24/04/2023 - JUDGEMENT AT THE HOUSE OF GOD

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For the LORD will judge His people, and He will have compassion on His servants.   Psalm 135.14

We are not as special as they say, but we are certainly loved by the Lord. However, that doesn’t mean that we can go around making mistakes and failing to carry out His commands. Judgment will begin with us: For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? (1 Peter 4.17). Be faithful until death (Revelation 2.10)!

God told David that the promise that he would not lack a descendant on his throne would be fulfilled if there was righteousness: Therefore, Lord God of Israel, now keep what You promised Your servant David my father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as you have walked before Me.’ (1 Kings 8.25). We must go all the way!

The right thing is never to depend on the word of someone who speaks about the procedure of the servants of the Most High. Some have discovered, who knows where, and preach – that once saved, forever saved, regardless of what we do. Jesus said that this is not so, but that some will join the unbelievers: The master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers (Luke 12.46).

Many who are in the position of servants, carelessly watching over the flock, will join the unbelievers. That’s because they began to beat the sheep, eat and drink and get drunk, thinking that the Lord would be late (Luke 12.45). Don’t look at the calendar to find deception in divine providence. Continue to serve until Jesus returns! Whoever neglects his mission will have to explain their lack of wisdom. Now, do only what God says, and never what you think!

It is worth studying here the position of a person who knew his master’s desire, but failed to prepare himself. Christ spoke of this: And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes (Luke 12.47). It’s good to be concerned about the directions that the Lord has personally given about our action or lack of it in fulfilling the divine commands. Be vigilant!

On the other hand, there will be servants who do not understand God’s will in some matter. The Master explained: But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more (Luke 12.48).

The psalmist said that God will have mercy on His servant, but that should not be an excuse for him to wallow in sin and fail to prepare himself to ascend with Him. I want God to have mercy on me, not because I knew of His mercy and I gave myself over to a life contrary to His principles, but because I failed to fulfill my whole mission. It’s good to pray in order to understand what God wants from you, and thus, avoid future damage!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares