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Volume 1 Five Major Judgments

by Ernest Angley

Of the many judgments from Genesis to Revelation, five are

major. But it is in the first major judgment, the Calvary judgment,
that we find the greatest message in the Word of God.

Subject of the first judgment: The believers in Christ and the

judgment of their sins at the cross.

Time: 30 A.D.

Place: Calvary July 1991

Basis of judgment: Christ's finished work

Results: The death of Christ and justification for all believers. Topics: Calvary, Judgments

The judgment at Calvary is the only judgment for sin that you as a
Child of God will ever face. You met the judgment of the believer when you took Christ into your
heart as your Savior. Because you accepted Jesus, you were acquitted of your sins. The believers'
judgment took place at the cross; there will never be another judgment for sin for the believer so
long as that one stays out of sin: no sin judgment for all who are born again.

In the judgment of believers, justice will not be given. If it were, all would be lost for eternity, for
all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). No one else but Jesus
can represent the believers at this judgment. When they came to Calvary, Jesus assumed the
responsibility for their sins. His death lifted their death penalty for sin. Every attorney in the
world pleading for years could not win one case for sin. Only Jesus can plead our case; only Jesus
can set us free; only Jesus can give life.

He that believeth on him [Jesus] is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten
Son of God (John 3:18). Those who believe on Christ are not condemned; but those who do not

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believe on Jesus have no hope of redemption from sin, for Christ is the only Redeemer. Hope is
given only to those accepting Jesus who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the
tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye
were healed (I Peter 2:24). In this passage, Peter is speaking of the everlasting atonement and its
provision for every man, woman, boy and girl.

Jesus became our High Priest and atoned for our sins. Today is our day of atonement for all time
and eternity. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God
unto salvation to every one that believeth (Romans 1:16). The power of God unto salvation
provides atonement to all who believe. We live in a dispensation of grace, a time blessed, honored,
justified by Heaven. Through the atoning blood of Jesus, we who are born again are the redeemed
of God, just as free from sin as we will be in Heaven, and with just as much favor.

We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all (Hebrews
10:10). It is not necessary to make journey after journey back to Calvary, for the pardon of sin
through Jesus Christ is handed to you in His nail-riven hand. Just as unbelievers will go only once
to the White Throne judgment, believers need go only once to Calvary. No guilt upon the born-new
in Christ is recorded in Heaven, no sin blots their record. Why think no one can live free from sin?
The just shall live by faith (Hebrews 10:38).

The atonement of Jesus made acquittal for sin possible, the atoning power of Jesus. The verdict for
everyone who has been to Calvary and received this judgment is freedom from eternal hell. At
Calvary you were tried, found guilty, but pardoned once and for all by Jesus when you received
salvation. Jesus took your place, bore your sins; and now they are all gone. So long as you commit
no new sin, you will remain free.

In the Old Testament days under the Law, people tried over and over to be free of sin, but were
brought to the knowledge that freedom from sin wasn't within their own power.

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the
things can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually
make the comers thereunto perfect (Hebrews 10:1). Old Testament sacrifices and rituals did
not keep people out of sin, did not perfect people in God's love. The Bible plainly states that God
was not pleased with those sacrifices. If God had found a pleasing sacrifice on earth, He would not
have offered His Son. All earth and Heaven were searched and no perfect sacrifice could be found
except Christ. The Lamb of God was the only one whom God would accept to be a sin-bearer for
you and me. Had the animal sacrifices been acceptable would they not have ceased to be
offered? Because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more
conscience of sin (Hebrews 10:2)? If man could have pleased God with the sacrifices he gave
under the Law, would not the sacrifices have ceased?

You must be free from sin. When you come to Calvary, you may have to deal with the results of

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past sins, but the guilt is covered by the blood of Jesus; your conscience now becomes clear. The
Bible plainly tells you that you are no longer held responsible for sin once you have been purged
—that's the power of the atonement. If, on the other hand, you fall back into sin, you lose that
precious salvation.

This plan of redemption is Heaven's perfect plan. When man tries to make redemption fit into his
own imperfections, it never works. Jesus came to take care of those imperfections in us, so that we
would no longer be weak, no longer give in to sin but that we would yield our bodies as instruments
of righteousness unto God.

