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God’s Judgment. Knowing God by J.I. Packer. God: Love and Judgment God is our Father, Christ is our Judge Adam and Eve, Noah, Sodom and Gomorrah, Egypt, Nadab and Abihu, Korah, Israel, etc. Ananias and Saphira, Elymath, Christians at Corinth, The Revelation Judge
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God’s Judgment Knowing God by J.I. Packer
God: Love and Judgment God is our Father, Christ is our Judge Adam and Eve, Noah, Sodom and Gomorrah, Egypt, Nadab and Abihu, Korah, Israel, etc. Ananias and Saphira, Elymath, Christians at Corinth, The Revelation Judge No, it is actually intensified Jesus Christ
Judge Defined : Authority Good, right Truth Execute sentence
God’s Retribution God His justice in retribution God always does right whether in saving or punishing Retribution – the inescapable moral law of creation Everyone gets what they deserve rather than everyone getting the same thing There would be no standard of right and wrong and no basis for judgment Revealing the moral character of God and imparting significance to human life Goal
Jesus Executes Judgment Matt: 25:31 ff John 5:22 ff Jesus as Judge
Works vs. Rewards They provide an index of what is in the heart Being assessed as Christians An enriched or impoverished relationship with God God at work in nature and the world
The Law and the Gospel No Law, Gospel