his final decision about every man and woman. The Message from God that I proclaim through Jesus Christ takes into account all these differences.

The subjects of this judgement are the wicked dead:

The wicked dead consist of all men that have died outside of Christ, you see even the spiritually dead will be resurrected, we can now understand that there is no such thing as death, where a person ceases to exist, the body can die, but the actual person who is a spirit being can never cease to exist, the resurrection of the wicked dead is a resurrection of their bodies, their spirits will once again be in those bodies for a judgement unto condemnation. It is an eternal judgement. All men will live eternally; it is the choice of the individual where he spends eternity, in the presence of God the Father, of in the lake of fire and brimstone with his choice of father the devil.

Rev.20:12-15. (Amp) 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. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

My dear friends isn’t it great to know that because of what Jesus did for us and because we believed and accepted Him as our sin offering we don’t have to even think about this judgement that is coming on all those who reject the grace of God. The reason why we are studying this judgement is because it is in the Word and we must realize that we cannot as God’s people place ourselves at the judgement of the nations, the wicked dead nor at the judgement of Israel, the judgements that concern us are the judgement of our sin in Christ at the cross, the ongoing daily self judgement for when we miss the mark and then of course the judgement at the bema seat of Christ. I just want to say “Thank you Jesus”.

That’s all for now folk’s so have a happy day, for happy are those who’s God is the Lord, share the Word that the Lord is entrusting to you and spread His love all around.

If you have never received Jesus as your personal Lord and saviour then you are a stranger to the covenants of God and you are in this world without God, you can be in this world with a religion but if you are not born again you are in this world without God, so make a quality decision right now and receive the eternal life God the Father is holding out to you to-day by bowing your head and praying the following prayer from your heart and receiving what God has promised you in His Word, you will be saved:

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April 25, 2012

Welcome to “Abounding Grace” and thank you for joining me in this study of Eternal Judgement. In our study of the judgement of the living nations we have thus far established that this does not concern the body of Christ as it is a judgement of the gentile nations, they will be judged by how they have treated Israel and this Judgement will take place in Israel at the Second Advent. To-day we will discuss the result of this judgement.

The result of this judgement is that some will be permitted to go into the millennium and some will be destroyed.

Matt.25:34, 41, 46. (Amp) Then the King will say to those at His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father [you favoured of God and appointed to eternal salvation], inherit (receive as your own) the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Then He will say to those at His left hand, Begone from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels! Then they will go away into eternal punishment, but those who are just and upright and in right standing with God into eternal life.

Your homework for the week will be to read:

Zech.14. Please read in your own bible.

Joel.3. Please read in your own bible.

Our last study in this series of Foundation Doctrines will be the judgement of the wicked dead, or the Great White Throne Judgement were we will discuss the wicked dead, if you do a study of Matt.25:31-46 with Rev.20:11-15 it will reveal that this judgment of the living nations is entirely different from the Great White Throne Judgment.

Judgment of the Nations. Great White Throne Judgment.

Living nations. [Matt.25:31-46]. Wicked dead resurrected [Rev.20:11-15].

Before the Millennium. [Matt.25:41-46]. After the Millennium. [Rev.20:11-15].

Christ the Judge. [Matt.25:31]. God the Judge. [Rev.20:11-15].

On earth. [Matt.25:31-46. Zech.14]. In heaven. [Rev.20:11-15].

Two classes – sheep and goat nations. One class – all unsaved people. [Rev.20:11-15].

[Matt.25:31-46].

Some saved. [Matt.25:34]. None saved. [Rev.20:11-15].

Some punished. [Matt.25:41-46]. All punished. [Rev.20:11-15].

No resurrection. [Matt.25:32, Zech.14]. A resurrection. [Rev.20:11-15].

No books opened. [Matt.25:31-46]. Books opened. [Rev.20:11-15].

One generation. [Matt.25:31 – 46]. All generations. [Rev.20:11-15]. [Acts.17:31].

Gentiles only. [Matt.25:32]. Jews and Gentiles. [Rev.20:11-15]

Angels help in this judgment. [Matt.25:31]. No angels mentioned in this judgment.

The basis of this judgment is that God will curse or bless according to how men have dealt with Israel in Daniel’s 70^th Week.

The Sheep Nations:

Are those nations who favoured, supported and assisted Israel especially during Daniel’s 70^th Week.

The Goat Nations.

Are those nations who persecuted, fought against, oppressed and were enemies of Israel especially during Daniel’s 70^th Week.

The amazing fact is that there will be many survivors from the goat nations who will be allowed to enter the millennium.

Zech.14:16-19. (Amp) And everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths. And it shall be that whoso of the families of the earth shall not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt does not go up to Jerusalem and present themselves, upon them there shall be no rain, but there shall be the plague with which the Lord will smite the nations that go not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the consequent punishment of the sin of Egypt and the consequent punishment of the sin of all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.

