Red Stone Baptist Church

If you judge yourselves, you will not be judged If we lived in the truth, put our sins under the power of the Blood of Jesus, walked in the light, judged ourselves, then it is true: “If you judge yourselves, you will not be judged.” (1Cor 11:31) This is very important. If we judged ourselves, we will encounter Jesus as the One who is waiting to receive us with open arms. “Good and faithful servant: enter into the joy of your Lord.” (Mt 25:23) This encounter will be inexpressible joy. The Word of God says: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love Him.” (1Cor 2:9) The sins which we have given to Christ have already been judged. We confessed them and repented. It does not mean that we should go to confession every day but every day we should enter into the light and repent, that means, admit our sin: “Yes, Lord, I have sinned. I forgive my brother who has hurt me, and I beg You to forgive me too. I exalted myself above him, I criticized him, I failed to do what I was obliged to do, I was lazy. You had Your plan for me this day, and I followed my own interests. You wanted me to preach the Gospel to the people I met but I followed my own plans and lost the chance. Yes, Lord, I have sinned, I was self-willed, I confess. I cannot rectify it but now I judge myself. I want to obey You again.” And God forgives, rectifies all our mistakes but we must repent time and again. I must be ready at all times for an encounter with Christ. The final judgment depends on us. We decide it. What to do? To settle our accounts before the Day of Judgement. If a company or factory is to be inspected, what do they do? The accountants go over the figures again and again and check everything lest they should be brought to court or fined. Jesus says in the Gospel: “Amen, amen, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life, and will not come into judgement, but has passed from death into life.” (Jn 5:24) Indeed, for those who have passed from death into life, who judged themselves and put their sins under the power of the Blood of Jesus again and again, the Day of Judgement will be a joyful encounter with Christ.