The Judgment
๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ -๐จ๐ฃ
โข Is there a life hack youโve learned that you share with almost everyone around you? Why are you determined about sharing it?
โขThink of a promise youโve made and fulfilled recently. What enabled you to see it through?ย
โข Share what enabled you to persevere in the midst of a time of extreme testing that youโve gone through.
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด.ย ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ:๐ฐ
(Read also ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ:๐ญโ๐ฏ, ๐ฑโ๐ฒ.)
When the topic of the end times arises, people usually respond in fear because the mark of the beast is emphasized. Some fear that they may have unknowingly received the mark and are condemned to eternal destruction in hell. Believers need not be afraid of unintentionally taking the mark, whatever it is. It is not something that one takes unknowingly or accidentally. The mark is directly associated with allegiance to and worship of the beast. Though judgment will come, those who are in Christ will receive their reward according to what they have done, reign with Him, and dwell with Him forever. In light of our future in God, how are we to live?
๐ญ. ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต.ย
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด.ย ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ:๐ฐ
This passage speaks of a hopeful future for those who have persevered and suffered for the sake of God and His gospel. The ultimate reward for those who live for Him is eternal life and to reign with Christ. Though our faith may be challenged, we can hold on to hope and remain faithful until the endโwith the powerful picture of Godโs judgement in mindโbecause the Holy Spirit is in us. What does Hebrews 10:38โ39 say about how we ought to live?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ.
. . . ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ:๐ฐโ๐ฑ
To the world, the end of days are filled with fear and despair. But that is not the case for those who are in Christ. No matter our present situation, we will be raised and rule with God. This passage shows the justice of God that restores the faithful and punishes those who have chosen to follow the enemy. In light of Godโs glorious plans, the worldโs brokenness will meet Godโs justice, and all things will be made right. As we live in hope, how can we reflect Godโs justice to the world (Micah 6:8)?
๐ฏ. ๐จ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐.ย
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต, ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ:๐ญ๐ฏ
(Read also ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ:๐ญ๐ฐโ๐ญ๐ฑ.)
Because of Christโs victory over sin and death, through His death and resurrection, we do not have to fear the coming judgment. Through faith in Him, we have been counted as righteous and will be raised to eternal life. But for those who are not in Christ, they will be handed over to death. Let us, with urgency, take every opportunity to preach the gospel and share the victory we have in Christ while we are on earth to our loved ones and to everyone we encounter. Why is it important to preach the gospel (Romans 1:16)?ย
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โข Do you believe that Jesus Christ has cleansed you of your sins and has credited to you His righteousness? Will you receive Him as your Lord and Savior today?ย
โข Read and reflect on Romans 5:3โ5. What does it say about how we should face suffering as followers of Christ? How will this affect the way you live?ย
โข Think of at least three people who need to hear the gospel. Commit to pray for them and share your testimony to them this week.ย
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โข Thank God for the righteousness we have in Christ and that even in the coming judgment, we can have hope that we will be raised to life and reign with Him.ย
โข Ask God for the strength to persevere in faith despite the trials and testings that will come. Pray for a greater reliance on the Holy Spirit to remain faithful to Him.
โข Pray for God to open the hearts of the people you share the gospel with. Pray that they would receive Christ and live in Him every day.ย