Eschatology 15 Of 16 The Great White Throne Judgment

In the other two messages we have talked about:

I. THE MAJESTY OF THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

II. THE MULTITUDES OF THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

But today we want to talk about TWO more things that will be involved in this judgment.

First, let’s look at-

III. THE METHOD OF THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

In the first sermon on the White Throne Judgment, we found out that the Lord Jesus, the Son of man, will be the Judge.

HOW WILL HE JUDGE?

Notice, several things about this judgment.

A. GREAT SINNERS WILL BE THERE

It is called the GREAT White Throne Judgment because every sinner that will appear before the Lord, will appear before him as a GREAT SINNER.

Now perhaps some are saying, “Preacher, there will be some who will be there who have only committed small sins, HOW CAN YOU SAY THEY ARE GREAT SINNERS?”

The reason that all appear before Him as Great Sinners, is because that is exactly why they are there.

We live in a society that categorizes sin. That is, we see some folks as:

• Small Sinners

• Big Sinners

But the fact is, God does not categorize sin or sinners.

Illus: Legend has it that a man stood at the gates of Heaven, and asked St. Peter to allow him to come in. Saint Peter asked him why should he be allowed to enter in, and he said, “Because I joined the First Baptist Church and I am a very good member!” Then Saint Peter said to him, “There are no Baptists in here!” The man thought and said, “Are there any Episcopalians in there?” St. Peter said to him, “No, there are no Episcopalians in here.” “Are there any Methodists in there?” He said, “No, there is no Methodists in here.” He was really getting concerned and he said, “Are there any Pentecostals in there?” Saint Peter said, “No Pentecostals are in here!” The man said, “Who is in there?” Saint Peter said, “Only Believers!”

• HEAVEN will be filled with BELIEVERS.

• HELL will be full of UNBELIEVERS!

All who have chosen a life of sin are unbelievers.

Sin in the sight of God is sin, and ALL SIN is so bad that it cost the life of the Lord Jesus on the cross.

He did not just die for men like Hitler, Nero, Stalin, Osama Bin Laden, Castro, and Saddam Hussein! The fact is, He died for every sinner.

We make a mistake when we categorize sins as BIG SINS and SMALL SINS!

• When God looks at the godly who have been cleansed by the blood of Christ, all he sees is the precious blood. That is, at Calvary, Christ took our sins and we took His righteousness.

• When God looks at the ungodly who have rejected His Son, all he sees is Sinners who have rejected His beloved Son.

You see, we have already talked about this in a previous sermon, but no sinner is going to Hell:

• Because they are a LIAR

• Because they are a RAPIST

• Because they are an ADULTERER

• Because they are a THIEF

All sinners will die and go to a devil’s hell because they would not come to the Lord Jesus, and allow Him to save them from their sin.

The reason that all sinners at the Great White Throne Judgment will be there, is because they all committed that one BIG SIN, they all REJECTED HIS BELOVED SON!

Every one of them is guilty of committing this ONE UNFORGIVABLE SIN!

God will forgive a person of their sins, no matter how gross those sins may be, but God will not forgive those who REJECT HIS SON!

It is called the GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE ONLY GREAT SINNERS THERE.

GOD CALLS IT A GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT for another reason.

B. A GREAT JUDGMENT WILL TAKE PLACE

There will only be GREAT SINNERS THERE, and God is going to deal out justice to them in a GREAT MANNER.

GREAT SIN will require GREAT JUSTICE.

Sinners will get JUSTICE when they stand before the Lord at the Great White Throne judgment.

Illus: Some of the most unjust things that have ever been done, take place in some of the court rooms in this nation.

While we like to brag and boast about our judiciary system as being the best in the world, and it is, the fact is that many unjust things have taken place in our courts.

MURDERERS, RAPISTS, CHILD MOLESTERS AND THIEVES have caused much harm to the society in which we live, but they walked out of the court room with a smile on their face, knowing they were guilty but had gotten away with their crime.