Roy Gingrich’s Commentaries in Outline Form (100 vols.)

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THE NINE JUDGMENTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

  I.      THE FIRST NEW TESTAMENT JUDGMENT—“The three cross judgments” (the judgment of sin, Satan, and the world at the time of Christ’s crucifixion)
    A.      THE JUDGMENT OF SIN
      1.      On the cross, Christ judged the sins of all men (Isa. 53:6; Jn. 1:29; 2 Cor. 5:14, 15; 1 Tim. 2:6; Heb. 2:9; 1 Jn. 2:2)
      Christ judged (executed penalty upon) the sins of all men by bearing the penalty for these sins “in His own body on the tree,” 1 Peter 2:24.
      Christ, being God as well as man, was able to bear the penalty for the sins of all men and He was able to do this in a period of three hours (of penal sufferings ending in death).
      From the time of the cross, the penalty for the sins of all men has been paid and pardons for all men have been provided but these pardons are effective only to those who meet the conditions of repentance and faith, Acts 20:21; Rom. 3:22; 1 Jn. 2:2.
      2.      On the cross, Christ judged the sin (the sin nature) of all men (Rom. 6:1–13, 18, 22; 7:6; Gal. 5:24, Eph. 4:22; Col. 3:9)
      Christ on the cross judged (executed penalty upon) not only the sins of all men but also the sin (the sin nature) of all men (Christ judged the root as well as the fruit of the root).
      When a sinner believes on Christ, he dies to sin and to sins. God reckons him to be dead to sin (the sin nature), Rom. 6:2, and to sins (that which came from his sin nature), Rom. 4:8.
    B.      THE JUDGMENT OF SATAN (Jn. 12:31)
    In the Garden of Eden, Satan wrested the scepter of governmental authority over this world from Adam and from that time until the death of Christ on the cross, Satan by conquest was the rightful ruler of this world. In His death and resurrection, Christ mastered Satan, wrested the scepter from him, Jn. 12:31; 16:11; Col. 2:15; Heb. 2:14, 15, and by conquest became the rightful ruler of this world, but He, for wise reasons, has chosen to leave Satan on the throne of this world as a usurper king, 2 Cor. 4:4, until His Second Advent, at which time He will remove Satan from the throne and imprison him, Rev. 20:1–3, and will Himself take the reins of authority over this world in His own hands, Zech. 14:9; Rev. 11:15, and will never relinquish them, Rev. 11:15.
    Why has Christ left Satan on the throne during the church age after having conquered him in His death and resurrection? For at least three reasons: (1) to teach the world of mankind a final lesson on the folly of following Satan (Satan, through the Beast, the world dictator, will bring this world to almost utter-destruction during the Great Tribulation, Rev. 13:2, 4; Isa., chapter 24); (2) to provide the church-age saints and the Tribulation-era saints with opposition to exercise them in godliness; and (3) to give Christ time to choose out and qualify a queen (the bride, the church-age saints) to rule at His side when He does come to rule over the world that He purchased at the cross, Acts 15:14; Rom. 11:25; Rev. 3:21; 19:7, 14 (no king likes to reign without a queen sitting at his side).
    C.      THE JUDGMENT OF THE WORLD (Jn. 12:31)
    At the cross, Christ judged the world of evil men under the headship of Satan, Jn. 12:31, for when this world of evil men (made up of both Jews and Gentiles) judged Christ, the perfect God-man, as being unfit to live, they judged themselves as being unfit to live. So the world of sinners (evil-doers) is under judgment and is doomed to pass away, Psa. 37:9; 1 Jn. 2:17. Only those who accept Christ will escape this doom, Jn. 3:16; Acts 2:40.
    So sin, Satan, and the world were judged at the cross.

  II.      THE SECOND NEW TESTAMENT JUDGMENT—“The self-judgment of the believer or the chastening judgment of God” (the judgment of the believer’s disobedience), 1 Cor. 11:30–32
    A.      THE SELF-JUDGMENT OF THE BELIEVER (1 Cor. 11:31)
    When a believer sins, the Holy Spirit in His faithfulness will use the Word of God to convince and convict him of his sin. If the believer then confesses his sin and repents of his sin, he has judged himself and is back in fellowship with God, Prov. 28:13, 1 Cor. 11:31.