Every year in Old Testament days God remembered man's sins on the Day of Atonement. But in
those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year (Hebrews 10:3).
Under the Law, people stayed out of sin on the Day of Atonement—and maybe for a day or two
afterward—but they all eventually went back into sin. All those days of atonement did not keep
Israel true to God. The people didn't have the power to keep out of sin. For it is not possible
that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins (Hebrews 10:4). The Law did
not justify people in the eyes of God: sin still existed. The sin nature had not been killed out and
replaced by the nature of Christ. No sacrifice was accepted by God; no sacrifice pleased God from
Adam until the cross. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no
pleasure…Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou
wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the Law. Then
said he [Jesus], Lo, I come to do thy will, Oh God. He taketh away the first, that he may
establish the second (Hebrews 10:6,8,9).

The Lamb of God was the first and only sacrifice God would accept to bear the sins of you and me.
The cross made the plan of salvation complete. That one sacrifice of Jesus was worth more than all
the thousands and thousands of sacrifices under the Law—one powerful, God-sent sacrifice.

When Lucifer and the angels in Heaven sinned, God drove them out. God will not justify sin; only
the deceit of Lucifer would make anyone think otherwise. The crucifixion of Christ demonstrates
the length to which God went to provide an atonement for sin. The feasts, the holy days, the
offerings in the temple and tabernacle were but shadows of the New Covenant to come.

In Moses' day, people had an opportunity to look at the brass serpent on a pole and be healed. The
serpent on the pole was a type of Christ on the cross. But today the actual Savior has come—and
He offers salvation and healing directly to all.

A virgin was with child. That which was conceived within her was holy; holy blood from Heaven
flowed in the veins of Christ. None of the Old Testament sacrifices contained holy blood. The
blood of animals would not suffice, only the holy blood of Jesus. In this hour of salvation's reality,
we rely on Jesus and the atoning power of His blood.

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16). God loved the
world so much that He gave Jesus.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness (I John 1:9). Nothing is quite so wonderful as the atonement; it's the
greatest thing that has ever happened to man. Because of the atonement we are God's redeemed
today. We could not have been God's redeemed had it not been for the spilled blood of Jesus.

Hebrews 10:5-8, Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and
offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me; In burnt offerings and
sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of
the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, oh God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and
offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst
pleasure therein; which are offered by the law. Again we read that the Lord had no pleasure
in sacrifices. To please God we must live holy each day, and only through the blood of Jesus and
the power of the Holy Ghost can we do that.

Verse 9: Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will oh God. He taketh away the first, that
he may establish the second. God taketh away the first, the Law, the sacrifices, the feasts, the
holy days. The first was a shadow, a type of the second which was to come: Jesus. Jesus was
established to take away our sins and to reconcile us back to God. He came to fulfill the Law, not
destroy it.

II Corinthians 6:17,18, Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith
the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father
unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. The Lord
wanted a son: He made Adam. He wanted a daughter: He made Eve. God wanted sons and
daughters then, and He wants sons and daughters today. Those who sin against God cannot be a
son or a daughter. Your master is the one you serve. If you sin, you are a servant of sin. If you live
according to God's righteousness, you are His servant, holy.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk
not after the flesh, but after the Spirit (Romans 8:1). Those walking after the Spirit have no
condemnation. For anyone to teach that man cannot live free from sin is absurd. How could a
person enter Heaven with sin in his heart? Only through Jesus can the sinner be freed, pardoned
from all sin; only through Jesus is God justified in forgiving sin because the penalty was paid by
Heaven, by divine blood.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin
and death (Romans 8:2). The life of Christ that flowed into us at Calvary freed us from the law of
sin and death. We no longer live under the penalty of the Law, for Christ took our place of

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judgment; He substituted Himself for you and me. Why? I say again, He was the only sacrifice that
Heaven would accept.

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. For
Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth
those things shall live by them. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on
this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (That is, to bring
Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep: (that is, to bring up
Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy
mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation (Romans
10:4-10). If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, if you believe and accept Him as your
Savior, He takes your place, forgives your sins and reconciles you unto God. Now you are as sinless
as the first Adam and the first Eve before they disobeyed God.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die (Ezekiel 18:20). God declared through His prophet Ezekiel,
and the fact has never been changed. Sin is death. One sin in your heart means death when you
come to the end of life, eternal death for your soul, eternal torment in hell. This eternal death was
upon each one of us until we found Calvary.

Through the atonement of Christ, however, we have life, life, not death. Jesus said: I am come
that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10).
Jesus is life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on
him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is
passed from death unto life (John 5:24). You who are dead in sins and trespasses cannot enter
God's Heaven unless you turn from sin and accept Jesus into your heart: Saved by grace. When
you receive salvation, you no longer are a sinner; you have passed from death into life, eternal life.
You're a blood-washed Child of God.

