The Judgment by Andrew Nelson

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 18, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 44.

The Judgment

By Andrew Nelson

THE subject of the judgment is one of special interest to all, as all are involved; "for we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad."

There are many books of record in heaven in which the names and deeds of the human family are registered. Says the prophet Daniel, "The judgment was set, and the books were opened," and John the beloved, describing the same scene, adds, "Another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books." The law of God is the standard of the judgment. "So speak ye and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty."

How solemn the thought that the record of our deeds day by day is entered in the ledger of heaven, and that words once uttered, actions once performed, can never be changed! The mightiest conqueror who ever lived on the earth could not call back the record of a single day, or change it in the least. Our acts, our words, and our most secret motives will all have their weight in that day of final reckoning, and will decide our destiny for weal or wo.

How important that we now repent of every sin, and confess it, that our "sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord"! The last work of Christ, our great High Priest, before His second coming, is a work of judgment, and is soon to be finished; and solemn are the scenes connected with the closing work of atonement, and the results are of tremendous importance to us, as our cases are involved.

ANDREW NELSON.