    B.      THE CHASTENING JUDGMENT OF GOD (Jn. 15:2; 1 Cor. 11:31, 32; Heb. 12:3–13; 1 Peter 4:17, 18)
      1.      The recipients of God’s chastening judgments (Heb. 12:6–8)
      These judgments are inflicted upon all Christians who fail to judge themselves, 1 Cor. 11:31, 32. Since all Christians sin and since all Christians many times fail to judge themselves, then all Christians are the recipients of these judgments, Heb. 12:6–8 (note that in each of these three verses, it is stated that there are no Christians exempted from God’s chastisements. In fact, if we are not experiencing these judgments, we may consider ourselves to be not a true child of God).
      2.      The motivation for God’s chastening judgments (Heb. 12:6)
      “Whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth.” The Lord loves Christians and His love for us prompts Him to chasten us when we sin, for sin damages our character, our testimony, and our reward. As does a good human father, God whips (chastens, corrects) His children because He loves them.
      3.      The means used in God’s chastening judgments
         a.      God uses many means
           (1)      He uses chastenings and scourgings (Heb. 12:6)—“Scourging” is a more severe means of correction than is “chastening.”
           (2)      He uses weakness, sickness, and death (1 Cor. 11:30)—Note that these three means increase in severity.
           (3)      He uses many other means (Lev. 26:14–39; Deut. 28:15–68; Amos 4:6–13)—He uses a feather, a pillow, a switch, a billy-club, or a sledgehammer to correct us.
         b.      God uses the lightest effective means
         He never uses scourging (a billy-club or a sledge hammer) if a less severe chastisement will accomplish His purpose, Amos 4:6–11. Yet He doesn’t hesitate to use the heavier means if the lighter means prove to be ineffective, Lev. 26:14–39.
      4.      The purpose for God’s chastening judgments
         a.      The negative purpose—To keep Christians from being condemned with the world, 1 Cor. 11:32.
         If our sins were not judged (either by self-judgment or by God’s chastening judgments), we would go deeper and deeper into sin and so harden ourselves in sin that our faith would fail. Then our state of justification would revert to a state of condemnation, the state of the people of this world, the state that God called us from at the time of our conversion. This never happens to us Christians for God is faithful to judge us when we fail to judge ourselves. 1 Peter 4:17, 18 says that “the righteous” (that is, Christians) are saved (are finally saved) only with difficulty (that is, only through the constant corrective measures used by God to keep us from reverting to a life of sin and condemnation, the life that we renounced at the time of our conversion).
         b.      The positive purposes—We name four:
           (1)      To correct Christians (Heb. 12:9)—God corrects us to bring us into conformity with His laws (His revealed will).
           (2)      To promote holiness in Christians (Heb. 12:10)—God chastens us to sanctify us from the world, the flesh, and the devil and so make us holy.
           (3)      To promote righteousness in Christians (Heb. 12:11)—God chastens us to turn us from all injustice to a righteous treatment of our fellowman.
           (4)      To restore humility to Christians (John 15:2)—When we bear fruit, we often become proud. Then God chastens us, prunes away our pride, that we might bear more fruit.
      5.      The proper response to God’s chastening judgments
      (His chastening judgments profit us only if we make the proper response to them, Heb. 12:11)
         a.      The wrong way to respond
           (1)      We should not despise God’s chastenings (Heb. 12:5)—If we despise them, resent them, and refuse to be corrected by them, they do not profit (exercise) us, Heb. 12:11, but rather, they make us bitter and harden us.
           (2)      We should not faint under God’s chastenings (Heb. 12:3, 5, 12, 13)—If we, like the Hebrew Christians in the book of Hebrews, faint when undergoing God’s chastisements, the chastisements lose their value and do not profit us, 12:11.
         b.      The right way to respond
           (1)      We should endure God’s chastenings (Heb. 12:7) —We should not thrust them from us by grumbling, fainting, running, etc. but we should stay under them and let them work out their purpose in our lives.
           (2)      We should be thankful for God’s chastenings (Heb. 12:9, 10)—We reverenced and thanked our earthly fathers for their imperfectly-motivated correction of us. How much more should we reverence and thank God, our heavenly father, for His perfectly-motivated correction!
