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God’s judgment on sin

God is the judge of sin

Isaiah 26:21 KJV 1900

For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: The earth also shall disclose her blood, And shall no more cover her slain.

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God’s judgment is certain

Romans 2:12 KJV 1900

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

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God’s judgment is in proportion to the seriousness of the sin

Jeremiah 21:14 KJV 1900

But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.

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God’s judgment under the Sinaitic covenant

The Sinaitic covenant makes references to the judgment of future generations for the sins of their parents but, as a principle, this is abolished by later prophets.

Curses for disobedience formed part of God’s covenant with Israel:

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John the Baptist and Jesus Christ warn of judgment

Matthew 3:10 KJV 1900

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

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Ways in which God judges sin

God causes sin to bring evil to the sinner

2 Chronicles 6:23 KJV 1900

Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

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God abandons people

Isaiah 64:7 KJV 1900

And there is none that calleth upon thy name, That stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: For thou hast hid thy face from us, And hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

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Unrepentant sinners to be expelled from the church

Matthew 18:17 KJV 1900

And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

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God exercises judgment through a country’s legal system

1 Peter 2:14 KJV 1900

Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

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Untimely death is God’s judgment on all sin

Genesis 2:17 KJV 1900

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

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Sinners are excluded from the kingdom of God

Revelation 22:15 KJV 1900

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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Occasions of God’s judgment on sin

OT examples

expulsion from Eden; the flood; Sodom and Gomorrah; The Canaanites (the Anakites were earlier inhabitants of Canaan).

The exile of Israel and Judah:

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The destruction of Jerusalem

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God’s final judgment of the world

Revelation 21:8 KJV 1900

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

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