[Biblemat] A) "FOR GOD HIMSELF IS JUDGE"

[J5827Sasser at wmconnect.com]

Brethren and Friends, Jim Sasser here.  A very good Tuesday
(Christmas Day) to each and every one.  May God bless you and
yours.  Here is an article from my files:

"FOR GOD HIMSELF IS JUDGE"

     It is hard for us to comprehend just how mighty God is.  He "has spoken 
and called the earth, from the rising of the
sun to its going down" (Psa. 50:1).  Can we really appreciate
that?

     The mighty God is going to judge the people.  He will take
care of the righteous.  "He shall call to the heavens from above,  And to the 
earth, that He may judge His people: Gath-
er My saints together to Me, Those who have made a coven-
ant with Me by sacrifice.  Let the heaven declare His righteou-
sness, For God Himself is Judge."  (Psa. 50:4-6).

     God speaks to His people:  "I am God, your God" (vs. 7).
God is not selfish.  He has provided for His people and allows
man to use these blessings.  He will not interfere with their
sacrifices or their burnt offerings.  He would never take a bull
or goat from them.  Why?  "For every beast of the forest is 
Mine" (vs. 10).

     God would not tell His people if He were hungry.  Why?
"The world is Mine and all its fullness" (vs. 12).  Therefor, give 
thanksgiving to God, pay your vows, call upon Me when
you are in trouble and I will deliver.  You will glorify Me, says
the Lord. (vss. 14,15).

     Good things are happening to God's people.  Yet consider
the wicked:  They hate instruction; they cast out His Words,
they consent with thieves, they partake with adulterers, they
frame deceit with their tongues and speak against their own
brothers (vss. 16-20).

     What can be done?  "Now consider thsi, you who forget
God, Lest I tear you in pieces.  And there be none to deliver:
Whoever offers praise glorifies Me, And to him who orders his conduct aright 
I will show the salvation of God" (Psa. 50:
22,23).

     Change your conduct!  The wicked must change before it
is too late and they too will see the salvation of God!

     "We then, as workers together with Him also plead with
you not to receive the grace of God in vain.  For He says: 'In
an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salva-
tion I have helped you' Behold, now is the accepted time; be-
hold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:1,2).  ----------------
Shane Williams in The Lilbourn Light, Vol. 8, No. 6, Oct. 2007.
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