Okay, back to your bookmark I
gave you earlier, Revelation chapter 20. Revelation chapter
20. I'm taking the title for the
message from what is said in verse 11. John, in this glorious
vision, you remember it's the vision and revelation of the
Lord Jesus Christ, exalted, seated in glory, and I saw a great white
throne in Him. Now, who is that talking about?
Well, we know it's talking about the Lord Jesus Christ, from Him
and Him that sat on the throne, whose face the earth and 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 the
judgment took place. The Great White Throne Judgment. One of the best outlines I've
ever heard for a funeral service was given by my pastor, Henry
Mahan, some 30, 40 years ago. It was a four-point outline.
Four-point outline. And he said, point number one,
there's just one life to live. There's just one life to live,
maybe a few days, maybe many days. Methuselah lived 969 years,
and then it says in Genesis chapter 5, which is called the obituary
chapter, because it mentions this man, this man, this man,
and it says, and he died, and he died, and he died. So whether
our days are few or many, one day, We'll die. We only have
one life to live. Our life is in His hands. Our
times are in His hands. Then the believer desires to
honor the Lord what days we have here. As Abraham said, being
strong in faith, giving glory to God, he was persuaded that
all that God had promised he was able to do. Psalm 90, and I believe Psalm
90 was written by Moses, teach us to number our days that we
may apply our hearts to wisdom unto Christ. We have just this
life to live here. How do you live it? To yourself
or to His glory? The second point in that funeral
sermon was this, there's one death we shall surely die. There
is one death, we shall surely die. The wedges of sin is death. The reason of death is sin. By
one man, sin entered into this world and death by sin. Job said,
man's days are determined of the Lord. We either die in the
Lord and are eternally blessed forever. You remember from our
study in Revelation 14, 13 where it says, blessed are those who
die in the Lord. We're either blessed to die in
the Lord and are eternally blessed, or we die in our sins and are
eternally condemned. Our Lord said in John 8, if you
believe not that I am, you shall die in your sins. So, one life to live, one death
we shall surely die. The third point to that message,
one judgment to face. One judgment to face. It's appointed
unto men once to die, and after that, judgment. And that's what
he's talking about here in our text. The great white throne
judgment. The great white throne judgment. God has appointed a day in which
He will judge all men by that man, the Lord Jesus Christ. The standard of judgment is what
God has set as the standard. We don't set the standard. We
set it too low. God set that standard so high
that we could not meet it in ourselves. The fourth point to
that funeral outline is this. There's just one eternity to
spend. Everybody's going to spend eternity
one place or the other, either in Christ or out of Christ. You
see, the soul is eternal. The soul is eternal. We're either
blessed, eternally blessed, with the presence of the Lord Jesus
Christ, one eternity to spend, we're either blessed in the presence
of our Lord Jesus Christ and sing worthy is the Lamb that
was slain to receive all honor, power, glory, and blessing, both
now or forever, or we're forever cast out into the eternal wrath
of God. As it says in verse 15 of our
text, Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was
cast into the lake of fire. Just to cross the page in Revelation
21, look at verse 7. He that overcometh shall inherit
all things. I'll be his God, and he shall
be my son, but the fearful, unbelieving, Vomitable, murderers, whoremongers,
sorcerers, idolaters, liars shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. So
one eternity to spend. Now in Revelation 20, these last
five verses, we have given unto us the last and final judgment
of the Lord Jesus Christ called the Great White Throne Judgment. The Lord Jesus Christ is the
final judge. He's the sovereign, superior,
and ultimate judge. There's no higher court. There's
no higher judge. He's the judge of all men upon
the earth. All judgment is put into his
hands. The Father judgeth no man, you
remember John chapter 5. The Father judgeth no man, but
hath committed all judgment unto the Son. Make no mistake, the
Lord Jesus Christ will come again, and he will receive us unto himself. He said that in John 14. He said,
don't let your heart be troubled. I go away, I'll come again, and
I'll receive you to myself, that where I am there you may be also. He will come again to receive
us unto Himself, but the Lord Jesus Christ will also come again
to righteously judge all the wicked unbelievers, those who
are not in the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, this certainly is a day
to be dreaded, that day of the great white throne judgment.
