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What a Christian Believes

                1.   ch2  v2    'Now  we  know  that  God's  judgement....is
                     based on truth.'

                2.  ch2  v6.  'God  will  give  to  each  person  according  to
                  what  he  has  done.'  and v16  '....God  will  judge  men's
                  secrets, through Jesus Christ...'
                3.  ch2 v11  'For God does not show favouritism.'

                4.  ch1  v20  '...His  eternal  power  and  divine  nature  have
                  been  clearly  seen,  being  understood  from  what  has
                  been made, so that men are without excuse.'

                In  other  words  the  four  principles  of  God's  Word,  by  which
                men will be judged are:

                1.  TRUTH;

                2.  DEEDS (both known and hidden);

                3.  WITHOUT RESPECT OF PERSONS;

                4.  THE KNOWLEDGE EACH MAN HAS, FROM WHAT HE
                  UNDERSTANDS OF GOD IN THE CREATION THAT IS
                  AROUND HIM.


                These  are  the  principles  by  which  men  are  rebuked  and
                judged  in  this  life  but  for  the  christians,  who  are  sons,  God
                has  another  purpose.  Hebrews  12  v5,6  'My  son,  do  not
                make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart
                when  He  rebukes  you,  because  the  Lord  disciplines
                those He loves, and He punishes everyone He accepts as
                a son.'
                Every  believer  will  know,  at  sometime  in  his  or  her  life,  the
                judgement of God but when it happens it is to be understood
                as the correction of a loving Father.

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