Quotes About Judgment

Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden" (Romans 9:18).

If we place moral responsibility back where it belongs – on God's sovereign decree to judge all mankind – then human freedom becomes irrelevant, and there would be no problem in discarding it.

Repent now, believe the gospel, and you will be saved. For if Christ is so firm with his church, what do you think he will do to you, if you fail to repent (1 Peter 4:17)?

But like all biblical doctrines, this doctrine of divine sovereignty penetrates, judges, and exposes the real condition of the heart. Their faith was false all along, but they thought they could obtain some benefit from God. Once they learned that their prayers and efforts did not occupy the determinative role, and that they could not manipulate the situation in the way they desired, the masks came off and they abandoned the faith that they once professed.

Why, do you think that you can undermine God's sovereignty and get away with it? He knows! Do you think that you can play down the doctrines of the blood atonement and an exclusive salvation, and not be held accountable? He knows! What? Do you really think that you can approve of the sodomite and not suffer judgment?

By this book, he defines for man truth and error, and right and wrong.

if you refuse to repent and believe, then one day God will take your life and throw you into the lake of fire. And you shall be numbered with the murderers, adulterers, homosexuals, slanderers, those who practice witchcraft, those who are the lovers of money and pleasure, and all idolaters and unbelievers.

The Bible is bold and honest. It tells you that if you disagree with anything in it, then you are wrong, and God will hold you accountable for your false belief and the false conduct that follows from it.

When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it? (Amos 3:6)

Christianity teaches us about a God who commands humanity to procreate, and about an afterlife and a final judgment.

I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds" (Revelation 2:23).

To speak plainly, God kills these people because they are sinners and they deserve to die, and the time is ripe to punish them. Is not this the scriptural teaching?

The Bible affirms active reprobation, active hardening, and active judgment.

As Paul makes the case that every person has sinned and that every person falls short of the glory of God, he cites homosexuality as a prime example of wickedness.

it necessarily follows that it is the Bible that judges and the Bible that damns. God damns to hell whomever the Bible damns to hell. There is no difference.

And he will cast them out into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. (Romans 2:8)

Unbelievers are experts at self-approval. They invent their own standards, and then they use these standards to judge themselves wise. But to be found wise in this manner is a meaningless honor.

the clash between the Christian worldview and the non-Christian worldview, the Christian basis of thinking and judgment and the non-Christian basis of thinking and judgment.

You are not accountable to me – I am not the one who will send you to hell. You are accountable to God, but he wants me to tell you that.

He contradicts the common assumption that responsibility presupposes ability – that is, the assumption that if a person is unable to accept the gospel, then he should not be blamed for failing to accept it. However, Jesus says that all human beings are unable to accept the gospel unless enabled by God, but all who do not accept the gospel will still be punished for their sins. Thus responsibility does not presuppose ability.

Since divine sovereignty is absolute, divine judgment is therefore certain – because God is sovereign, there will be a judgment.

There is no standard higher than God to which God himself is accountable and by which God himself is judged. Therefore, it is impossible to accuse God of doing anything morally wrong.

Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them" (Romans 1:32).