In these verses we have an explanation of what will happen to those who are left of all the nations who will fight against Jerusalem under the Antichrist. If they have not taken the mark of the Beast,

Rev.14:9-11. (Amp) Then another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a mighty voice, Whoever pays homage to the beast and his statue and permits the [beast's] stamp (mark, inscription) to be put on his forehead or on his hand, he too shall [have to] drink of the wine of God’s indignation and wrath, poured undiluted into the cup of His anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no respite (no pause, no intermission, no rest, no peace) day or night–these who pay homage to the beast and to his image and whoever receives the stamp of his name upon him.

And if they have not persecuted Christ’s brethren, the Jews [Matt.25:31-46], they are worthy of entrance into the kingdom, then they will be left here to live as natural men on earth. They will be permitted to establish themselves in the earth and live through the entire 1,000 years. They will be required to go up [or at least to send representatives] to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to keep the feast of the tabernacles yearly.

Zech.14:16. (Amp) And everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths.

And if they do not go up as required, there will be no rain in their land.

Zech.14:17-19. (Amp) And it shall be that whoso of the families of the earth shall not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt does not go up to Jerusalem and present themselves, upon them there shall be no rain, but there shall be the plague with which the Lord will smite the nations that go not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the consequent punishment of the sin of Egypt and the consequent punishment of the sin of all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.

If any rebel with Satan at the end of the 1,000 years, then fire will come down from God out of heaven and devour them.

Rev.20:7-10. (KJV) And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Christ and His armies will land in Jerusalem at His Second Coming and fight the Battle of Armageddon on the first day of His arrival. [Zech.14, Rev.19:11-21]. Then the nations will be gathered to judgment to determine who is worthy of death for mistreatment of Israel – not every person in every nation of earth, but those responsible who have had dealings with Israel in the last days [Matt.25:31-46].

Note: There is no statement in Scripture saying that all men who enter the Millennium will be righteous or born again. We cannot teach this from Matt.25:34 because the righteousness of that passage consists of doing right by Israel, whether one is born again or not. Any man can feed, clothe, visit and do other things said regarding the sheep nations of Matt.25:31-46 who enter the Millennium, without being born again.

The judgment of the nations, as in Matt.25, will be to determine who is worthy of entrance into the kingdom; and being born again is not stated as a qualification either here or elsewhere.

Goat nation survivors.

I believe that during the seven year Tribulation there will be many people [men, women and children], living in the “goat” nations who will refuse to accept the mark of the Beast and will not enlist in the armed forces against Israel. These people will be permitted to enter the Millennium and will escape the punishment of hell at this time.

The “righteous” company of Matt.25:46 who receive eternal life could be any number of Tribulation survivors that accept Jesus Christ as Lord at the Second Coming.

All Tribulation people who: Take the mark of the Beast, worship the image of the Beast, who persecute and take up arms against Israel, will be judged and sentenced to hell. Matt.24:37-41 is a prophetic picture that tells us that at the Second Coming of Christ there will be two groups of people living on the earth [Tribulation survivors] and one group will be taken away and sentenced to hell. The other group will be left behind, escaping the judgment of hell and enter the Millennium to repopulate the earth.

Because millions of Tribulation survivors are allowed to become the Millennial people and live on earth throughout the 1,000 year reign of Christ we can scripturally say that, there will be millions of people living in that day who will outlive Methuselah [969 years]!

If you have not been born again by the Word and the spirit I would like you to bow your head right now and pray the following prayer by faith to make Jesus your Lord and saviour:

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April 24, 2012

Thank you for joining me once again at “Abound in Grace”. Yesterday we started a discussion on the judgement of the living nations, we found that this is a judgement of living nations at the Second Advent, it does not apply to the Church as the Church has already been judged at the judgement seat of Christ. (See the lesson on The judgement seat of Christ). The Word is quite clear on this matter. Let us continue with our study by discussing the place and basis of this judgement.

The place of this judgement is in Israel.

Zech.14.1-4. (Amp) Behold, A day of the Lord is coming when the spoil [taken from you] shall be divided [among the victors] in the midst of you. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses rifled and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the Lord go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fought in the day of battle. And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from the east to the west by a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north and half of it toward the south.

Rev.19:11-16. (Amp) After that I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse [appeared]! The One Who was riding it is called Faithful (Trustworthy, Loyal, Incorruptible, Steady) and True, and He passes judgment and wages war in righteousness (holiness, justice, and uprightness). His eyes [blaze] like a flame of fire, and on His head are many kingly crowns (diadems); and He has a title (name) inscribed which He alone knows or can understand. He is dressed in a robe dyed by dipping in blood, and the title by which He is called is The Word of God. And the troops of heaven, clothed in fine linen, dazzling and clean, followed Him on white horses. From His mouth goes forth a sharp sword with which He can smite (afflict, strike) the nations; and He will shepherd and control them with a staff (sceptre, rod) of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath and indignation of God the All-Ruler (the Almighty, the Omnipotent). And on His garment (robe) and on His thigh He has a name (title) inscribed, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

The basis of this judgement will be the way the nation’s have treated Christ’s brethren, the Jews.