It's certainly a day to be dreaded by the unbeliever, right? They
have good reason to be fearful of facing God in the energy and
strength and righteousness of the flesh, but not so believers. In that day of judgment, believers
will be displayed as a trophy of His grace and love and mercy
unto His eternal glory. We will be, believers will be
in that judgment, but we will not be judged. we will be acquitted
and we will be displayed as a trophy of His grace. You remember in
Ephesians chapter 2 when it talks about God who is rich in mercy
for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were
dead in sin, hath quickened us together and raised us up together
to make us sit together in the heavenlies in Christ, that He
might show the exceeding riches of His kindness toward us through
the Lord Jesus Christ. We're going to be there in that
judgment as a trophy of God's love, mercy, and grace. He's
going to show us off as His bride who is clothed in that white
linen, pure and white. You see, our sins, the believers,
our sins have already been judged in Christ. and forever put away
to be remembered no more. And His perfect righteousness
has been imputed unto us. That's why Paul, when he writes
over here, don't turn, let me just get it for you. Everybody's
familiar with this scripture, because we've quoted it so many
times. Blessed is the man to whom the
Lord imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, blessed are they
whose iniquities are forgiven. Blessed is that man to whom his
sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the
Lord will not impute sin. Did you get that? Blessed is
that man to whom the Lord imputed righteousness. And then, blessed
is the man to whom the Lord will not charge our sin. Not to us.
I've already been charged with my substitute. He paid the debt.
He answered all the demands of God. The Lord Jesus Christ, He is
our righteousness. He is our redemption. He is our
wisdom. He is our sanctification. We
read in the book of Hebrews, God said their sins and their
iniquities will I remember no more. Talking about believers
now. Because the Lord Jesus Christ took our sin and He took them
away. As far as the east is from the
west. That's a fair piece, isn't it? You know what it is. We read in Jeremiah 50, In those
days and at that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel
shall be sought for, and there shall be none, the sins of Judah,
and they shall not be found. I will pardon them whom I reserve. Jeremiah 50, 20. His people will be presented
in that day before the holy throne of God, holy, unblameable, faultless,
unreprovable in His sight with exceeding joy. Get a hold of
that. Now turn back to that little
book right before the Revelation called the book of Jude. Remember,
right before Revelation chapter 1, there is that little one chapter
book of Jude. Look at verse 24. Now, he says, unto him that is
able to keep you from falling, we're kept by the power of God,
and to present you faultless before the presence of God's
glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior
be glory and majesty, dominion, and power both now and forever.
The way God sees things is the way it really is. He sees us
in Christ. He says of the Lord Jesus Christ,
this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. And he says
that of every believer resting in the Lord Jesus Christ. He's
well pleased with us. God sees us, views us, and loves
us in Christ. And I saw, look at verse 11 now,
and I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from
whose face the earth and heaven fled away, and there was found
no place for them. Once again, the Lord Jesus Christ
is described in his sovereign majesty. He is seated on the
absolute throne of total sovereignty and dominion, total power. and
He rightfully exercises and occupies His dominion. He has no rival. He will do all His pleasure. He's the King. Remember? He's
the King of kings and Lord of lords. He is on the throne. Turn back to Revelation chapter
5. We've seen this before, haven't we? Revelation chapter 5, look
at verse 13. And every creature which is in
heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as
are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I say, blessing,
honor, glory, and power be unto him that setteth upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb forever and ever." Look across the page,
it's chapter 7, Revelation chapter 7, and I After this, I beheld,
and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations,
kindred, people, tongue, stood before the throne, before the
Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in their hand. That's
how we appear before God in Christ. And they cried with a loud voice,
saying, Salvation to our God, which sits upon the throne, and
