YOU SHALL FACE GOD SOON!
“In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus
Christ according to my gospel.” (Ro 2:16)
There is a day coming when you
shall face God. Think about that! (Rom
2: 5-16)
God says if you go through life with a
hard heart, refusing to repent from your sin and vain works, refusing to
believe on Christ, then you are treasuring up wrath against that day of God’s
wrath. It means you are heaping up God’s
wrath against yourself like a man saves up money.
In that day the righteous judgment of God
shall be revealed. God will deal justly with every man by rendering to every
man exactly according to his deeds. Not only the outward deeds that are known, but
God shall judge the secrets of men, even the secrets sins of the heart. And get this, the judge shall be the very one
you called a liar, the Righteous Lord, Jesus Christ. (Rom 2: 5-6)
The judgment of God is nothing fearful to
the believer. To them who patiently continue doing that which is good, that is,
who patiently continue in faith, trusting Christ alone to be all their
salvation before God, seeking the glory, honor and immortality that is by
Christ alone, God shall give eternal life.
All who believe on Christ are free from sin and condemnation. We have
fulfilled the law and suffered its just penalty by the obedience and death of
Jesus Christ our Head and Substitute. (Rom 5:19-21)
But if you have never believed on Christ
then you have no reason to do anything but fear the righteous judgment of God. God promises to those who are contentious, and
do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, God shall pour out his
indignation and wrath. There will be
anguish and tribulation like you have never imagined. You may think it wise to
ignore my gospel and go through life never giving a thought to eternal matters but
remember you shall face God soon! And do not imagine that God will show
partiality based on who you are or what you have done. God is no respecter of
persons. Men look on the outward
appearance. So they imagine they will please God by an outward show of goodness
and righteousness. They imagine God will be pleased with religious deeds and
morality. But God's judgments are true and righteous. God looks on the heart,
not on the outward appearance. (Rom 2: 28-29)
Therefore, sinner, seek Christ today! Except
you trust the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall be forever damned. It will be just.
You will have earned it! But trust Christ and you shall be forever saved. It
will be just because it is what Christ earned for his people. God give you
grace to trust him!