1) Today we want to consider what the Bible says about a future day of judgment
a) Our study begins in the book of Matthew – Mt. 7:2.
b) READ
2) Jesus not implied a judgment in this verse, He implied that we can have some control on how we are judged.
3) God has appointed a time of and for judgment and it is going to be a time that will involve all people.
4) A few chapters later (Mt. 10:15) Jesus spoke about the cities of “Sodom and Gomorrah.”
5) Mt. 10:15 – READ
6) People from the past will be at the future judgment; God does not forget about people.
7) Next on our list of references is Mt. 12:36.
a) This passage says that God is not a forgetful God.
b) READ

8) Some things in life are “idle.”
9) Idle is not the same as actively committing evil.
10) Some people do not speak “evil”; they just endlessly ramble. Some are involved with idle speech.
11) The Bible not only promises a future judgment, it promises a judgment that it 100% complete.
12) Nothing will be left out or omitted when the day of judgment comes.
a) In Jn. 5:22 we are told that Jesus will be the judge.
b) READ
c) According to this verse, Jesus will be “judge and jury” and He will serve in this role for all people.
d) verse 24 – READ

13) verse 27 – READ
14) Jesus is “a son of man” (He knows what it is like to be human).
15) Jesus will not judge us based on theory.
16) Jesus came to this earth, He lived as a man, and He knows what humanity is like.
17) verse 29 – READ

18) “Life” is a description of heaven; “judgment” is a description of Hell.
19) All will be committed to one of these two places.
20) verse 28 – READ
a) “All” is the key word. Many will be dead when Jesus returns. Others will be alive.
21) As we noted earlier, not everyone believes in a future judgment.
22) Some think a judgment day is just a scare tactic used by religion.
23) Acts 24:25 says there was a ruler who heard about the future judgment.
24) Paul said some think they will “escape” God’s judgment (Rom. 2:3).
25) God’s judgment will be “righteous” (Rom. 2:5) and it will come.
26) God wants His people to have confidence in and about the final judgment.
a) Some Christians may have the idea the judgment day is a time to be feared.
27) 1 Jn. 4:17 says the saved are to have “boldness” about the day of judgment.
a) If we are a Christian, we “have a receipt.”
b) Our receipt is the blood of Christ a faithful Christian life.
c) When it comes time for the judgment day, the question is: Did we become a Christian?
d) Did we live a faithful Christian life?