to the Lamb. And all the angels stood around
about the throne, and the elders and the four beasts fell before
the throne on their faces and worshiped God, saying, blessing,
glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, might be unto our
God forever and ever. Amen. Our God, the Lord Jesus
Christ, who's called God our Savior is on the throne. It's
called a great white throne. It's a great throne. Everything
about the Lord Jesus Christ is great. He is our great God and
Savior. His person is great. He's God
manifest in the flesh. His works are great. That's why
His salvation is called so great salvation. His salvation is great. His mercy is great. How about
His love? For His great love wherewith
He loved us. You see, everything about Him is great. His throne
is great. His person is great. His work
is great. His redemption is great. His judgment is great. He has
no rival. He has no competitor. The devil
is not his competitor. He has no competitor. He says
repeatedly in the book of Isaiah, I'm God. Beside me, there is
no other. We had on the radio this morning
from Isaiah 46 verse 9, he said that he declared the end from
the beginning. From ancient times, there's things
that are not yet done, saying, my counsel shall stand. I'll
do all my pleasure. He said, I've spoken it. I bring
it to pass. I've purposed it. I will do it. I will do it. The great white
throne. I remember some years back, I
was all stretched out in a dental chair. You know how they lay
you all back in a dental chair? My dentist at the time, he's
no longer with us. but a dentist at the time was
preparing to do something to me, and he mentioned something
about God and something about his purpose, and I quoted that
scripture to him from Isaiah 46, 9. That was the end of that
conversation. Let me get this drill out here
and drill on you a while. He was a good dentist. I liked
him. He was good at his craft, what he did. But this great white
throne, God in his purpose does all things right and does all
things well. Shall not the judge of all the
earth do right? It's a great throne. It's called a white throne.
That is, his throne is a throne of absolute purity and holiness. We read it a moment ago, Isaiah.
Six, holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty. Why didn't it say just
one time holy? Why not four times holy? Why
holy, holy, holy? Father, Son, Spirit, Triune God,
holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty. Justice and judgment are the
habitation of God's throne. His throne is established as
the throne of truth and justice. This judgment throne that we're
reading about here in Revelation chapter 20 verse 11. The judgment throne here is not
a throne of mercy, but one of strict, absolute holiness. Turn back one page. Revelation
19 verse 1. And after these things I heard
a great voice of much people in heaven saying, hallelujah.
Salvation and glory and honor and power be unto the Lord our
God. True and righteous are his judgments. Does he ever make a mistake?
No. For he hath judged the great
whore which did corrupt the earth. False religion was her fornication.
Hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again
they said hallelujah. And her smoke rose up forever
and ever. And the four and twenty elders
God's church and the four beasts, symbolic of God's preachers,
fell down and worshiped God that sat on the throne saying, hallelujah,
amen. So be it. True and righteous
are his judgments. Eternal are his judgments. No
appeal to his judgment. His judgments are final. From
his face, it says there in verse 11, from whose face the earth
and heaven fled away and found no place for them. From his face
or from his presence, the earth and heaven fled away. Now this
is not annihilation, but rather renovation. He's going to burn
up this earth and heaven as we know it, and he's going to make
a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Look at Revelation 21, verse 1. We're going to see this next
week. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first
heaven and the first earth were passed away, and there was no more sea. And I,
John, saw a holy city, the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down
from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. He's going to make a new heaven
and a new earth. Well, I can't wait. To have a new body with
no sin. To be just like the Lord Jesus
Christ. And to enjoy this new creation
that He has prepared for us. What a glorious thing to think
about. Now look at verse 12 and verse 13. I saw the dead before
this great, great, great white throne. The dead. Now this is
talking about the unbelieving dead. Those unbelieving dead
who were resurrected in their sin. We'll read about that in
John chapter 5 in a minute. I saw the dead small and great.
