There are times when things are just too big for me to get my arms around. It could be that my mind is too small, it could be because I have a narrow thought pattern, it could be that I am not fully open to new thoughts and ideas. I am not certain.
The other day, we were in a church waiting for my niece's pinning ceremony to start. She is finishing nursing school and they have a particular ceremony called "pinning." Anyway, while we were sitting there I pulled out a pew Bible and opened it at random and read a couple of paragraphs.
The passage was John 5:19-47. Verses 27-30 talk about judgement. Specifically, the judgement passed from God the Father to Jesus, the son. Yet later in the same book, Jesus said that he did not "come to judge the world (12:47)." I am not certain how those two opposites can be accurate. I am not saying they are a contradiction, simply that they seem to say different things.
It is true, that to some extent my judgement is a result of my own actions and responses. That Jesus' objective was to save not to "judge." That men have to a certain degree created their own judgement. Yet it must be true that God has a role - a role either in himself or in his son.
It would be easy simply to say that judgement is a response to our belief or unbelief. However, I suspect there is more to it than that. So I'll noodle it for a while. Pray about it and search for a clear understanding. Perhaps God will oblige.
Blessings to all.
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