Jude 5-7; 14-16; 2 Peter 3:4-13: God knows how to judge those who are unbelievers, rebellious, immoral, ungodly and wicked, corrupt and violent. It’s vital that we understand this aspect of who God is when so many try to deny it.
1. Our God Knows
How to Judge
Jude 5-7; 14-16; 2 Peter 3:4-13, NT p. 423-424; 411
2. Text
Maturity
Oracles of God
Word of Righteousness
Doctrine of Christ
repentance from dead works
faith toward God
instruction about washings
laying on of hands
resurrection of the dead
eternal judgment
BasicPrinciples
3. because he has fixed a day
on which he will judge the
world in righteousness
Acts 17:31, NT p. 236
4. And just as it is appointed
for man to die once, and
after that comes judgment,
Hebrews 9:27, NT p. 386
6. Our God Knows How to Judge
The Mighty One, God Jehovah,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its
setting. Out of Zion, the perfection
of beauty, God shines forth.
Psalms 50:1-2; OT p. 898
7. Our God Knows How to Judge
Our God comes; he does not keep
silence; before him is a devouring
fire, around him a mighty tempest.
He calls to the heavens above and
to the earth, that he may JUDGE
his people:
Psalms 50:3-4; OT p. 898
8. Our God Knows How to Judge
“Gather to me my faithful ones,
who made a covenant with me by
sacrifice!” The heavens declare his
righteousness, for God himself is
JUDGE!
Psalms 50:5-6; OT p. 898
9. Our God Knows How to Judge
Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you.
I am God, your God.
Psalms 50:7; OT p. 898
10. Our God Knows How to Judge
Jude; NT p. 423-424
— Unbelieving Israelites (5)
11. Our God Knows How to Judge
Jude; NT p. 423-424
“Jesus, who SAVED a people out of the
land of Egypt, afterward DESTROYED
those who did not BELIEVE.”
— Unbelieving Israelites (5)
12. Our God Knows How to Judge
— Unbelieving Israelites (5)
Jude; NT p. 423-424
— Rebellious Angels (6)
13. Our God Knows How to Judge
— Unbelieving Israelites (5)
Jude; NT p. 423-424
“The angels who did not stay within their own position
of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has
kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the
judgment of the great day—”
— Rebellious Angels (6)
14. Our God Knows How to Judge
— Unbelieving Israelites (5)
Jude; NT p. 423-424
— Immoral Cities (7)
— Rebellious Angels (6)
15. Our God Knows How to Judge
— Unbelieving Israelites (5)
Jude; NT p. 423-424
— Immoral Cities (7)
— Rebellious Angels (6)
Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities,
which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and
pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example
by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
16. Our God Knows How to Judge
— Unbelieving Israelites (5)
Jude; NT p. 423-424
— Immoral Cities (7)
— Rebellious Angels (6)
— Ungodly (15)
17. Our God Knows How to Judge
— Unbelieving Israelites (5)
Jude; NT p. 423-424
— Immoral Cities (7)
— Rebellious Angels (6)
— Ungodly (15)
“Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of
his holy ones, to execute judgment on all and to
convict all the UNGODLY of all their deeds of
UNGODLINESS that they have committed in
such an UNGODLY way, and of all the harsh
things that UNGODLY sinners have spoken
against him.”
18. Our God Knows How to Judge
— Unbelieving Israelites (5)
Jude; NT p. 423-424
— Immoral Cities (7)
— Wicked, Corrupt, Violent Earth (2 Peter 3:6)
— Rebellious Angels (6)
— Ungodly (15)
19. Our God Knows How to Judge
— Unbelieving Israelites (5)
Jude; NT p. 423-424
— Immoral Cities (7)
— Wicked, Corrupt, Violent Earth (2 Peter 3:6)
— Rebellious Angels (6)
— Ungodly (15)
and that by means of these the
world that then existed was
deluged with water and perished.
20. Our God Knows How to Judge
— Unbelieving Israelites (5)
Jude; NT p. 423-424
— Immoral Cities (7)
— Wicked, Corrupt, Violent Earth (2 Peter 3:6)
— Rebellious Angels (6)
— Ungodly (15)
22. The Day of Judgment!
2 Peter 3:7; NT p. 411
But by the same word the heavens and earth that
now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the
day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
23. The Day of Judgment!
2 Peter 3:7; NT p. 411
But by the same word the heavens and earth that
now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the
day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
God is patient. (9)
24. The Day of Judgment!
2 Peter 3:7; NT p. 411
But by the same word the heavens and earth that
now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the
day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
God is patient. (9)
God wishes that all should repent. (9)
25. The Day of Judgment!
2 Peter 3:7; NT p. 411
But by the same word the heavens and earth that
now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the
day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
God is patient. (9)
God wishes that all should repent. (9)
What sort of people ought we to be? (11)
26. The Day of Judgment!
2 Peter 3:7; NT p. 411
But by the same word the heavens and earth that
now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the
day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
God is patient. (9)
God wishes that all should repent. (9)
What sort of people ought we to be? (11)
holiness
27. The Day of Judgment!
2 Peter 3:7; NT p. 411
But by the same word the heavens and earth that
now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the
day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
God is patient. (9)
God wishes that all should repent. (9)
What sort of people ought we to be? (11)
holiness
godliness
28. The Day of Judgment!
2 Peter 3:7; NT p. 411
But by the same word the heavens and earth that
now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the
day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
God is patient. (9)
God wishes that all should repent. (9)
What sort of people ought we to be? (11)
holiness
godliness
waiting & hastening
29. We implore you on
behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20