Where do you receive everlasting life? At the cross. Everyone coming to Calvary, accepting Jesus
Christ as his Savior is in turn accepted by God, delivered, pardoned of sins. No condemnation.
That soul is free, and never again will God mention the sins that one committed before Calvary. It
is as though those sins had never been. What a wonderful judgment!

Jesus, being made perfect…became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that
obey him (Hebrews 5:9). Notice, this verse says all them that obey him. Jesus is the author of
eternal salvation for whosoever will come to Him. At the cross you didn't receive salvation or

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forgiveness temporarily, but for all time and eternity. You, of course, must obey the Lord to keep
your salvation.

That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his
kindness toward us through Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:7). In the ages to come it will take
eternity for God to show us His kindness, eternity to learn the benefits of what we have received
through Jesus Christ—and we may never learn them all.

But when Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in
glory (Colossians 3:4). Christ is our life. You can't have life in Jesus Christ with sin in your heart.
Jesus provides you with perfect deliverance from all sin. He makes the way for you to be pure,
clean, holy.

I Corinthians 15:3, For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how
that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures. Child of God, because Jesus died
for your sins, because you have accepted Him into your heart, you are delivered from eternal death
right here in this mortal body. You are not going to be delivered, you are delivered. You will have
no more deliverance from sin when you reach Heaven than you have right now. You have been set
free from death as long as you do not go back into willful sin. It's wonderful to know that Christ is
your atonement, your life, that He died for your sins!

II Corinthians 5:21, For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we
might be made the righteousness of God in him. We are made the righteousness of God; we
are His righteousness, created new by the Lord. Through His holiness Jesus took our place. The
Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all (Isaiah 53:6). God put our sins upon Jesus; this
could not have been done had not Jesus been the perfect sacrifice.

At all times we must live righteously. If you are living any other way and think you are going to
Heaven, you have a deceived heart. One day you will wake up in eternity condemned with no
Calvary, no justification. It will be too late then. Calvary is out of reach after death. The Bible tells
us that we will live eternally—either in Heaven or in hell.

We also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the
atonement (Romans 5:11). By taking Jesus into our hearts, we have now received the atonement;
it is ours. The atonement of Jesus gives life here and life hereafter, life for all who believe in the
Lord and are really living for Him. If you've accepted His shed blood, confessed your sins, God
looks on you as He looks on His Son Jesus. Because of Jesus' sacrifice, you are justified.

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom thou hast sent (John 17:3). To know God and Christ means to worship, to serve, to live in
and through the Godhead.

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In John 17:4, Jesus said to His Father: I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the
work which thou gavest me to do. Christ's finished work is the completion of the whole plan
of God for the redemption of mankind. Types and shadows of Jesus and His redemption appear
throughout the Old Testament; but in the New, Jesus Christ is living reality in our hearts. The Lord
walks with us and in us as His eternal life flows through us. However, again I warn: This wonderful
redemption can be lost. All of God's promises are conditional.

Titus 2:11-14, For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly,
righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for
us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar
people, zealous of good works. Jesus is coming again after His obedient Spirit-filled Children.
But those who shun good works, those who live ungodly will face the judgment of the wicked dead
where no mercy will be shown—no life, only death, death, death. Sin is death here on earth, and
eternal death for those who die without Christ.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye
are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of
darkness (I Thessalonians 5:4,5). You cannot be children of light, of the day with any sin in your
heart. Light is righteousness. God calls sin darkness, night. The unholy are children of the night.
You who have been born again are not of the night nor of darkness. You have been separated from
the world to be accepted by God, purified through the precious blood of the Son of God; and you
glory in the promise of His return.

I Thessalonians 4:14, For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. No sin abides in those who are asleep in
Jesus. They are already in Heaven where sin cannot enter. The Bible says that Jesus will bring our
loved ones with Him when He comes. The bodies of our deceased loved ones we place in the
graves, but not their souls.

I Thessalonians 4:15-17, For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which
are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are
asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of
the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; Then
we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Those who are alive in
Christ, the holy ones, the pure who are free from all sin, will be caught up with Jesus at His
coming. Sin cannot live with the Lord: sin cannot, I say again, enter Heaven. Verse 18:
Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Living godly and righteously in this
present world, free from sin, we are looking for the coming of the Lord.

