What specific instruction does Paul give us in regard to judgment?
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(Psa. 35:22-28; Eccl 12:13-14; Matt. 22:1-14; 2 Peter 1:12-21; Rev. 14:6-12) Blog Sep. 13-19, 2020
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REVIEW: Believers in Jesus tell others about God’s saving love. Since every human being is a creation of God and a purchase of Jesus then God’s desire is to save everyone. Through intercessory prayer and the help of the Holy Spirit we are enabled to win others to Jesus. If we follow the example of New Testament believers, the Bible will be the basis of our testimony and Jesus’ methods will be ours. We will present the truth in love and organize small groups for Bible study, prayer, encouragement, and outreach. The central theme of our witness will be the story of Jesus.
Present Truth (Josh. 7:19; Jer. 13:15-18; Luke 17:15-18; 2 Peter 1:12-21; Rev. 14:6-12; 16:19)
1. When Peter wrote his second epistle in what did he desire his readers to be established? In the present truth.
2. What was “present truth” in Peter’s day? That Jesus, the Son of God had come in human flesh & perfectly fulfilled God’s will by living a life of obedience to the Ten Commandments which was predicted by all the holy prophets = the incarnation, the story of Jesus, & the inspiration of Holy Scripture.
3. What is “present truth” in our day? That the hour of God’s judgment is come & that we should fear God, give him glory, & worship him.
4. What does it mean to “fear God”? To fear God means to believe in him and show reverance to him.
5. How does Joshua tell Achan to give glory to God? By confessing his sin.
6. How does Jeremiah say we are to give glory to God? By humbling ourselves.
7. What does Jesus say is a way we can give glory to God? By thanking him for his blessings.
8. What does Revelation say is a way we can give glory to God? By repenting.
9. Where is proper worship of God outlined? In the first four commandments & especially in the fourth commandment which like the first angel’s message of Revelation 14 emphasizes that he is our Creator.
The Gospel and Judgment (Eccl. 12:13-14; Dan. 7:9-10; Matt. 12:36-37; 2 Cor. 5:9-10; 1 Peter 4:3-6; Rev. 14:6-12)
10. When the Bible talks about future judgment of what is it speaking? Of a time to give accounts that takes place before Christ’s second advent when heaven’s records will be opened revealing all that we have done in this life as evidence to determine who will be finally justified or finally condemned.
11. When do Daniel and Revelation place the time of God’s final judgment? In our day, after the 1260 years of Papal supremacy & before the seven last plagues are poured out.
12. How does Peter answer the popular argument that the Gospel and a last-days investigative judgment are incompatible or self-eliminating? Peter makes clear that the Gospel must be preached in order for God to judge for in it is presented the means (the perfect life of Jesus our Substitute) for passing God’s final judgment.
13. In the first three prophetic outlines given in Revelation what event marks the climax? The judgment of God’s people as depicted in the church off Laodicea, in the great earthquake under the sixth seal, & in the judgment decree that the kingdoms of this world are now Christ’s in the seventh trumpet.
14. What climactic event attended by supernatural beings is depicted in Revelation 12-18? The marriage of the Lamb.
A Last Days Message (Psa. 26:1-3; 35:22-28; Daniel 11:40-45; Mal. 3:1-6; Matt. 22:1-14; 1 Tim, 5:24-25; Rev. 14:6-12; 22:17)
15. If we live in the time of God’s final, investigative judgment what present truth message should we be bearing to the world? Our witness should include an invitation to enter heaven’s Most Holy Place there to be judged by Christ & receive the blotting out of all our sins & the final gift of the Holy Spirit in Latter Rain power.
16. What should we be telling people to do in preparation for God’s final judgment? To put their faith in God, giving him glory, & worshipping him as outlined in the first four commandments.
17. What specific instruction does David give us in regard to judgment? That we should ask God to judge us for only then can we enter into his glory.
18. What specific instruction does Paul give us in regard to judgment? That we should send our sins beforehand to judgment and fill our lives with good works.
19. Where does the book of Hebrews give specific instructions as to how we are to enter heaven’s Most Holy Place? In chapter ten verses nineteen to twenty-two.
20. In Daniel 11 what are the tidings that terrorize North American Pentecostalism? The news that God is judging in favor of his people (Dan. 7) that by faith enter heaven’s Most Holy Place (sides of the North) & sealing them with the seal of the Living God (Rev. 7) by the angel that comes from the East (Ezeq. 9).
21. What urgent invitation are we, together with God’s Holy Spirit, to give in these last days? The invitation to come to the marriage, for all things are ready – the Lamb has been slain, the table has been set, & the only thing lacking is guests.