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I. Men are self-condemned when they practice what they condemn in others (v1).

A. Matthew 7:1-5: "Judge not, that ye be not judged………… Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye."

B. John 7:24: "Judge righteous judgment."

II. God judges according to the truth (v2).

A. John 17:17" "Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth."

B. John 12:48: "The words that I have spoken, the same will judge him in the last day."

C. We will not be judged according to the opinions of men. Proverbs 14:12 – "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."

D. We will not be judged according to the standards of society (evil, always changing).

III. God’s goodness does not indicate approval of sin (v4).

A. II Peter 3:9: "The Lord is not slack concerning his promises……… longsuffering ……… not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

IV. God will judge men according to their works (v6, 8). Re: "divine side" along with "human side."

A. Romans 5:1: "Therefore being justified by faith…"

B. James 2:24-26: "By works a man is justified, and not by faith only."

C. II Thessalonians 1:8: "In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ."

V. God will judge without respect of persons (v11).

A. Hebrews 9:27: "And as it is appointed unto man once to die, but after this the judgment."

B. At the judgment, all are equal.

VI. God will judge through Christ (v16).

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