To be judged by God.

[Rev.Anthony Ray Smith]

“And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”

Gods’ judgment will take place no matter what men say or do. We all Jew and gentile will be judged upon our works. When we say our works, what does it actually mean? A work is an action or deed, in theology, moral duties or external performances, as distinct from grace. Men’s works being judged will be considered anything that is acceptable or contrary to Gods will or commandments. For even those that are saved shall still be judged.

A work is an action or deed performed by a man that dictates his life, what he thinks, does and believes is acceptable. Let’s say a man believes that lying is acceptable if the end justifies the means, that is a work that will be judged, for lying is still sin no matter what reason is given, or if a man steals, murders, commits adultery, is involved in homosexuality, etc. these are all works, and concerning the church, works include testifying of Christ or the refusal to testify, doing good deeds to personally gain from them, doing Gods will or not among others, these are works that Christians will be judged upon, for not all works that even the Christian does shall receive an award for as it is written; speaking of the Christian judgment; “Every man's work shall be made manifest(brought into the light for inspection.): for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide (are based upon the doctrine of Christ.) which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. (A Christian’s works must be built upon the foundation that Christ has laid.)
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” We must remember that not every good work shall receive a reward for even goods works shall be judged upon the reason they are done.

When Paul spoke of those without law, he was referring to the Mosaic Law of judgment, which contained no mercy for sins committed but only a putting away the final judgment for sin for another year, this is what the animal sacrifices did, they delayed judgment and not forgiveness. Those without law referred to those not of Jewish heritage, the gentile race of people. Many gentiles tried to imitate the Jewish worship rituals, but these were not acceptable with God, the Bible even goes further stating that the gentiles were worshiping devils.

What a man does in this life shall follow him into the next and he will be judged upon them whether they were good or evil. We know that no drunkard shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven, along with fornicators, covetous, idolaters, extortioners and such that love unrighteousness. There are many people today that have been deceived into believing that Jesus changed God’s word and accepted unrighteous acts and lifestyles, this is all caused by the misinterpretation of scripture.

Jesus cannot deny the Father neither can He change what God has called an abomination. We must remember that the laws written for the house of Israel are not the laws that the gentile race is bound too. When Jesus gave His life for mankind there no longer were Jew or gentile, we were all included in sin together as one people. But the law never changed, for Jesus stated that He came not to destroy the law but to fulfill it. In other words, if a man lives by the law he shall be judged by the law, if a man lives without the law he shall be judged without the law but still under the law of Christ.

Christians are not judged by man and neither do Christians judge any man. The problem we have seen in today’s world is that those that are controlled by the spirit of anti-Christ believe that if a Christian speaks against any sin then they are judging, but this is not the case. Christians have been commissioned by the Lord to warn all that are lost of the consequences of their actions, when we say that homosexuality is a sin, it is not our words that they will fight against it’s the Lords word. For we do not struggle against the person but the spirit that controls that person. Evil spirits are real, they, just as Satan, have no power except the power of deception and lies; this is what the Christian battles against.
Each evil spirit has a name, normally it’s the same as the sin being committed, and the most famous of these evil spirits is called Legion.

Now speaking of those within and without the church. “For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? (speaking of those not saved.) do not ye judge them that are within? (within the church body.) But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.” Christians are allowed to judge those within the church, for instance, if a man brings a different doctrine within the church that was not delivered to us by Christ; we judge that man and remove him from among the faithful if he refuses to repent and become once again aligned to the truth of the gospel, even within the church we are to judge among ourselves all according to the laws written within the Gospel.

The problem today is that many unsound doctrines are entering into the church body and are not being rebuked by the body of Christ. We either serve God or man, we must remember that we will all be judged by God, saint and sinner.
1Co 9:20-22 1Co 3:13-15