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Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from
heaven to eat (John 6:31). Manna came down from Heaven; men ate angel food. God provided
bread for the Israelites; had He not, they never would have survived the desert. Without Jesus
Christ you will not survive the desert of this life. Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I
say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you
the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from
heaven and giveth life unto the world (John 6:32,33). We have the true, satisfying Bread
from Heaven, Jesus Christ.

John 6:34,35, Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus
said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and
he that believeth on me shall never thirst. Sin in your heart brings spiritual hunger and
thirst. Only when you have Christ will your spirit be satisfied in the Lord.

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the
water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting
life (John 4:14). Jesus didn't speak lightly when He said He was the water of life, for without Him
is no life. By passing Jesus, you walk hand in hand with death, for the judgment of God rests upon
your head because of your sins.

God despises sin—He loves the sinner, but hates the sin. When the sinner refuses to let go of his
sins, refuses to take Jesus into his heart, then God will do away with the sinner. All sin will be
destroyed one day.

Jesus alone is the remedy for sin, offering you life. He said, I am the door: by me if any man
enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture (John 10:9). Jesus
came with grace and truth to fulfill the Law.

To him [Jesus] give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever
believeth in him shall receive remission of sins (Acts 10:43). The sins of those who believe
in Jesus will be remitted, giving them a clean record; it's the only way they can enter Heaven.
Saying that you did your best will not take you to Heaven; for it isn't the best you can do, but the
best Calvary can do that will save your soul. Jesus alone is your atonement, the Lamb of God who
gives remission for sin.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost
(Acts 2:38). Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under
heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12). No salvation through
anyone but Jesus.

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At Calvary the believer's judgment takes place. Only those who commit the unpardonable sin
cannot be saved. They have gone beyond the atonement and will never return to God. What is the
unpardonable sin? Jesus tells us about it in Matthew 12:31,32, Wherefore I say unto you, all
manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against
the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word
against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the
Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to
come.

In Mark 3:22-30, we read that the scribes accused Jesus of casting out devils by the prince of
devils. By doing that, they were calling the Holy Ghost in Jesus a devil. Jesus called it blasphemy
against the Holy Spirit. Those who have blasphemed against the Holy Ghost are not interested in
God or the things of God.

But those who have not committed the unforgivable sin against the Holy Ghost still have a drawing
to Calvary.

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him and saith, Behold the Lamb of God
which taketh away the sin of the world (John 1:29). Just one Lamb out of all the multitudes
of lambs sacrificed was able to take away sin.

We read in Isaiah 53, the atonement chapter, He is despised and rejected of men; a man of
sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was
despised, and we esteemed him not (Isaiah 53:3). Do you think Christ would have paid such
a price were He not able to deliver you from all sin? He came to deliver you and to make it
possible for you to stay delivered, so you could be a part of God's Heaven, reconciled, joined again
in the fellowship of God. You cannot go to God's Heaven unless you are reconciled with Him-no
one with sin can be reconciled to God. You must go through Jesus Christ to get rid of sin, there is
no other way. You could try a million years and not work away your sins. The guilt would still be
there, held against you.

Jesus took our judgment; He paid the penalty for our sin. He is the only one fit, willing and able to
be our perfect Redeemer. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet
we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for
our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace
was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity

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of us all (Isaiah 53:4-6).

Sinner, you're headed for judgment; you've bypassed Calvary. Jesus can save you from those sins,
but to be saved you must accept Jesus, His blood. When you do, the verdict is the same for all:
Pardoned. All is forgiven. You are free. Those sins are cast into a sea of forgetfulness to never be
remembered again by God.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way (Isaiah
53:6). We were all sinners; all have gone astray; all are in need of a Savior. Yet it pleased the
Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an
offering for sin (Isaiah 53:10). He made His soul an offering for sin—yours and mine. After such
a sacrifice, how could God justify sin? It will never be justified apart from Jesus Christ. He is the
only one through whom justification can come to you.

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with
the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered
with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the
transgressors (Isaiah 53:12). When Jesus poured out His soul unto death, He was numbered
with the transgressors, bearing the sin of all who would accept His great sacrifice. Jesus is our
atonement.

In John 10:17 Jesus tells us, Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my
life, that I might take it again. Jesus did not lay down His life for Himself or for the Father, but
for a ransom to redeem mankind from sin. Verse 18, No man taketh it from me, but I lay it
down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This
commandment have I received of my Father. Jesus proved He had power to take up His life
again when He rose from the tomb. Death couldn't hold Him.

