The Lord’s Work – Part 54
Mankind will be judged by words. WORDS will testify against men. Firstly, the words of the law will testify against men.
Romans 2:12 … as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
As many as have sinned, as many as have broken the law, will be judged BY the law.
But oh, no, no, no, no! That is not enough. The Lord will present more than one witness.
Numbers 35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
The words of the law will not testify alone. Man will be condemned by the mouth of witnesses! Notice: by the MOUTH of witnesses.
Back to Jude:
Jude 1:14-15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
He is going to convince every single man (of the unsaved) that they are ungodly. How? He is going to use WORDS. First, His word of the law. Second, His word of the gospel.
Not just the Old Testament to testify against man, but the New Testament too. Both Testaments are going to Testify against a man.
John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Mankind is going to be judged BY the word of Jesus Christ. The words that Jesus SPOKE will judge man. For the ungodly, they will try him, to reveal, and to prove that he is an ungodly man: that is, an unbeliever. The words of Jesus Christ that men reject, those same words will judge every man.
Not Jesus’ works. Jesus’ words. His words is going to convince ungodly sinners.
Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
By the doctrine of salvation in Jesus Christ, the word of God is going to judge, and to convince mankind.
The faithful word is able to convince the gainsayers. They talk a big game now, but just wait till the word tries them on Judgment day. They may say they believe. They may say they have grace now. But the word of Jesus will convince them otherwise.
How else could God possibly convince the gainsayers – the mockers, the opposers?
Luke 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Solomon asked for wisdom that he may JUDGE Israel. Judgment is done BY WISDOM. Mankind is going to be judged by wisdom. Wisdom and the words of a man’s MOUTH will convince and condemn mankind.
But not wisdom of man’s WORDS. The wisdom of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1 Corinthians 2:6-7 Howbeit we speak wisdom … : yet not the wisdom of this world, … : 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, …
That is what is going to convince man in the day of Judgment.
His words, Jesus’ words, are going to either testify against men, or FOR men.
1 Corinthians 1:6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
His words are the witness, and His words are the JUDGE.
The new testament, the words of Jesus Christ, the gospel of Jesus Christ, IN A MYSTERY, is going to testify for man to justify him, or against man to condemn him.
The Word of God will be mankind’s judge.
Romans 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
We will be judged by Jesus Christ (The Word of God), according to the gospel.
The gospel says, if you have Jesus you have life, and if you don’t have Jesus you don’t have life. The gospel says that you either believe and speak this truth perfectly, or you are ungodly.
And all the ungodly will be convinced of their ungodliness in that day.
Mankind is going to be judged BY Jesus Christ.
John 5:22-24 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. [The Word will judge man. Honour that Word as you honour God. And then how about this very next verse?] 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Mankind is going to be judged BY Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ is going to judge man BY His words.
Either you believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, or you will be condemned by it.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
His words are good fruit. Take those words, believe them, and confess them out of your mouth, as your fruit, the fruit of your lips. That is the only way to bring forth good fruit. This is the only WORK required for salvation; that is, the work of bringing forth His WORDS (life). Believe and confess these words.
And these words, are the words of the Word, that we will be judged BY.
With your mouth, what sort of fruit did you bring forth? Did you bring forth life or death? His words are life.
James 2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
The saved and the unsaved are both judged by “the law”… but not the same law.
The unsaved will be judged by the natural law. The law of sin and death.
But the saved are not under the law of sin and death, and so will not be judged by that law.
I believe the saved will be judged by the law of liberty, that is, in effect, the gospel.
The lost will be judged by the law of liberty, only in the sense that they rejected the law of liberty – in effect, the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The word of God, by the gospel of Jesus Christ, will judge man in that day. It will either witness for you to justify you, or it will be a witness against you to condemn you.
The OT and the NT will both testify against you. But the Lord will present more than one witness, He’s even going to use more than 2 witnesses.
Numbers 35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Back to Jude:
Jude 1:14-15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
He is going to convince every single man (of the unsaved) that they are ungodly. How?
He is going to use WORDS. First the words of the OT, second the words of the NT. And Third, the words of the mouths of men; other men, witnesses. People (human witnesses) will testify against sinners.
The mouths of men, will be used in the judgment.
Matthew 12:41-42 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
And when men’s mouths ARE used to judge, notice that they will condemn based not on wicked WORKS.. but based on WORDS. They will condemn based on the rejection of the wisdom of God; the rejection of the preaching of the word of God.
1 Corinthians 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
We, the saved, are going to judge the world. We will be witnesses against the unsaved.
Romans 2:27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
We who are not Jews by nature, but have become spiritual Jews by Jesus Christ, and have fulfilled the law by the righteousness of Jesus Christ, we shall judge sinners, condemning them as ungodly, breakers of the law.
Psalms 149:4-9 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
Notice what we will execute judgment with? A two edged sword. The word of God. We will judge mankind with the judgment WRITTEN. We will judge them as heathen, as unbelievers.
But the mouths of men will not condemn a saved man. Oh unsaved men will TRY to condemn us too, that they may also be counted righteous. But it won’t work on a saved man.
