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The Carpenter Judge


 


Read: Acts 17:22-31


 


It is he was ordained by God to be judged of the living in the dead -- Acts
10: 42


 

 

Jesus Christ is the Inescapable One.  We must either receive him in this
life as our loving Savior or stand before him in the life to calm as our
Colonel Judge.

 

There's a story in the great and Adams commentary about a doctor who "made
it his chief concern in matters of religion to degrade the character and the
dignity of Christ."  He viewed the Savior was so much contempt that he
always spoke of him in a demeaning way by calling him "the Carpenter's son."

 

Eventually, the physician became terminally ill.  During the weeks before
his death, he became very agitated.  Here marked to the person attending
him, "I'm a dying man, and what effects mean most of all is that I must be
judged by the Carpenter's son!"

 

The doctor faced the terrible future that awaits all who reject Christ.
Yet, even his last conscious moments, if he had trusted Jesus is the Savior
he could have found peace and receive eternal salvation.

 

How have you been treating Christ?  Remember, "the Carpenter Sun" is the son
of God.  Trust him today!  You receive the blessing of salvation -- not the
sentence of condemnation (John 3:17).  -- Richard D. Haan

 

What will you do with Jesus?

Neutral you cannot be;

someday your heart will be asking,

"what will he do with me?"  -- Simpson

 


Thought for today: Everyone must Choose -- Christ condemnation.


 

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