With the Bible identifying God as Judge, and His law by which He will judge, man needs to come to the understanding that a judgment will take place, “Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead” (Acts 17:31). Man will appear before the “judgment seat.” The “judgment seat” is the throne of God (Matthew 25:31). This is where every man who has ever lived will stand on that day. He will hear the pronouncement of his sentence of judgment. The words will either be “Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord” (Matthew 25:21), or “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matthew 25:41).

Every man will be judged by the Word of God according to the things he has done in this life. Paul wrote, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad (2 Corinthians 5:10).  

While there are some that doubt there will be a judgment of mankind that will determine man’s eternal destiny, such people will be brought to their knees on that day. Paul wrote, “For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God (Romans 14:11).

The judgment will be final. Our Lord drew a vivid picture of the judgment when He said, “And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal (Matthew 25:46). When the judgment comes it will be too late for man to prepare. Once the sentence has been handed down it will be final.

Many paint the judgment scene to be horrific, and it will be to those that disobey God. But, to those that obey Him the judgment scene will be one of beauty (Matthew 7:21-28). Those that obey the Word of God will be blessed with eternal life but those that do not will be justly cursed with everlasting punishment.

The judgment of God is sure and certain. Every man will need to make up his mind as to what he will obey, the thoughts and intents of the world, or the eternal judge that holds the key to life and death.