Revelation 12:10-11 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Satan has been trying to condemn the godly since the beginning. But it doesn’t work on the saved.
We overcome the accuser, and all accusations by the blood of Jesus, and by WORDS.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Man’s tongues will be hugely involved in the judgment.
It is the tongue that shall rise up in the judgment to judge man,
AND NOTICE… it is the tongue that will BE condemned.
One city will condemn another. One man will condemn another.
Many will attempt to condemn based on works. But those that condemn only based on WORDS – whether or not they repented at, and believed the word of God – those tongues will be justified.
The only thing that will stand in the day of judgment, is the word of God.
Your tongue, your speech, your wisdom, needs to be the wisdom of God in a mystery: the gospel.
Back to Jude once more:
Jude 1:14-15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
He is going to convince every single man (of the unsaved) that they are ungodly. He is going to use WORDS. Fourth and finally, your words of your own mouth.
The Lord will present more than one witness to condemn sinners.
Numbers 35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
The law will testify against you. The gospel will testify against you. Saved men will testify against you. All of heaven and earth (Deut. 4:26) will testify against you.
And then also, perhaps most importantly… YOU will testify against yourself.
Matthew 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
“How so?” you ask?
Job 15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
He is going to convince every single man that they are ungodly. He is going to use evidences. He is going to pull up all the testimonies. And they will testify. And the final testimony – the one that will convince you and all others, will be the testimony of your own mouth. Your own words will judge you in that day.
Luke 19:21-22 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. 22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. …
You KNEW He was going to require you to give Him something at his coming. You knew you were required to bring forth good fruit. You knew he was going to require good from each and every man.
Your own mouth will testify against you. Your own mouth said it.
This man thought he had done well to hide his Lord’s money in the earth. Until the Lord used his own mouth to judge him.
You knew you were supposed to bring forth fruit. And what did you bring forth instead? Nothing but a bunch of dirt; earth. “Look here Lord, I did good in the earth. I made the earth a better place!”
Nothing but a bunch of dead works. No fruits, just carnal works.
“Lord, Lord!” you will say.
David’s judgment on the young man that killed Saul is an OT precedent of this. David judged him, David took hold of him, and David put him to death. But it was the young man’s own mouth that condemned him.
2 Samuel 1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’S anointed.
Matthew 12:33-37 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 … for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. … 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Words. You will be judged by WORDS. Your own words will judge you. And YOUR OWN WORDS will either JUSTIFY you, or CONDEMN you.
Your WORKS will not justify or condemn you. Your WORDS will. Your words will either justify or condemn you.
Jun 19 2022
The Lord’s Work – Part 54
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The Lord’s Work – Part 54
The Lord’s Work – Part 54
Mankind will be judged by words. WORDS will testify against men. Firstly, the words of the law will testify against men.
Romans 2:12 … as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
As many as have sinned, as many as have broken the law, will be judged BY the law.
But oh, no, no, no, no! That is not enough. The Lord will present more than one witness.
Numbers 35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
The words of the law will not testify alone. Man will be condemned by the mouth of witnesses! Notice: by the MOUTH of witnesses.
Back to Jude:
Jude 1:14-15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
He is going to convince every single man (of the unsaved) that they are ungodly. How? He is going to use WORDS. First, His word of the law. Second, His word of the gospel.
Not just the Old Testament to testify against man, but the New Testament too. Both Testaments are going to Testify against a man.
John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Mankind is going to be judged BY the word of Jesus Christ. The words that Jesus SPOKE will judge man. For the ungodly, they will try him, to reveal, and to prove that he is an ungodly man: that is, an unbeliever. The words of Jesus Christ that men reject, those same words will judge every man.
Not Jesus’ works. Jesus’ words. His words is going to convince ungodly sinners.
Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
By the doctrine of salvation in Jesus Christ, the word of God is going to judge, and to convince mankind.
The faithful word is able to convince the gainsayers. They talk a big game now, but just wait till the word tries them on Judgment day. They may say they believe. They may say they have grace now. But the word of Jesus will convince them otherwise.
How else could God possibly convince the gainsayers – the mockers, the opposers?
Luke 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Solomon asked for wisdom that he may JUDGE Israel. Judgment is done BY WISDOM. Mankind is going to be judged by wisdom. Wisdom and the words of a man’s MOUTH will convince and condemn mankind.
But not wisdom of man’s WORDS. The wisdom of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1 Corinthians 2:6-7 Howbeit we speak wisdom … : yet not the wisdom of this world, … : 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, …
That is what is going to convince man in the day of Judgment.
His words, Jesus’ words, are going to either testify against men, or FOR men.
1 Corinthians 1:6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
His words are the witness, and His words are the JUDGE.
The new testament, the words of Jesus Christ, the gospel of Jesus Christ, IN A MYSTERY, is going to testify for man to justify him, or against man to condemn him.
The Word of God will be mankind’s judge.
Romans 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
We will be judged by Jesus Christ (The Word of God), according to the gospel.
The gospel says, if you have Jesus you have life, and if you don’t have Jesus you don’t have life. The gospel says that you either believe and speak this truth perfectly, or you are ungodly.
