Embracing Divine Strength: Fueling Your Spirit
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There's an old saying that there are two things in life that are sure.
Death and taxes. While some have found a way to avoid taxes, the truth is that death cannot be avoided. Now, while many may think that death is the end, according to the Bible, death is not the end. We will all stand before God after death. God will judge us to be guilty or not. We all should be guilty due to our sin.
How does the episode introduce the certainty of death and judgment?
However, those who are under the blood of Jesus will be forgiven and judged as righteous. We can't plead the faith of our parents or the righteousness of our neighbor. In Acts 17, verse 30 to 31, the Bible says, "...the times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed. And of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead." Paul here is preaching to a very educated group of Greek philosophers. Many of them would have been some of the top scholars in Athens. However, no matter their background, Paul tells them they will one day stand before God to be judged.
The same is true for us today. We will stand before God and be judged for our sin no matter our background. You may be a top biblical scholar, an actor, a sweet old grandma, or anything in between, but there is no avoiding the fact that you and I will have to stand before God and give an account for your life. It also doesn't matter who you know. Your parents will not be able to stand with you before God that day. You will not be able to make the excuse that your enemy hurt you and say something like, "'God so-and-so wronged me, and that's why I sinned.'" You will not even be able to stand there with your spouse or kids. God will judge each of us on our own. The truth is that if you don't repent, you carry no one else's sin but your own.
You will answer for no one else's actions but yours. You will answer to God about your life, your deeds, and no one else's. And if you really think of it, there is no one without sin among us. And God is holy and cannot accept sin in his presence. but oh, how we should rejoice and be glad that God made a way for us to be saved. He sent Jesus to be our representative. Where our nature is sinful, which leads to sinful actions, Jesus' nature is perfect, which leads to perfect actions. He never sinned, but was punished as if he did. While on the cross, he took the judgment we deserve on judgment day in our place. He satisfied the wrath of God. Imagine you're in a courtroom and put on trial for the worst of crimes.
You lay out your case on why you should not be punished. However, the judge isn't buying it, and honestly, neither are you. He picks up his gavel and sentences you to life in prison. Matter of fact, he sentences you to death row. The bailiff comes to put shackles on you to take you away. As soon as he starts to cuff your feet, a man from the crowd steps forward. You barely know him. It ends up that he is the father of one of the people you killed. He states that he did not take part in your murdering spree. However, he is willing to take the punishment for you. He allows the bailiff to carry him out of the courtroom. Later that day, he is killed on death row on your behalf. You get to walk out of the courtroom scotch-free.
What Biblical evidence does the speaker use to argue that death is not the end?
This is precisely what Jesus did for you and I. He was willing to die in our place for our sins so that on judgment day, we plead the life of Jesus instead of our own. For those who, by grace through faith, trust in Jesus, they will be able to be judged as not guilty on that day. Think back to the courtroom illustration. How would you feel when you walk out of that courtroom not guilty, when you should be condemned? You would be overjoyed because you just received a free life. the rest of your life would be lived devoted to the man who died in your place. The same is true for Christians.
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