EXPECTED RELEASE DATE: OCT 1, 2024.
At last! A definitive work for all Christians about the many judgments of God!
In God’s Courtroom: The Righteous Judge Rules! brings the reader face-to-face with a startling premise, “Every sin in the history of the universe will be judged then punished. The punishment will be administered to either the sinner or the sinner’s substitute.”
There can be no escape: judgment against sin—all sin—must fall. The Righteous Judge will judge sin. Only one question needs answered: “Upon whom will the judgment fall? The sinner or the sinner’s substitute?”
Modern Christianity chooses to avoid this entire subject. Yet sin is who we are and all is vain unless this issue is resolved. In God’s Courtroom restores a biblical perspective regarding the need for personal salvation from sin: “Will God’s judgment fall upon me or upon my substitute, Jesus Christ?”
In God’s Courtroom will be available on Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Wal-mart, Kobo and other on-line retailers. The printed edition contains a Scripture Index for quick reference.
INTRODUCTION
OUR MAIN PREMISE
SECTION ONE: WHY JUDGMENT IS A NECESSITY
God: The Only Deity Being
God: A Personal Being
God: A Solitary Being
God: An Eternal Being
God: An Immutable Being
God: A Triune Being
God: A Self-Existent Being
God: A Sovereign Being
God: A Holy Being
God: An All-Powerful Being
God: An All-Knowing Being
God: An Infinite Being
God: A Loving Being
The Basic Error of Man
The Definition of Justice
The Role of Government Regarding Justice
Difficulties Associated with Man’s Justice
Nine Distinctives of God’s Justice
Distinctive #1. Integrity
Distinctive #2. Creator
Distinctive #3. Truth
Distinctive #4. Righteousness
Distinctive #5. Mercy, Grace Then Judgment
Distinctive #6. Eyewitness
Distinctive #7. Equality
Distinctive #8. Proportional Punishment
Distinctive #9. Intensity
The Unchanging State of the Defendant
The Death Penalty in the Mosaic Law
God Desires Justice for the Less Fortunate
#1. Whose Right is Right?
#2. Is Righteousness Worth the Cost?
#3. Is God Fair?
#4. Who is Responsible for Sin?
#5. Is Sin Pleasurable or Destructive?
#6. Is God Willing to Redeem?
#7. How Willing is Man to Repent?
#8. Do All Know God’s Requirements?
The First Teacher: Creation
The Second Teacher: Conscience
#9. Is It Right to Pray for Judgment upon One’s Enemies?
#10. Is Freedom of Religion Appropriate?
#11. Are Situation Ethics Acceptable?
#12. What is the Value of Life?
#13. Is It Right to Annihilate a City?
#14. Is the Generational Penalty Righteous?
#15. Is Eternal Punishment Reasonable?
The Identity of the Judge
The Biography of the Judge
Justice Incarnate
The Greatest Injustice of the Ages
The Thoroughness of God’s Judgment
The Universal Indictment Against Man
Is Justice Delayed the Same as Justice Denied?
The Cessation of Opportunity
The Sinner’s Acknowledgment of God’s Judgment
The Finality of God’s Judgment
Righteousness: Man’s Need
Is There a Solution?
The Definition of Justification
The Source of Justification
An Exposition of Justification
The Imputation of Righteousness
Justification “In Him”
Justification and the Protestant Reformation
The Requirement of Personal Appropriation
The Relationship of Salvation Righteousness to Experiential Righteousness
The Assurance of Justification
SECTION TWO: THE JUDGMENTS OF THE PAST
The Representative of Humanity
The Commandment was Clear
The Act of Sin
The Consciousness of Sin
Overview: The Consequences of Adam’s Sin
The Worst Consequence of Adam’s Sin: Total Depravity
Six Other Major Consequences of Adam’s Sin
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- Adam’s Sin Affects Nature
- Adam’s Sin Affects the Status of Women
- Adam’s Sin Affects Man’s Understanding
- Adam’s Sin Affects Man’s Longevity
- Adam’s Sin Affects Man’s Eternity
- Adam’s Sin Produces Earth Dwellers
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Adam: The First Redeemed Man
Characteristics of the World of Old
Spiritual Knowledge in the World of Old
God’s Witnesses in the Ancient World
The Resources of Judgment
The Way of Cain
The Way of Noah’s World
The Way of Babel
The Way of Sodom and Gomorrah
God’s Unique Relationship to Israel: A Theocracy
The National Sin: Spiritual Adultery with Idols
The Indictment Against Israel
The Division of Solomon’s Kingdom
Record of the Kings in the Northern Kingdom
Record of the Kings in the Southern Kingdom
The Departure of God’s Glory
The Babylonian Captivity
AD 70
The Times of the Gentiles
Israel’s Historic Rejection of God’s Messengers
God’s Message to the World
The Theological Result of the Babylonian Captivity
The Future Restoration of Israel
The Role of the Gentiles
The Old Testament Condition of the Gentiles
The Current Condition of the Gentiles
Amalek
Ammon
Amorites
Arabia
Assyria
Babylon
Damascus/Syria
Edom
Egypt
Elam
Midian
Moab
Philistia/Palestine
Tyre
The Final End
Original Creation: A Time of Goodness
The First Sin
The Goal of Satan and Demonic Beings
The Unseen War
Satan’s Opposition to Israel
Satan’s Opposition to the Gospel
Satan’s Leading Man: The Antichrist
The Judgment of Satan at the Cross
The Sentence of Satan and Demonic Beings
Substitution in the Old Testament
The Sinner’s Substitute: Jesus Christ the Righteous
The Relationship of Wrath to Propitiation
Propitiation: God is Satisfied
A Once-For-All Sacrifice
Forgiveness: The Removal of Sin
Salvation: How It Occurs
Salvation: What It Provides
The Folly of Rejecting the Cross
SECTION THREE: THE JUDGMENTS OF THE PRESENT
Two Important Words: Relationship and Fellowship
The Continuing Problem: The Believer’s Sin Nature
God’s Goal for the Believer
The Process of God’s Discipline
God’s Judgments in Action: Example #1
God’s Judgments in Action: Example #2
The Nth Degree of Discipline
Confession and Restoration
What God Expects Christianity to Be
What Christianity is Becoming
Judgment: Removal of the Lampstand
Judgment: The Apostates and the Apostasy
Judgment: End of the Age Christianity
Judgment: Ichabod is Coming
SECTION FOUR: THE JUDGMENTS OF THE FUTURE
Location: The Bema Seat
The Time of the Judgment
The Goal of the Judgment
What Survives the Fire?
God’s Rewards
One King to Grace Them All
One King to Judge Them All
One King to Punish Them All
One King to Defeat Them All
One King to Rule Them All
Does God Have an End Game?
The King Rules
Conditions in the Kingdom
The Unchanging Nature of Man
Rejection of the Kingdom
The Passing of the Universe
Purification or New Creation?
A New Resolve
The Great White Throne
The Final Judgment
The Unwritten Activity
The Sentence: The Lake of Fire
Eternal Torment or Annihilation?
Degrees of Punishment
Memory in the Lake of Fire
Activity in the Lake of Fire
The Absence of Purgatory
Appendix: God’s Judgment of the United States