           (3)      We should take the long-range view of God’s chastenings (Heb. 12:11)—We should remember that (like lancing a boil, removing a splinter, or pulling a tooth) they hurt us now but help us later.
           (4)       We should continue on toward the goal in the midst of God’s chastenings (Heb. 12:12, 13)—Knowing that God’s chastenings are not sent to hinder but to help us in reaching the goal (Christlikeness), we, when undergoing chastenings, should take fresh courage, renew our zeal, and move on toward the goal, Christlikeness.

  III.      THE THIRD NEW TESTAMENT JUDGMENT—“The Bema-Seat Judgment” (otherwise known as “The judgment of the believer’s works”)
    A.      THE KEY SCRIPTURES CONCERNING THIS JUDGMENT
    There are four chief Scriptures dealing with this judgment, Rom. 14:10–12; 1 Cor. 3:10–15; 4:1–5; 2 Cor 5:9–11. Other references are Eph. 6:8; 2 Tim. 4:8; Rev. 22:12.
    B.      THE COMMON CONFUSION CONCERNING THIS JUDGMENT
    This judgment is often confused with “The judgment of the living Nations,” Matt. 25:31–46, and “The great-white-throne judgment,” Rev. 20:11–15, but when these three judgments are compared as to time, place, subjects, and outcome, it is clear that these judgments are separate and distinct:
  The judgment-seat of Christ
  The judgment of the living nations
  The great-white-throne judgment
    1. The time—After the Rapture
    1. The time—After Second Advent
    1. The time—After the Millennium
    2. The place—In third heaven
    2. The place—On the earth
    2. The place—In second heaven
    3. The subjects—Resurrected and translated church-age believers
    3. The subjects—Gathered living Gentiles who lived through “The Great Tribulation”
    3. The subjects—Resurrected believers of all the ages
    4. The outcome—All are rewarded
    4. The outcome—Some are rewarded, some are punished
    4. The outcome—All are punished
    C.      THE SUBJECTS OF THIS JUDGMENT
      1.      Only Christians will be involved in this judgment—This judgment is the judgment of those who were made stewards of Christ when He went back to heaven after His ministry here on the earth, Matt. 25:14; Luke 19:12, 13. Old Testament saints will not be in this judgment for they will be yet asleep at the time this judgment takes place.
      2.      All Christians (both dead and alive) will be involved in this judgment—Note the use of the words “every” and “all” in the following Scriptures: Rom. 14:10–12; 1 Cor. 3:10–15; 4:1–5; 2 Cor. 5:9–11.
    D.      THE TIME OF THIS JUDGMENT
    It will take place after the church’s stewardship is finished, 2 Cor. 5:9–11, when Christ returns from heaven for His stewards, 1 Cor. 4:5. Probably this judgment will take place immediately after the Rapture of the church.
    E.      THE PLACE OF THIS JUDGMENT
    Since the church-age saints will be raptured to heaven when their stewardship here on the earth is finished, John 13:36; 14:1–3; 1 Thes. 4:13–18; Rev. 4:1–4, there is no doubt that they will be judged there in heaven.
    F.      THE JUDGE AT THIS JUDGMENT
    Christ will be the judge for it is His judgment seat, Rom. 14:10, and it is His servants who will he judged, Rom. 14:10–12. Since Christ’s first Advent, all of God’s judgments are enacted by Christ, Jn. 5:22.
    G.      THE PURPOSE FOR THIS JUDGMENT
      1.      Negative
         a.      It is not to determine destiny—Our destiny is determined in this present life on the basis of whether or not we accept the gospel’s offer of Christ as the satisfaction for our sins, Jn. 3:18, 36; 5:24.
         b.      It is not to pronounce penalty upon—Some of God’s judgments are for this purpose, Gen. 3:14; Gen. 3:16.
         c.      It is not to execute penalty upon—Some of God’s judgments are for this purpose, Rev. 20:10; 20:11–15.
         d.      It is not to cleanse (purge)—Some of God’s judgments are for this purpose, 1 Peter 4:17.
