Bible Readings:
Romans 2:1-16
Revelation 20:1-15
Sermon Outline:
James 3:1 (NKJV)
1 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.
I The day of final judgment
II Salvation is by grace, through faith, not by works
III Judgment will be according to works
IV Judgment will be in accordance to what sort of light and privilege one has in this life
V There shall be degrees of rewards and degrees of punishment
2 Corinthians 5:9 (NKJV)
9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.
No one is redeemed except through unmerited mercy,
and no one is condemned except through merited judgment.
Augustine
Nothing has contributed more powerfully to wean me from all that held me down to earth than the thought,
constantly dwelt upon, of death and of the last judgment.
Augustine
Let me ask every day what reference it has to the Day of Judgment and cultivate a disposition to be reminded of that day.
Richard Cecil