Matt.25:31-46. (Amp) When the Son of Man comes in His glory (His majesty and splendour), and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them [the people] from one another as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats; And He will cause the sheep to stand at His right hand, but the goats at His left. Then the King will say to those at His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father [you favoured of God and appointed to eternal salvation], inherit (receive as your own) the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you brought Me together with yourselves and welcomed and entertained and lodged Me, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me with help and ministering care, I was in prison and you came to see Me. Then the just and upright will answer Him, Lord, when did we see You hungry and gave You food, or thirsty and gave You something to drink? And when did we see You a stranger and welcomed and entertained You, or naked and clothed You? And when did we see You sick or in prison and came to visit You? And the King will reply to them, Truly I tell you, in so far as you did it for one of the least [in the estimation of men] of these My brethren, you did it for Me. Then He will say to those at His left hand, Begone from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels! For I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome Me and entertain Me, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me with help and ministering care. Then they also [in their turn] will answer, Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You? And He will reply to them, Solemnly I declare to you, in so far as you failed to do it for the least [in the estimation of men] of these, you failed to do it for Me.

We see in the above scripture that this is referring to Jesus’ second coming, we also saw in revelation the phrase ‘the troops of heaven’, that is a reference to all the angels and saints, so once again this scripture is not referring to the church, it is referring to the treatment of the Jewish nation by the godless nations that are against her. When Jesus begins His discourse on: “For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you brought Me together with yourselves and welcomed and entertained and lodged Me, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me with help and ministering care, I was in prison and you came to see Me”, he is saying this to the nations, don’t take this scripture out of its setting.

Then the just and upright will answer Him, Lord, when did we see You hungry and gave You food, or thirsty and gave You something to drink? And when did we see You a stranger and welcomed and entertained You, or naked and clothed You? And the King will reply to them, Truly I tell you, in so far as you did it for one of the least [in the estimation of men] of these My brethren, you did it for Me.

We must not forget that Israel still have a covenant with God and it is an everlasting covenant, Jesus in using the term brethren, is referring to covenant people, in this case Israel. The just and upright nations’ are those nations’ sympathetic towards Israel.

We will have to continue to-morrow by discussing the result of this judgement. Have a blessed day and may you dwell in the love, joy and peace of the Holy Ghost, Praise the Lord.

If you have never accepted Jesus into your life by being born again then to-day is the greatest day of your life as to-day salvation has come to your house. Please bow your head right now and pray the following prayer from your heart and receive by faith what God promises you when He says all that call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved:

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April 23, 2012

Welcome back to “Abound in Grace”. We will now look at the judgement of the living nations which will take place at the Second Advent. The reason for this study of eternal judgement is to fit all the different judgements into their right order so that we as believers are not confused about the different judgements, I have found that Christian people get pretty mixed up about judgement and there is a lot of confusion and fear about this subject. This is another judgement that does not concern the body of Christ; it is a judgement of the living nations. Let’s us go and have a look at what the Word has to say.

This scripture is referring to the Second Advent, that is when Jesus returns and sets up shop in Jerusalem, this is after the tribulation period. The living nations are to be judged, this has nothing to do with the body of Christ, it’s after the judgement seat of Christ.

Joel.3:1-3. (Amp) For behold, in those days and at that time when I shall reverse the captivity and restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all nations and will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and there will I deal with and execute judgment upon them for [their treatment of] My people and of My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations and [because] they have divided My land.

(Mess) “In those days, yes, at that very time when I put life back together again for Judah and Jerusalem, I’ll assemble all the godless nations. I’ll lead them down into Judgment Valley and put them all on trial, and judge them one and all because of their treatment of my own people Israel. They scattered my people all over the pagan world and grabbed my land for themselves.

The subjects of this judgement are the gentile nations.

Matt.25:32. (Amp) All nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them [the people] from one another as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.

The time of this judgement will be at the second coming of Christ before the millennium. [Matt.25:31-46].

Please take some time to meditate on the above passage as there are so many of God’s people who don’t know whether they are sheep or goat’s, or maybe goat’s in sheep clothing? If you give the above passage a bit of thought I’m sure you will realize that you are neither, you are the Body of Christ.

Time for me to say “till next time” when we will continue with this subject by studying the place and the basis for this judgement, in the meantime be blessed, be happy and don’t forget to share His Word and His love all around.

If you have not yet made Jesus the Lord of your life then make that your top priority to-day, all you have to do is pray the following prayer from your heart and receive you salvation by faith:

If you have prayed the above prayer then go and study the Eternal Life document for a greater understanding of what you have been given by God your Father.

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