October 12
When I mention judgment to people, they
immediately think of eternal damnation. A
tremendous error has crept in here: people
believe they will no longer be judged when they
are under grace. This comes from an
unspiritual approach to the Bible. Because of
the text, "He who believes in him is not
condemned," people think that God has bound
his own hands and cannot reproach his
children when they go wrong. God, however, is
free, and our conscience also tells us that we
must go through much judgment, even if we
are under grace. God does not want anything
wrong to remain in us. I do not see how some-
one who cannot accept this can be a child of
God. And so we should not be afraid of
judgment. We can even be very happy about it,
especially when it becomes clear what is wrong
in us. After all, the main object of God's judg-
ment is to show where the wrong lies. And
when this comes out, and we humble ourselves
and repent, much good can come of it.
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, from
Jesus Is Victor, Times of Testing.
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