Brother Fortner said big shots and little shots. Small and great. Big shots and little shots. stand
before God, and the books, plural, were opened, and another book
was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead, those
dead in their sin, were judged out of those things which were
written in the books according to their works. It won't be good. And the sea gave up the dead,
talking about the wicked dead, the unbelieving dead, which were
in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in it,
and they were judged, every one, every man, according to their
works. It is going to come up short,
come up short in that day. There is going to be a general
resurrection, one resurrection of the just and the unjust some
to everlasting life, some to everlasting condemnation. Now,
I want you to turn with me and let's read this together. Turn
to John chapter 5. There will be a resurrection
of the just and the unjust, as it says in Acts 24. In John chapter 5, Look at verse 28, marvel not
at this, for the hour is coming, that's that great white throne
judgment in which all that are in the graves, all that are in
the graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth. They that
have done good unto the resurrection of life. Now, how is it that
we have done good? Well, The only way we can have
done any good is to believe the gospel of Christ. And that's
according to the will of God that we do believe. They shall
come forth, those that have done good, done right, believe the
gospel, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done
evil, nothing but evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. So God's going to bring forth
everybody who has ever died in all human history, God's going
to raise all men up and judge them, either judge them and bless
them in Christ, or judge them and condemn them in themselves,
in their works, in their deeds. Now, turn to Acts 24. Acts 24,
there's another place that this is mentioned here in Acts 24. Turn over there to Acts 24 verse
14. Acts 24 verse 14. I'm thinking of another scripture
here while you're finding that. He commanded us to preach unto
the people and to testify that it was He which was ordained
of God to judge the living and the dead. And to Him give all
the prophets witness that through His name, whosoever believeth
in Him shall receive the remission of sins. Acts 24. Have you got
it there? Verse 14. This I confess unto
thee, this is Paul on trial for his life before the Sanhedrin,
which you call heresy, so I worship the God of my father, believing
all things which are written in the law and the prophet, and
have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there
shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the
unjust. A lot of people think if you
die as an unbeliever and that you're buried, That is the end
of you. It's not. There'll be a resurrection
of the wicked and they'll stand before God and give an account.
Now, from what we know from the Word of God, when the Lord comes
back, We read in 1 Thessalonians 4, verse 16, when the Lord comes
back, the dead in Christ shall be raised up first. You can turn
with me if you want to and read that. Let's find 1 Thessalonians,
1 Thessalonians 4, verse 16, 1 Thessalonians 4, verse 16,
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven. with a shout, with
the voice of an archangel, with the trump of God, and the dead
in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore
comfort one another with these words. Living believers at the
time shall be changed into the glorious image of Christ. As it says there, we shall be
chained in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. It says that over
here. Let me read it to you. Don't turn. For our conversation
is in heaven from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord
Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body, that it may be
fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working
whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. When
he comes back and he raises us up from the dead, this corruption,
this flesh shall put on incorruption, this mortal shall put on immortality. This I say unto you, brethren,
that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither doth
corruption inherit corruption. But I'll show you a mystery we
shall not all sleep. But we all shall be changed in
a moment, in the twinkle of an eye, at the last trump, for the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible."
That is the dead in Christ. And we shall be changed. We shall
be changed into the glorious image of the incorruptible God. First Corinthians 15, 50 and
following. So the dead in Christ shall be
raised up, we which are living shall be changed in a moment,
and twinkling of an eye, and so shall we ever be with the
Lord. Secondly, the living wicked, the unbeliever, will also die. and be raised again with their
wicked body, those wicked who have died in the past, in the
corruption of their sin, both body, soul, and spirit will be
united in that body of corruption to suffer the everlasting judgment
of God. So there is a resurrection of
the just and of the unjust. Thirdly, all will be made to
stand before God. Those who despise the Lord in
this day will despise the Lord in that day, and those who have
loved the Lord now will love Him in that day as well. Turn to Revelation 22, verse
11. Revelation 22, verse 11. If you
die in your sin, you'll be raised in your sin. If you die in Christ,
you'll be blessed forever. If you die in your sin, you'll
be raised in your sin, you'll be judged in your sin, you'll
be forever punished in your sin, for your sin is against God.
Revelation 22 verse 11, He that is unjust, let him be unjust
still. He that is filthy, let him be filthy still. He that
is righteous, let him be righteous still. He that is holy, let him
be holy still. So, if you die in your sin, I
know these people talk about, well, there'll be a second chance.
