Category: Judgment

Pasturelands of God

 


who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”

 

Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the
wind. As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains
ablaze, so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with
your storm. Cover their faces with shame so that men will seek
your name, O Lord. May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may
they perish in disgrace.

Let them know that you, whose name is
the Lord- that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.

Psalm 83: 12-18


Nations That Forget God

The wicked return to the grave, all the
nations that forget God. But the needy
will not always be forgotten, nor the
hope of the afflicted ever perish.

Psalm 9:17,18

The justice which has punished the wicked, and preserved the righteous,
remains the same, and therefore in days to come, retribution will surely
be meted out. How solemn is the seventeenth verse, especially in its
warning to forgetters of God. The moral who are not devout, the honest
who are not prayerful, the benevolent who are not believing, the amiable
who are not converted, these must all have their portion with the openly
wicked in the hell which is prepared for the devil and his angels…

Arise, O Lord, let not man triumph;
let the nations be judged in your presence.
Strike them with terror, O Lord; let the
nations know they are but men.

Psalm 9:19,20

Prayers are the believer’s weapons of war. When the battle
is too hard for us, we call in our great ally, who, as it
were, lies in ambush until faith gives the signal by crying
out,

”Arise, O Lord.” Although our cause be all but lost, it
shall be soon won again if the Almighty doth but bestir himself.

He will not suffer man to prevail over God, but with swift
judgments will confound their gloryings. In the very sight
of God the wicked will be punished, and he who is now all
tenderness will have no bowels of compassion for them,
since they had no tears of repentance while their day of
grace endured.

Charles H. Spurgeon from Treasury of David Vol 1  p.100-101.

 


Judgment Seat

 

 

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,
that each one may receive what is due him for the things
done while in the body, whether good or bad.
2 Cor 5:10


Oh My People

Oh my people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.

The Lord takes his place in court; he rises to judge the people.

The Lord enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard: the plunder from the poor is in your
houses.

What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the
poor?” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

Isaiah 3: 12b-15

 


The Lord Was Grieved

 

The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness
on the earth had become, and that every inclination
of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all
the time.

The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth,

and his heart was filled with pain.

Genesis 6:5,6

“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it
be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating,
drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to
the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and
destroyed them all.”       Luke 17:26, 27


Seek My Face

 

if my people, who are called by my name,
will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked
ways,

then will I hear from heaven and
will forgive their sin and will heal
their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14


Judgment Seat

 

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,
that each one may receive what is due him for the things
done while in the body, whether good or bad.

 

2 Corinthians 5:10


Shake The Dust

 

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words,

 

shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

I tell you the truth,

it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment
than for that town.

Matthew 10:14,15


No Acknowledgment

“There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Because of this the land mourns, and all who live in it waste away;

 

the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the fish of the sea are dying.” Hosea 4:1b-3

 

my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.”    Hosea 4:6

And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

Hosea 4:9

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
Hosea 6:6