The Judgement Of God Series

WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS : THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD

MARCH 6, 2022, 9:30AM

ED YOUNG

Hi everybody. How are you guys doing? You doing well? Thanks for being at Fellowship Church. I want to say hi to all of our different locations and hey, thank you for being online. Thank you for being a part of our prison campuses, we're in three different prison campuses. I want to say hello to Allaso Ranch, our retreat center on about 1100 acres in East Texas. If you've not been there, you need to show up, it's really something else. Also, our Frisco campus, our Dallas campus, Fort Worth campus, and right here, as they always say in the magic city of Grapevine. Gorgeous, Grapevine Texas. One of the top vacation spots in the Western hemisphere.

Do you ever hear this? "Hey, don't judge me." Do you ever say that? I have before I'll confess. "Hey, don't judge me, man." I always put a man after it because I'm feeling convicted. Basically. I'm feeling like, "Wow, you're calling me out." So, I'll just go, "Hey, don't judge me."

When I say don't judge me or when you say that, that's a statement of judgment. Don't judge me. I would say don't judge me or thou shall not judge, or other phrases like this would probably be one of the most misquoted, misunderstood, miscalculated, sayings of Jesus ever. Because when Jesus said don't judge, He wasn't saying that we shouldn't call out sin or we shouldn't say that is an immoral behavior. He wasn't saying that. What he was saying was that He is the ultimate judge.

Over 600 times, 600 times in the Bible, the Bible talks about judgment. Judgment. I think about the different judgements in the Bible. Think about Adam and Eve, they were judged. Noah, the judgment of the flood. Tower of Babel, another judgment act of God. Then we think about Egypt, the Egyptians they were judged. And obviously, the ultimate was when Jesus took the judgment, get ready to clap, for our sins on that cross, He was buried and because He was holy and righteous death couldn't hold him down. He rose again. And now we're facing some more judgements. I didn't mean to say that to depress you. Jimmy Evans and I want this series to encourage you. To put wind in your sails.

There will be several more judgements. And two of the big ones I want to talk about, you can call the first one judgment A, and the second one judgment B. Everyone, everyone, everyone hearing my voice, everyone on planet, everyone who has ever lived will be judged. Everybody will be judged. Now, judgment is not a sexy topic. It's not going to sell books. It's not going to be on coffee mugs or t-shirts. We're not going to have a bunch of merch in our bookstore that says, "Judgment is coming. I'm going to be judged." No, no, no. That's not popular. You won't hear very many worship songs about, "God is going to judge me. I can't wait for the judgment." No, you're not going to have that.

We are though going to be judged. Judgment. There will be a time of accounting. There will be a time where we have to show the Lord Jesus. I'm talking to Christians and reveal to him what we did with all of these aptitudes, and abilities, and gifts and opportunities that he's given us. I think for too many Christians were like, "Okay, I'm a Christian. I've got that get out of hell card. And that's fine with me." Well, it should be much more than that. Obviously, we're saved by grace through faith. We then have to work out what the Lord has worked in. God does not zap us to heaven the moment we're saved, the moment we're rescued, we're here for a reason. We should have that thought, that awareness, that responsibility, that one day we're going to be held accountable for everything, everything we've ever done. Now, that's like, "Whoa." Some of us say, "Amen." Others say, "Oh me."

These message maps, I design these for you. I painted this watercolor. You can see of a levee breaking behind it. I sometimes when I'm studying, not all the time, I'll study for a while, then I'll just do a quick watercolor. I don't always do watercolor. I'm just into watercolor recently. Watercolor is tricky. It's tough. It's not easy. Once you throw that paint on the canvas, I mean, that's it, you can't take it back. Other types, talk about art for a second. Other mediums, you can, if you're painting with acrylics or oils, "Oh man, I messed up." Paint over it. Not watercolor. When that levee breaks, you're in trouble.