The Sentence of the Wicked
THEN He shall say to them also that shall be on His left hand: Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty and you gave Me not to drink: I was a stranger, and you took Me not in: naked, and you covered Me not: sick and in prison and you did not visit Me. Then they also shall answer Him, saying: Lord, when did we see Thee hungry or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to Thee? Then He shall answer them, saying: Amen, I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to Me. And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just into life everlasting. (Matt. xxv. 41-45.)
The Thought of the Judgment a Consolation to the Just
HE HATH prepared His throne in judgment: and He shall judge the world in equity. He shall judge the people in justice. (Ps. ix. 8, 9.)
He hath appointed a day wherein He will judge the world in equity, by the man whom He hath appointed, giving faith to all, by raising Him up from the dead. (Acts xvii. 31.)
The Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then will He render to every man according to his works. (Matt. xvi. 27.)
Behold, I come quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to his works. (Apoc. xxii. 12.)
The Thought of the Judgment is Terrible to the Wicked
IT IS a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Heb. x. 31.)
