Sunday, November 17, 2024

November 17th - Capital Punishment and Judgment

Capital Punishment: God says it as the penalty for sin.

"...sin is the transgression of the law." (1 John 3:4)

"ALL have sinned...." (Romans 3:23)

"The wages of sin is DEATH" (Romans 6:23a)

Judgment: Judgment means the judgment of the judge - His decision is death for sinners.

So what happens after death?

"...it is appointed unto humanity once to die, but after this the JUDGMENT." (Hebrews 9:27)

There is also a judgment for humanity after our death. God's judgment (decision) is to make us alive again into a new creation in Christ Jesus.

"...there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous..." (Acts 24:15)

“...free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23b)

"For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many..." (Romans 8:29) 

“For even as, in Adam, ALL are dying, thus also, in Christ, shall ALL be made alive...that God may be all in all.” (1 Corinthians 15:22, 28)

"Anyone in Christ is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation." (2 Corinthians 5:17)

This judgment of new life after death is good news (gospel) that should be proclaimed by believers. Here is some more good news...

"As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us." (Psalm 103:12)

"God commends His love for us in that while we were sinners Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)

“When we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of His son.” (Romans 5:10)

“God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself not counting their sins against them.” (2 Corinthians 5:19)

"God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, will make us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved), and raise us up with Him, and seat us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:4-7)

“And having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile ALL unto Himself.” (Colossians 1:20)

"...there is one God, and one mediator between God and humanity, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all." (1 Tim. 2:5-6)

“God our Savior…will have ALL humanity to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Tim. 2:4)

“Trust in the living God, who is the Savior of ALL humanity.” (1 Tim. 4:10)

December 23rd - Merry Christmas Israel!

"For a Boy, He is born to us; a Son, He is given to us, and the Chieftainship shall come to be on His shoulder, and one shall call His ...