The big problem with that is salvation is not my chance, it's
my grace. You die in your sin, you'll be
raised in your sin, you'll face God in your sin, you'll be forever
damned. That's hard, but that's the truth. That's the truth. All will be
made to confess the Lord Jesus Christ. Every knee will bow,
every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory
of God the Father. Now notice in verse 12, and I
saw the dead, now this is the wicked dead, the unbelieving
dead, those who have died in their sin, small and great, doesn't
matter who that person is, whether he's a great man in this life
or a nobody. present or a peon. All will stand
before God and the books were opened. The books of God's eternal
mind and record were opened. And another book was opened,
which is the book of life. And the dead were judged out
of those things which are written in the books, notice plural,
according to their deed, according to their works. Now the book
here that's mentioned, there's two books that are mentioned,
the book here that's mentioned is the book of God the Eternal
Elect in grace and love in the Lord Jesus Christ. It's called
down in verse 15 of Revelation 20, whosoever was not found written
in the book of life, there is that book of life. And there
is also, it's called, look at Revelation 21 verse 27, turn
over there. There shall in no wise enter
into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh an
abomination, or maketh a lie, but they which are written in
the Lamb's book of life." It's the Lamb's book of life. Believers
are blessed with eternal salvation in the Lamb of God, the Lord
Jesus Christ. The other book, or books, where
open is the book of God's remembrance. In these books, every crime,
every sin against God is recorded. Now, not that God has an actual
book and He's writing everything down. Again, symbolic language,
God has the eternal mind. He is not only omnipotent and
omnipresent, He's omniscient. That means He knows everything.
that any sinner had done against God, that sin that's not put
away by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, God has written
it down under your name. We read in the book of Hebrews
chapter 4, all things are naked and open before the eyes of Him
with whom we have to do. You remember way back in Genesis
6, God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth
and that every imagination of the thoughts of their heart were
only evil continually. How does He know that? He has
an eternal, omniscient mind. He knows all things. We read in Psalm 139, For there
is not a word in my tongue, but, O Lord, Thou knowest it altogether. Those found not in the book of
life, those found not in Christ, were judged by their works, by
their wicked deeds, and righteously judged, and eternally cast out. The dead, those without Christ,
those who were dead in their sins. Now everybody's one of
three persons. who we think we are, who others
think we are, and who God says we are. That's so. Those not found in the book of
life, those not found in Christ, were judged by their wicked works,
wicked deeds, and eternally cast out. Now, the wage of sin is
death. God is holy and He must punish
sin. Now, people often wonder, will
the elect of God be judged in that day for their sins and failures
that they committed after they were saved? Absolutely not. Our sins, all of our sins, were
imputed to the Lord Jesus Christ and shall never be imputed to
us. God who covered our sin with the blood of Christ, totally,
all sin, shall never uncover them. The blood of Jesus Christ,
God's Son, cleanses us from all our sin, past, present, future,
original, actual sin, omission, commission, all of our sin, he
put away by the sacrifice of himself. So much so that God
said, their sin and their iniquity will I remember no more. Now, let me give you these three
scriptures. Psalm 103, verse 12. So great
is his mercy toward them, as far as the east is from the west,
so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Now, who removed them?
He removed our transgressions from us. And Micah 7, 19, because
he delights in mercy, he will turn again, he will have compassion
upon us, he will subdue our iniquities, he will cast all our sins into
the depths of the sea. That's good news. He dealt with
our sin in Christ. In Isaiah 38, we read, Thou hast
in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption,
for Thou hast cast all my sin behind Thy back. The elect of
God only appear before this throne of judgment to be exalted and
justified and blessed in the Lord Jesus Christ forever, because
He put away our sin. Christ fully paid our debt. Who
shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God who
justifies. Who is he that condemns? It is
Christ that died, yet rather is risen again, who is even at
the right hand of God. Christ fully paid our debt. We
will not be asked to pay for our sin again. He paid it. Fully paid it. We don't owe it. That's good news. Believers stand
complete in Christ now, and then, believers will be rewarded according
to the righteous merit of Christ. You see, what He did has been
charged to us. His righteous obedience unto
God has been reckoned unto us. That's what we call, blessed
is the man whom the Lord imputeth righteousness without works.
