Last Sunday Perry preached snapshots from the book of Revelation. One thing he talked about briefly was what he called one of the most disturbing passages in Scripture...the Great White Throne Judgment as recorded in Revelation 20:11-15.
Tonight as I was coming home from Membership Class, I heard part of Skip Heitzig's message on this same passage. He called it one of the most frightening things in Scripture. As Skip talked about it, he likened the throne room to a court room with a prosecutor and judge but no defense, no jury, no debate of guilt or innocence, no parole, no time off for good behavior. Just open the books!
No name written in the Book of Life? Then judgment is based on your works, your thoughts, your motives, your actions but no one can stand before a holy God on his own merit. Without Jesus we are all doomed.
Then he said perhaps the reason Christ followers are not there is so friends and family who are condemned will not look at us and ask, "Why didn't you tell me?" What a sobering thought that is!
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