And all the ungodly will be convinced of their ungodliness in that day.
Mankind is going to be judged BY Jesus Christ.
John 5:22-24 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. [The Word will judge man. Honour that Word as you honour God. And then how about this very next verse?] 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Mankind is going to be judged BY Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ is going to judge man BY His words.
Either you believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, or you will be condemned by it.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
His words are good fruit. Take those words, believe them, and confess them out of your mouth, as your fruit, the fruit of your lips. That is the only way to bring forth good fruit. This is the only WORK required for salvation; that is, the work of bringing forth His WORDS (life). Believe and confess these words.
And these words, are the words of the Word, that we will be judged BY.
With your mouth, what sort of fruit did you bring forth? Did you bring forth life or death? His words are life.
James 2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
The saved and the unsaved are both judged by “the law”… but not the same law.
The unsaved will be judged by the natural law. The law of sin and death.
But the saved are not under the law of sin and death, and so will not be judged by that law.
I believe the saved will be judged by the law of liberty, that is, in effect, the gospel.
The lost will be judged by the law of liberty, only in the sense that they rejected the law of liberty – in effect, the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The word of God, by the gospel of Jesus Christ, will judge man in that day. It will either witness for you to justify you, or it will be a witness against you to condemn you.
The OT and the NT will both testify against you. But the Lord will present more than one witness, He’s even going to use more than 2 witnesses.
Numbers 35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Back to Jude:
Jude 1:14-15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
He is going to convince every single man (of the unsaved) that they are ungodly. How?
He is going to use WORDS. First the words of the OT, second the words of the NT. And Third, the words of the mouths of men; other men, witnesses. People (human witnesses) will testify against sinners.
The mouths of men, will be used in the judgment.
Matthew 12:41-42 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
And when men’s mouths ARE used to judge, notice that they will condemn based not on wicked WORKS.. but based on WORDS. They will condemn based on the rejection of the wisdom of God; the rejection of the preaching of the word of God.
1 Corinthians 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
We, the saved, are going to judge the world. We will be witnesses against the unsaved.
Romans 2:27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
We who are not Jews by nature, but have become spiritual Jews by Jesus Christ, and have fulfilled the law by the righteousness of Jesus Christ, we shall judge sinners, condemning them as ungodly, breakers of the law.
Psalms 149:4-9 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
Notice what we will execute judgment with? A two edged sword. The word of God. We will judge mankind with the judgment WRITTEN. We will judge them as heathen, as unbelievers.
But the mouths of men will not condemn a saved man. Oh unsaved men will TRY to condemn us too, that they may also be counted righteous. But it won’t work on a saved man.
Revelation 12:10-11 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Satan has been trying to condemn the godly since the beginning. But it doesn’t work on the saved.
We overcome the accuser, and all accusations by the blood of Jesus, and by WORDS.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Man’s tongues will be hugely involved in the judgment.
It is the tongue that shall rise up in the judgment to judge man,
AND NOTICE… it is the tongue that will BE condemned.
One city will condemn another. One man will condemn another.
Many will attempt to condemn based on works. But those that condemn only based on WORDS – whether or not they repented at, and believed the word of God – those tongues will be justified.
The only thing that will stand in the day of judgment, is the word of God.
Your tongue, your speech, your wisdom, needs to be the wisdom of God in a mystery: the gospel.
Back to Jude once more:
Jude 1:14-15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
He is going to convince every single man (of the unsaved) that they are ungodly. He is going to use WORDS. Fourth and finally, your words of your own mouth.
The Lord will present more than one witness to condemn sinners.
Numbers 35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
The law will testify against you. The gospel will testify against you. Saved men will testify against you. All of heaven and earth (Deut. 4:26) will testify against you.
And then also, perhaps most importantly… YOU will testify against yourself.
Matthew 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
“How so?” you ask?
Job 15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
He is going to convince every single man that they are ungodly. He is going to use evidences. He is going to pull up all the testimonies. And they will testify. And the final testimony – the one that will convince you and all others, will be the testimony of your own mouth. Your own words will judge you in that day.
Luke 19:21-22 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. 22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. …
You KNEW He was going to require you to give Him something at his coming. You knew you were required to bring forth good fruit. You knew he was going to require good from each and every man.
Your own mouth will testify against you. Your own mouth said it.
This man thought he had done well to hide his Lord’s money in the earth. Until the Lord used his own mouth to judge him.
You knew you were supposed to bring forth fruit. And what did you bring forth instead? Nothing but a bunch of dirt; earth. “Look here Lord, I did good in the earth. I made the earth a better place!”
Nothing but a bunch of dead works. No fruits, just carnal works.
“Lord, Lord!” you will say.
David’s judgment on the young man that killed Saul is an OT precedent of this. David judged him, David took hold of him, and David put him to death. But it was the young man’s own mouth that condemned him.
2 Samuel 1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’S anointed.
Matthew 12:33-37 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 … for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. … 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Words. You will be judged by WORDS. Your own words will judge you. And YOUR OWN WORDS will either JUSTIFY you, or CONDEMN you.
Your WORKS will not justify or condemn you. Your WORDS will. Your words will either justify or condemn you.
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