BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” INTRODUCTION The Bible clearly teaches that this sinful world will not continue forever. God will one day put an end to the suffering, sickness, pain and death that exists in our world. However, the Bible also teaches that before God destroys the world, there will be a time of judgment, to decide who is worthy of eternal life and who is not. In this lesson, we will study what the Bible teaches about the judgment and how it affects you as an individual.

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” 1. With which set of people (according to the Bible) will the judgment begin? 1 Peter 4:17 “For the time is come that _________________ must ______________ at the _________________________: and if it first begin at us, what shall the __________ be of them that ________________the gospel of God?” believe not begin House of God end judgment

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” NOTE: The investigative aspect of the judgment will begin with all the people of God who have ever lived on the earth to determine and prove their fitness for heaven. Therefore, this aspect of the judgment will take place before the second coming of Jesus. For when Jesus returns He is coming, not to determine who is worthy, but to “reward every man according to his works” (Matthew 16:27).

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” 2. How does the Bible describe the scene of this judgment taking place in heaven? Daniel 7:9-10 “I beheld till the _______________ were cast down, and the _______________________ did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his _______________ was like the fiery flame, and ​ his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the __________________ was set, and the ____________________ were opened.” thrones Ancient of days throne judgment books

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” NOTE: The prophet Daniel, in vision, saw the scene of judgment taking place in heaven at the time of the end. Daniel saw the “Ancient of days” (God the Father, Psalm 90:10, 11) sitting upon His throne with thousands, thousands ministering unto Him (the angels, Revelation 5:11) and ten thousand times ten thousands standing before Him (the people being judged).

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” 3. What are the books that were opened in the judgment, and what do they record? Revelation 20:12 “And I saw the _____________, small and great, stand before God; and the ________________ were ______________: and another ________________ was opened, which is the ___________________: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their ______________.” dead books opened book Book of Life works

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” a. Philippians 4:3 “.... my fellowlabourers, whose _____________ are in the book of _____________.” names Book of Life

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” b. Malachi 3:16 “Then they that _____________ the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of ____________________ was _____________ before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.” loved Remembrance written

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” c. Jeremiah 2:22 “For though thou ___________ thee with nitre, and take thee much ___________, yet thine _________________ is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.” wash soap iniquity

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” NOTE: According to Daniel, John, and other Bible writers, God keeps records in heaven. First of all there is the “Book of life”, which records the names of all who accept the name of God. Then there are books that record the good deeds of God's people and those that record the evil thoughts, words and deeds of men (Luke 10:20; Daniel 12:1).

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” 4. What special work does Jesus perform for us during the judgment? 1 John 2:1 “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye _______________. And if any man _____________, we have an ________________ with the Father, ________________the righteous:” sin not sin Advocate Jesus Christ

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” NOTE: Jesus is our Advocate in the judgment—One who stands in our place to accept our repentance and confession of sins and to confess our names before the Father. Without Jesus' presence in the judgment and His confession of us, none of us could be accepted before God (see also Matthew 10:32, 33; John 14:6; Romans 8:31-34).

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” 5. Whose names will Jesus confess before the Father? Revelation 3:5 “He that ______________, the same shall be clothed in ______________ raiment; and I will not _______________ his _______________ out of the book of ________________, but I will _______________ his name before my Father, and before his angels.” overcometh white blot out name Life confess

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” NOTE: Jesus will only confess the names of those who truly repent of all their sins and live a life wholly consecrated to God. Jesus' righteousness will not cover anyone who cherishes any sin in their lives (see Exodus 34:7; Matthew 10:32, 33).

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” 6. Whose names will Jesus blot out of the book of life? Exodus 32:33 “And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath _______________ against me, him will I ____________ out of my _________________.” sinned blot book

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” NOTE: Those who have not truly repented of their sins, their names will be blotted out of the book of life.

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” 7. What is the standard by which God's people will be judged and their lives examined? James 2:10-12; John 12:48 “So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be _______________ by the ________________ of ______________.” “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my ____________, hath one that judgeth him: the _____________ that I have spoken, the same shall _____________ him in the last day.” judgedlaw liberty words word judge

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” NOTE: The standard of judgment is the righteousness of the law of God as revealed in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the word of God.

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” 8. What part of our lives will come in review before God in the judgment? 1 Corinthians 4:5; Matthew 12:36, 37 “Therefore ______________ nothing before the time, until the _____________ come, who both will bring to _____________ the _____________ things of darkness, and will make manifest the _______________ of the ______________: and then shall every man have praise of God.” “But I say unto you, That every _______________ that men shall speak, they shall give ______________ thereof in the day of ________________. For by thy ______________ thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be _______________.” judge Lord light hidden counsels heart idle word account judgment words condemned

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” 9. What will Jesus do as soon as He completes the judgment in heaven? Revelation 22:11, 12 “And, behold, I _____________________; and my ______________ is with me, to give every man according as his ________________ shall be.” come quickly reward work

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” NOTE: After the judgment in heaven is completed and probation is closed, the next major event for Jesus is that He will return to the earth the second time to reward “every man according as his work”.

BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES | LESSON 10 – “The Judgment and You” MY DECISION  I acknowledge that God has appointed a time to judge the world.  I believe that Jesus is the Advocate for all repentant sinners.  I choose to accept Jesus in my heart and life, so that Jesus can confess my name before the Father during the judgment.   