      2.      Positive
         a.      It is to examine for faithfulness (1 Cor. 4:2, 5)—Each Christian will be examined to determine his faithfulness concerning that intrusted to his care.
         b.      It is to examine for rewards (1 Cor. 3:10–15; 4:5)—At this judgment, after each of the church-age saints has been examined for faithfulness in regard to the stewardship intrusted to him, he will be given a proper and fitting reward based upon the degree of his faithfulness.
    H.      THE QUESTIONS ASKED AT THIS JUDGMENT
      1.      How much was intrusted to your care?—See Matt 25:14–30.
      How many talents, resources, and opportunities for service did God give you?
      To whom much is given, much is required, Luke 12:48. A five-talent person will be more accountable than a two-talent person. A Billy Graham will be more accountable than a preacher with less talents.
      2.      How well did you use that which was intrusted to your care?—Read Luke 19:11–27.
      Did you use your gift privately as well as publicly? On Monday as well as on Sunday? Out of season as well as in season? Wholeheartedly or halfheartedly?
      3.      How much did you know?—Read Luke 12:47, 48.
      Were you reared in a non-Christian home or in a Christian home? Did you attend a non-Bible-teaching church or a Bible-teaching church? Did you not have the privilege of attending, or did you have the privilege of attending, a good Bible college?
      4.      With what motivation did you work?—Read 1 Cor. 3:10–15; 4:5.
      Did you work for the glory of self (for fame, praise, recognition, advancement, etc.) or for the glory of God? Works done for the glory of self are: (1) “dead works,” Heb. 9:14 (works motivated and empowered by the flesh); (2) “wood, hay, and stubble” works, 1 Cor. 3:12 (works which are selfish and will not abide the fire but will be burned up); and (3) “bad” (worthless) works, 2 Cor. 5:10 (works which are worthless and good-for-nothing, being motivated and energized by the flesh). Works done for the glory of God are: (1) “live works” (works motivated and energized by the Holy Spirit); (2) “gold, silver, and precious stones” works, 1 Cor. 3:12 (works which are unselfish and will abide the fire and will not be burned up); and (3) “good” works, 2 Cor. 5:10 (works which are valuable in the building of God’s kingdom, being motivated and energized by God).
    I.      THE OUTCOME OF THIS JUDGMENT
      1.      Some will experience a loss of reward (that they could have had had they been more faithful) 1 Cor. 3:15
      They will have few acceptable works and so will receive only a small reward.
      2.      Others will be given a large reward (1 Cor. 3:14)
      They will have many acceptable works and so will receive a large reward.
      These rewards are of different kinds but in their essence they are capacities to further glorify Christ. Those given a small reward will have only a small capacity for glorifying Christ, while those receiving a large reward will have a large capacity for glorifying Christ. So, we are not selfish (as some say) in seeking and working for a large reward for we want a large reward that we may have a great capacity for the glorification of Christ in the age to come.
    J.      THE NEARNESS OF THIS JUDGMENT
    Many signs indicate that the Second Advent of Christ is very near at hand. How much more near must be the Rapture of the Church and the Judgment Seat of Christ, which will occur seven years before the Second Advent!
    K.      THE PREPARATIONS THAT WE SHOULD MAKE FOR THIS JUDGMENT
      1.      We should find our gift—Every Christian has a gift, 1 Cor., chap. 12, and he can discover this gift through prayer, experimentation, and counsel, etc.
      2.      We should accept our gift and thank God for it—If we, as do many Christians, resent our gift and are displeased with it, we will not use it for the glory of God and so will lessen our reward. If we accept our gift and thank God for it, we will use it diligently and will have a large reward.
      3.      We should polish and perfect our gift—“If the iron be blunt and he do not whet the edge, then he must put to more strength,” Eccl. 10:10. If we perfect our gift, we can do more for Christ and so have a larger reward.
      4.      We should diligently use our gift (and not try to exercise the gifts of others)—See Rom. 12:6–8. We should restrict ourselves to the use of our own gift and then use this gift at every opportunity.
      5.      We should unselfishly use our gift—If we work selfishly, we produce “dead works,” Heb. 9:14, which will be burned and not rewarded, 1 Cor. 3:15, but if we work unselfishly, for the glory of God, we will be generously rewarded.

