Martin Lloyd Jones on The Modern Man
The Lord Jesus Christ, the son of God, is not only the Savior, he has also been made the judge. That’s what John is saying, and if we do not repent and believe on him we shall be judged by him. I have emphasized again this evening that God has got a plan, that God has got a time, that God has got a purpose and everything he’s promised has come to pass. Christmas is proof of that. The fullness of the times have come and God sent forth his son, and when the world crucified him God allowed him to be buried in a grave but only for the time that he’d indicated and on the morning of the third day he raised him up again and he’s allowing these years to pass but remember, the plan of God is still there and the end of that plan is the coming again of the son of God into this world to judge the world. He is going to divide up between the wheat and the chaff; He’s got a winnowing fan in his hand and he’ll separate chaff and wheat! He’ll gather the wheat into his fold and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. And what makes the difference you see is whether we have repented and believed or not. If you repent and believe you become the wheat that he will gather into his fold but if you don’t, you are the chaff that will be burned with unquenchable fire.
Ah my dear friends, the thought is alarming and terrifying. But let us simply remember this: The god who made all those promises in the old testament that were literally fulfilled spoke to John the baptist in the wilderness, and not only told him that Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ, the Messiah, but that he is also appointed as the judge who will judge the world in righteousness at the last assize. If, therefore, you believe that God sent his only son into this world on that first Christmas morning, if you want to be logical and consistent, you must also believe that he will come again, not as the babe of Bethlehem, but as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, riding on the clouds of heaven surrounded by the holy angels, and that he will judge the world finally and forever in righteousness. The word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness and that is what it was. Have you heard it? Have you believed it? Have you acted on it? Oh, be separated to Christ tonight and thereby escape the wrath which is certainly to come, Amen.
- Martin Lloyd Jones – Unbelief and the Modern Man Part 2
- On January 15, 2009 @ 6:00 am
- In Bible, Faith in Life
- Tagged christ, eschatology, martin-lloyd-jones, modernity, unbelief
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