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Mountain View Japanese SDA Church

End Time Gospel Message

Peter Chung

Timeline of Forgiveness

Judgment Justified

Holy Father, our Father God in heaven, Father, I am pleading with you that your Holy Spirit fill my mind and fill my heart.

And Father, this church has invested much to gain a blessing from your word here today by bringing me here.

So Father, I ask that you honor their sacrifice.

May I be a blessing, not a curse through people.

I ask that you fill us all with your Holy Spirit, that hearts will be touched by your love, and that we grow closer to you.

And through these messages and through our practical decisions that we be ready for your son's soon return.

And so Father, we ask that you do something special here today.

Use my broken self to perform a miracle today through your power.

1 of the most controversial doctrines that our church holds that is unique is that about the investigative judgment.

There are some, many of our progressive brethren, that are very, very much against the investigated judgment.

There are some that are afraid of the investigated judgment.

In fact, I remember a few years ago, myself and our ministry director, Evangelist Taj Paklub, he was presenting on the sanctuary, and between the meetings, I was having lunch with a doctor and he was sharing to me how the Adventist message is fearful to him, that the investigative judgment is something that is scary, that is something that is fearful.

And when I encounter these things about how prophecy is scary, how this message causes great fear, it caused me to really think and evaluate and start studying again.

How can the investigated judgment be connected to the gospel?

Because I believe it's not separate because the investigated judgment is given by Jesus.

In fact, I believe many people may be isolating certain passages like this from Great Converse page 482, paragraph 1.

Inspiration writes, every man's work passes in review before God and is registered for faithfulness or unfaithfulness.

Opposite each name in the books of heaven is entered with terrible exactness every wrong word, every selfish act, every unfulfilled duty, and every secret sin with every artful dissembling.

Heaven sent warnings of reproofs neglected, wasted moments, unimproved opportunities, the influence exerted for good or for evil, with its far-reaching results, all are chronicled by the recording angel.

How many of you think this statement is pretty scary, just by itself?

It's like we're in a virtual reality show, and all of heaven is watching.

Not only our actions, but every thought that we have, every motive we have is passed through this judgment.

But I'm here to tell you that the judgment is not scary, that the judgment is good news.

But there is a mechanism why the judgment is so solemn.

God is trying to emphasize that through the judgment to realize that we are Nothing without God.

He wants us to lay our pride to the dust.

Now, in a judgment, when we're being judged by something, what do we need in order to be judged?

There needs to be a criteria or a standard, isn't that correct?

Students are judged by the test that they have, from the criteria of the right answer.

In a court, we are judged by the criteria of that law.

So what is the criteria of this judgment?

Notice what the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 12, verse 13 and 14.

The Bible says, let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter.

Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

For God shall bring every work into judgment with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

So the criteria of this judgment is what?

What is the function of the 10 Commandments?

The Bible says in Romans chapter 3, verse 20, the Bible says, therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in the sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

So the law's function is to reveal to us our defects of character.

You know, for Korean folk, we want perfect skin.

And when I judge myself through the standards of Korean beauty, I see age spots, wrinkles, and everything, and I see imperfection.

The law, the 10 Commandments, show the defects of our character.

And what is the end result of sin as the law reveals the knowledge of sin?

The Bible says, in James chapter 1, verse 15, then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.

When we're judged by a standard of a law that reveals our imperfections that bring forth death.

Notice what the Bible says in Romans chapter 1 verse 18.

The Bible says, For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth and unrighteousness.

So the end result of this judgment, of this law, that reveals the knowledge of sin, that brings forth death, brings forth the wrath of God.

But for every condemnation, there's an opportunity for redemption.

For every Sodom and Gomorrah, there was a message for Lot and his family to escape.

For every destruction of Jerusalem, Jesus gave Matthew 24 for all righteous people to escape the judgment.

So for every condemnation, for every wrath, there's also redemption.

And although the judgment reveals condemnation, there is redemption in the judgment.

Notice what the Bible says in Romans chapter 5 verse 6.

The Bible says this, that for when we were yet without strength in due time, Christ died for the who?

And what does Christ dying for the ungodly do?

What happens because Christ died for the ungodly?

Notice what the Bible says in Romans chapter 5, verse 8.

The Bible says this, For God commanded His love towards us, in that while we were yet sinners, deserving death, deserving the wrath of God, ungodly, Christ died for us.

Much more than being now justified by his blood, declared not guilty, we shall be saved from wrath through him, because he died for thee ungodly.

So it frees us from the condemnation of the judgment.

When we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his son, much more being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

So, in other words, the judgment reveals that without Jesus we are nothing.

The judgment reveals our true condition, and so when we know our true condition, we are in need of a savior.

We need something above and beyond ourselves.

The reason why many of us fall is because of pride.

We like to figure these things out among ourselves.

But when we reveal the law of righteousness, and we know that because the law shows us that we are weak, wretched, and poor, when we realize this, we can now come to Jesus and receive the declaration of not guilty.

Now, what is the significance of Jesus dying for our sins?

Isaiah 53 verse 5, the Bible says, but he was wounded for, whose transgressions?

The chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed.

Jesus took the penalty of condemnation on our behalf.

You know, like I said yesterday, 1 of the things I hate is to be blamed for something that I did not do.

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