  IV.      THE FOURTH NEW TESTAMENT JUDGMENT—“The Time of Wrath Judgments” (the judgments associated with the opening of the seven seals, Rev., Chapters 4–19)
    A.      THE DEFINITION OF “THE TIME OF WRATH”
    It is that period of time reaching from “the Rapture of the Church” to “the Second Advent of Christ,” during which time God through man, Satan, and Himself pours out His wrath upon the evil inhabitants of this earth in preparation for the establishment of His kingdom on the earth. It is that dovetailing age which connects “the Church age” with “the Kingdom age.”
    B.      THE NATURE OF “THE TIME OF WRATH”
    It is a period of unprecedented darkness and trouble, Isa. chapter 24; Jer. 25:30–33; Rev., chapters 6–19.
    Just ahead of us is the greatest period of darkness and trouble ever known but it is a period of “darkness before the dawn,” for just beyond the darkness and trouble lies “the Millennial Day,” a day of unprecedented brightness, Isa. 11:9; 30:26; 60:19–22; Hab. 2:14; Mal. 4:2, and peace, Psalm 72; Isa. 2:1–4.
    C.      THE SUFFERERS DURING “THE TIME OF WRATH”
    All the people of the earth will be affected by the wrath of “The Day of Wrath,” but the nation of Israel and the nations having persecuted Israel will suffer the most, Isa. 51:21–23, Jer. 30:7; Obadiah 1:15, 16.
    D.      THE THREE PERIODS OF “THE TIME OF WRATH”
      1.      The first 3 ½ years period
         a.      This period covers the first half of “the 70th week of Daniel,” Dan. 9:24–27.
         b.      This period is the period of “the beginning of sorrows,” Matt. 24:8.
         c.      This period witnesses the opening of the first six seals, Rev. chapter 6
         d.      This period experiences “the wrath of man” (“the Beast” is the author, directly or indirectly, of the wrath of this time).
      2.      The second 3 ½ years period
         a.      This period covers the second half of “the 70th week of Daniel,” Dan. 9:24–27.
         b.      This period is the period of “the Great Tribulation,” Rev. 7:14, 4
         c.      This period witnesses the blowing of the first six trumpets under the seventh seal, Rev., chapters 8 and 9.
         d.      This period experiences “the wrath of Satan,” Rev. 12:7–12.
      3.      The 30 days period (the 30 days are the 30 days following the 1260 days of “the Great Tribulation,” Dan. 12:11).
         a.      This period is the last 30 days of the 1290 days of Dan. 12:11.
         b.      This period is the period of “the seven last plagues,” Rev. 15:1.
         c.      This period witnesses the blowing of the seventh trumpet under the seventh seal (and the pouring our of seven vials of wrath while the seventh trumpet is blowing).
         d.      This period experiences “the direct wrath of God,” Rev. 16:1.
    E.      THE CLOSE OF “THE TIME OF WRATH”
    This period of time closes with the pouring out of the seventh bowl (“vial”) at the time of Christ’s Second Advent, Rev. 16:17–21; 19:11–21.
    F.      THE PURPOSES FOR “THE TIME OF WRATH”
      1.      To avenge God’s elect (Lu. 18:7, 8; Rom. 12:19; Rev. 6:9–11)
      2.      To punish the Gentiles for their mis-rule of the people of Israel during “the Times of the Gentiles” (Isa. 51:21–23; Joel 3:1–8)
      3.      To deliver the people of Israel from the oppression of the Gentile nations during “the Times of the Gentiles” (Isa. 51:21–23; Joel 3:1–8)
      4.      To humble and purify the nation of Israel and to prepare her to meet and receive her Messiah (Jer. 30:7; Zech. 13:8, 9)
      5.      To prepare the world for the Millennial Kingdom of Christ (the world will be prepared psychologically through the mix-rule of the Beast, Rev. 11:18, and militarily through the destruction of the armies of the nations. Zech. 14:1–3, 12–16: Rev. 19:17–21)

  V.      THE FIFTH NEW TESTAMENT JUDGMENT—“The judgment of the nation of Israel” (the judgment of the dispersion Israelites who survived the Great Tribulation)
    A.      THE KEY SCRIPTURES CONCERNING THIS JUDGMENT
    The two key Scriptures are Ezek. 20:33–44 and Ezek. 34:11–31.