Now, this religious world doesn't know anything about righteousness
being imputed. You ask them, huh? A lot of people
think it's imputed nonsense. God made him to be sin for us
who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of
God in him. Now, how did the rest of these
folks, when he said he judged them according to their works,
how did it turn out? What was the outcome? Verse 13,
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, not talking
about that one general resurrection, the just and the unjust. Death
and the grave 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.
It didn't go well. How did this judgment turn out
for the wicked? Guilty as charged. guilty as
charged. You ever watch the jury when
some man's on trial for murder, first degree murder, and when
the jury is out for several days and finally the jury comes back
in, the judge says, what is your verdict? Sometimes they deliver a written
verdict to the judge and he reads it, guilty as charged. I always watch the face of that
accused to see how he reacts. You know, the word of God said,
let every mouth be stopped and all the world become guilty before
God. By nature, we're all guilty.
were only justified freely by His grace through the redemption
that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. Imagine that man on trial for
murder, first degree murder. And the jury comes back and hands
the judge that piece of paper and the judge reads, justified
freely. You reckon he'd probably jump
up and down a little bit, wouldn't he? or the blessedness of being
justified in the Lord Jesus Christ. Eternal condemnation, a resurrection
unto eternal damnation called the second death. The second
death. Now remember what I read earlier
in chapter 20, verse 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath
part in that first resurrection. Talking about spiritual regeneration.
On such a second death hath no power, but they shall be priests
of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him now, And forever,
forever, forever will reign with Christ. Although many claim good
works in that day, I want you to turn and read this with me.
We have a Matthew chapter 7, remember? In Matthew chapter
7, the Lord talks about those in that day. who will answer
for their works and their sin against God. You remember what
they say to the Lord? It's recorded here in Matthew
7, verse 21. You want to know what they said?
To try to justify themselves before God? And that's what self-righteous
Pharisees do. Our Lord said to those Pharisees,
you or they would justify yourselves before men that God knows your
heart. That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the
sight of God. Matthew 7, look at verse 21.
Matthew 7, 21. Not everyone 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. What is that? Believing the gospel. Many will
say to me in that day, talking about that great white throne
judgment. 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 that
word there, wonderful, can be rendered powerful. We've done
powerful works. And we did all these things in
your name. Man, that sounds good, doesn't it? They were justifying
themselves. All those who justify themselves
will be condemned. Look what the Lord says. Then
I will profess unto them, I never knew you. Now, he knew about
their works, but he's saying, I never loved you. I never loved
you. Depart from me. Depart from me,
you that work iniquity. Iniquity. Iniquity. In that day, Before the great
white throne judgment, those who choose to stand on the merit
of their own deeds, the foundation of their own works, will see
nothing but justice, no mercy. The day of mercy is gone. No
pity, no hope, a hopeless end. They receive what they have earned,
eternal death, eternal condemnation. With the believer, the second
death has no power. With the believer, all spiritual
blessings in Christ are now and forever. You see, their names
have been written in the Lamb's Book of Life. And thank God He
wrote our name in Christ. He wrote our name in the Lamb's
Book of Life in Christ. We call that the eternal election
of grace. Thank God He wrote our name in
that book before we were ever born. He chose us and elected
us unto salvation before we were ever born. Not afterward. Thank God he chose me before
I was born, because he never would have chose me afterward. All have sinned and come short
of the glory of God. Again, the Lord will say to them
in Matthew 25, when he separates the sheep from the goats, then
shall the king say unto them on his right hand, come ye blessed
in my father and inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world. Again, those found in Christ,
dressed in his righteousness and cleansed in his blood, there's
no condemnation to those who are in Christ. Those who stand
in that day without Christ, before the judge of all the earth, having
no mediator, no savior, no advocate, no intercessor, no righteousness,
no redemption, will hear him say, depart from me, I never
knew you. The Father loves the Son and
has given all things into His hand. He that believeth on the
Son hath everlasting life. He that believeth not the Son
shall not see life." What's the rest of it? The wrath of God. The wrath of God abides on Him.