Principles of the Doctrine of Christ: Eternal Judgement (continued)

Beloved, in continuance of our theme from the “Principles of the Doctrine of Christ” series, entitled “Eternal Judgment” – Jesus teaches us that “When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats [He shall judge all the nations – see Jude 15]: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: And these shall go away…into life eternal” (Matthew 25:31-34, 46). These scriptures teach us that only a certain portion of God’s creation will inherit “eternal life.” Remember, the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ led me to preach on the subject “He is Preparing Me” on Sunday, August 3. The Lord is preparing you and me because His Kingdom has already been prepared (made ready) for us since before the “foundation of the world.”

Precious Ones, unfortunately, Jesus does not stop there, but goes on to describe the judgment of the unrighteous: “Then shall [Jesus] say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matthew 25:41). Jesus also speaks of the Day of Judgment in other scriptures (see Matthew 5:21-22, Matthew 10:15, Matthew 12:36-41, and Luke 11:31). Beloved, there are many “left-hand” creations of God who need to straighten up their lives. In the event that they refuse to be obedient, they will never experience eternal life. Remember, God did not put “left-hand” creatures in His plans for the new Kingdom of heaven and earth.

Chosen Ones, Jesus inspired me to write this letter to encourage us all not to give up our citizenship and passport to His eternal Kingdom. Let us not allow sin and disobedience to place us in company with those who will inherit eternal destruction. Remember that what our God told Jeremiah is what He now tells us: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected [prepared and anticipated] end” (Jeremiah 29:11). Stay with God and your end will be better than your beginning.

I will write more on this subject next week.

I love you all SO very much,
In His love,

Pastor William L. McCoy