    B.      THE SUBJECTS OF THIS JUDGMENT
    This judgment will be the judgment of all the dispersion Israelites who are yet alive after the blood-bath of the Great Tribulation, Ezek. 20:34, 41; 34:11, 12. The homeland Israelites will have already been judged (during “The Time of Wrath,” Zech. 13:8, 9), so they will not be included in the judgment we are discussing.
    C.      THE TIME OF THIS JUDGMENT
    This judgment involves the regathering of the dispersed of Israel and many Scriptures indicate that this regathering of Israel will take place immediately after the Second Advent of Christ, e.g., Matt. 24:31. So this judgment will take place just after Christ’s Second Advent and probably just before the judgment of the Gentile nations spoken of in Matt. 25:31–46.
    D.      THE PLACE OF THIS JUDGMENT
    Soon after the Second Advent of Christ, God will gather all the dispersed Israelites from all the lands of their dispersion, Isa. 11:11, 12; Jer. 16:14–16; Ezek. 11:17; 20:41; 28:25; 34:13; 36:24, and will bring them to the wilderness south of Judea, Ezek. 20:35, where they will be judged.
    E.      THE PURPOSE FOR THIS JUDGMENT
    This judgment of the dispersed Israelites is to determine which of them are to enter the land (the land promised to Israel for an everlasting possession), and which of them are to be destroyed in the wilderness.
    Just as around 1450 B.C., God brought the Israelites out of Egypt to the wilderness south of Judea and there judged them and destroyed the rebels and led the obedient into the promised land, even so the Lord, after the Second Advent of Christ, will bring the Israelites out of the world (of which Egypt is a type) to the wilderness south of Judea and there will judge them and destroy the rebels and lead the obedient into the promised land. The exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt around 1450 B.C. is a type of the exodus of the Israelites out of all the countries of the world just after the Second Advent of Christ, Jer. 16:14, 15.
    F.      THE DETAILS OF THIS JUDGMENT
      1.      God will assemble the Israelites in the wilderness south of Judea (Ezek. 20:34, 35)—We have discussed this event.
      2.      God will plead with the assembled Israelites (Ezek. 20:35, 36)—Just as the Lord pleaded with the Israelites in the wilderness in Moses’ day, even so will the Lord plead with the Israelites in the same wilderness in the Lord’s day. The pleading was, and will be, for a heart of belief and obedience, Num. 14:11, 22, 23; Heb. 3:15–19.
      3.      God will separate the sheep (the believers) from the goats (the unbelievers) (Ezek. 20:37, 38; 34:16, 17, 20, 22)
         a.      He will cause the sheep (the believers) to pass under the rod and experience the blessings of the covenant (Ezek. 20:37)
         The Lord will cause the sheep to pass under the rod (be chosen as the Lord’s tithe, Lev. 27:32) and to experience the blessings of the Abrahamic covenant (the possession of Palestine and all the natural and spiritual blessings associated with this possession of the land, Ezek. 34:11–31).
         b.      He will purge out the goats (the unbelievers) from among the sheep (Ezek. 20:38; 34:16)
         The rebels, those who transgress against the Lord, will be separated from the sheep, Ezek. 20:38, and destroyed, Ezek. 34:16.
    G.      THE OUTCOME OF THIS JUDGMENT
      1.      The goats (the rebels, the unbelievers) will be destroyed and not be permitted to enter the land of Israel (Ezek. 20:38; 34:16)
      2.      The sheep (the believers) will be brought into the land of Israel (Ezek. 20:42)
      In the land, they, plus the 144,000 (Rev. 14:1–5) and the purged remnant of the homeland Jews (Zech. 13:8, 9), will be the component parts of the redeemed Jewish nation which under Christ will rule over the nations of the world during the Millennium, Isa. 60:12.
      It should be noted that after the judgment under discussion has been completed, not one unsaved Israelite will be left in the world, Isa. 60:21; Jer. 31:33, 34.

  VI.      THE SIXTH NEW TESTAMENT JUDGMENT


Roy E. Gingrich, The Nine Judgments of the New Testament, 4–16 (Memphis, TN.: Riverside Printing, 2005).