A PROPER STANCE

“Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.” (Ps. 1:5 NKJV)

Though we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10), not all will receive favorable sentences, namely the ungodly. If one stands in the way of sinners, they will fall in judgment.

Christ has called us out of a sinful lifestyle and into a life of holiness (1 Pt. 2:5, 9). Observe how often the apostle Paul makes this point in his epistles as he addressed them to the saints (holy ones) e.g., Rm. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:2; 2 Cor. 1:1; Eph. 1:1. We are to be holy as God is holy (1 Pt. 1:15-16).

One day the Lord will divide the sheep from the goats (Mt. 25:31ff). The sheep know the voice of the Chief Shepherd and follow Him (Jn. 10:1ff; 1 Pt. 5:4). Let us follow the Good Shepherd and stand fast in the faith (1 Cor. 16:13). In doing so we will have confidence that on the final day we will hear those beautiful words, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

Trent Thrasher