March 11, 2022 In Touch Daily Devotional By Dr. Charles Stanley || Friday Message
Charles Stanley In Touch Daily Devotions 11 March 2022
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TOPIC: The Judge and the Judgment
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: John 5:22-24
“For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,
so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
March 11, 2022 In Touch Daily Devotional MESSAGE
Anyone who’s been in a courtroom knows the atmosphere of authority and fear that surrounds the judge as he or she takes a seat. One day, everyone will face the ultimate Judge—the Lord Jesus Christ. When we approach Him, we’ll be standing before the One who is perfectly righteous and just. He is impartial and will make decisions with all wisdom and complete knowledge. His standard for justice is truth, not opinion.
Jesus, who’s been given this job by His heavenly Father, is perfect for the position: He can sympathize with our weaknesses and understands our temptations because He, too, has suffered and been tempted—yet never sinned (Hebrews 4:15).
Scripture teaches that while believers won’t be condemned on the day of judgment, they will each stand before Christ to give an account of their life (Romans 14:10-12). His purpose isn’t to punish but to evaluate and reward their good works.
What comfort we have in knowing that our Judge is also our Savior, who loved us enough to die for us. Christ is for us, not against us. May this realization motivate us to love and live for the One who has delivered us from the fear of punishment (1 John 4:16-18).
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 20-22
March 11, 2022 In Touch Daily Devotional By Dr. Charles Stanley . He is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta and founder of In Touch Ministries, both located in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Stanley’s heart’s desire is to get the gospel to “as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, as clearly as possible, as irresistibly as possible, through the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory of God.