The final judgment, otherwise known as, \u2018The Great White Throne Judgment,\u2019 is when all will see and understand why some people will go to the \u201clake of fire.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also know as \u201cGehenna,\u201d is a real and conscious place. How is this place described in the following scriptures?<\/p>\n
Matthew 8:12 (NIV)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Matthew 22:13 (NIV)<\/strong> Revelation 21:8 (NIV)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Revelation 22:15 (NIV)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Matthew 25:41 (NIV)<\/strong> Describe the judgment for:<\/p>\n People of all nations outside of Israel (Gentiles)<\/p>\n The Jews<\/p>\n Those who hear the Gospel and reject it<\/p>\n John 12:48 (NIV)<\/strong> <\/p>\n John 15:22 (NIV)<\/strong> Do you have any other questions about the Final Judgment?<\/p>\n Why are these truths important for us?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n a) What is the fear of the Lord? <\/p>\n b) How does it make me aware of my responsibility? Mark 16:15-16 (NIV)<\/strong> <\/p>\n 2 Corinthians 5:11 (NIV)<\/strong> <\/p>\n c) How should I rejoice in my salvation? Habakkuk 3:17-18 (NIV)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Isaiah 25:9 (NIV)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Philippians 1:11 (NIV)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Lord Jesus, I give You thanks for my salvation. Help me to live my life mindful of my responsibility, motivated to live a life that tells others about Your great grace.<\/p>\n
\n(12) But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(13) \u201cThen the king told the attendants, \u2018Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.\u2019<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\n(29) People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\n(8) But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars\u2014they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(15) Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.<\/p>\n
\n(41) \u201cThen he will say to those on his left, \u2018Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\nWhat Is This Judgment Based On?<\/h2>\n
\n(20) Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\n(12) And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
\n(13) The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.
\n(14) Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
\n(15) Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\nWill There Be Degrees of Judgment?<\/h2>\n
\n(13) For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God\u2019s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.
\n(14) (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law.
\n(15) They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
\n(16) This will take place on the day when God judges people\u2019s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\n(13) For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God\u2019s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.
\n(14) (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law.
\n(15) They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
\n(16) This will take place on the day when God judges people\u2019s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\n(48) There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.<\/p>\n
\n(22) If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\nAsk<\/h2>\n
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\n(13) for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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\n(15) He said to them, \u201cGo into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
\n(16) Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.<\/p>\n
\n(11) Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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\n(17) Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
\n(18) yet I will rejoice in the Lord , I will be joyful in God my Savior.<\/p>\n
\n(9) In that day they will say, \u201cSurely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord , we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(11) filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ\u2014to the glory and praise of God.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\nPrayer Model<\/h2>\n
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