We are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus
(Romans 3:24). Jesus is our atonement for all time and eternity. No sin is held against us when we
accept His marvelous gift. I repeat, this doesn't mean you can't sin—man has free choice in the
matter—but if you sin, you separate yourself from God. Sin is deliberately going against the will
and commandments of God. Sin is knowing the will and commandments of God and ignoring
them. Sin is being indifferent to the things and desires of God. Adam and Eve committed willful
sin, doing what God said Thou shalt not do. They knew better, for they had the knowledge of God.
When you have the knowledge of God and commit sin, there is no more sacrifice for you as long as
your remain unrepentant.

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Jesus, whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to
declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the
forbearance of God. To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be
just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus (Romans 3:25,26). God is just and
He will continue to be just. After sin entered mankind at the fall of Adam and Eve, the only way
God could remain just and allow us to enter Heaven was through the atonement. We don't enter
Heaven by our works, but through Jesus Christ. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By
what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man
is justified by faith without the deeds of the law (Romans 3:27,28). We don't need the Law
to be justified. Christian ministers preaching that we must have part of the Law to be justified are
out of order, not seeing the perfect plan of grace. They have put many into bondage.

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he
saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost (Titus 3:5).
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:8,9). We have not grace in ourselves;
we have no works which God will accept, but we are saved through Christ according to the mercy
and grace of God. Those thinking to work their way into Heaven will be disappointed. They won't
get in.

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not
many mighty, not many noble are called; But God hath chosen the foolish things of the
world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to
confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which
are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought
things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ
Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification,
and redemption (I Corinthians 1:26-30). Why are not many wise of this world called? Because
they won't accept the atonement, the simplicity of it. Their confidence is in man's knowledge, not
God's. Many teachers in the Christian world, as well as the majority of graduating theological
students, deny the fact that Christ was born of the virgin Mary. They have no real message of
salvation, of redemption—nothing to offer people. Instead of glorying in the Lord, they glory in
flesh. All that we are and all that we shall ever be in God is due to the saving grace of Jesus Christ.
In Christ is wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption.

God accepted Jesus in our place. To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world

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unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us
the word of reconciliation (II Corinthians 5:19). Jesus made it possible for us to be reconciled
unto God. How could one be both reconciled unto God and contaminated with sin at the same
time? Impossible. There is no sin in God; God cannot accept sin. The devil loves to deceive people
about sin, but the Word holds the truth.

The Word is a testimony either for or against you; it is used in the judgment of the believers and
also the judgment of the wicked dead. According to the Word, God will deal with all. When we
came before Calvary, we had to face the Word. The Word was made flesh and dwelt among men. If
you don't accept the Word, you don't accept the truth; and if you don't accept the truth you are not
free from sin. Many are in bondage, headed for judgment because they will not accept the truth.
God will judge them. But believers, I say again, have met their judgment—and been passed from
death into eternal life—at the cross of Calvary.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace
(Romans 8:6). You cannot be spiritually minded unless you take on the mind of Jesus. Verses 7,8:
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God,
neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. The carnal
mind will not yield to the will of God. If you are walking in the flesh, you are not pleasing God.
You can only walk in the Spirit when you walk in the truth of God, in the redemption of God, in the
shed blood of Jesus. Through the blood you are cleansed, and through the blood you are kept in
Jesus. Without the blood of Jesus you have no keeping power. The blood of animals does not
possess that keeping power, nor does it have power to justify. I repeat, God was not pleased with
animal sacrifices. That's the reason He sent Jesus.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same
came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher
come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou did, except God be with
him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man
be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How
can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's
womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which
is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not
that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again (John 3:1-7). Therefore if any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become
new (II Corinthians 5:17). Those in Christ are made new; all the sin is gone. God does not repair
hearts of flesh; He makes them new. If any man be in Christ he is not repaired, he is a new

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creature.

There are some who claim to be of God but are still bound by the world. They have not been made
new. They act like the world, talk like it; they are a part of it. We who have been born again live in
a brand-new world, a world where Jesus flows His life's blood into us.

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver
and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But
with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot (I
Peter 1:18,19). You were redeemed from that old conversation, that old life, with the precious
blood of Jesus. Jesus was without blemish, without spot; and He said we should have to be like
Him-He made it possible for us to be like Him. It's our atonement, our privilege, our strength, our
power: being like Him. Jesus is coming after a people without spot, blemish or wrinkle.

Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps (I
Peter 2:21). If we didn't have power to follow His steps, the Bible would never have instructed us
to do so.

Jesus, who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was
manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up
from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. Seeing
ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned
love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being
born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
liveth and abideth forever (I Peter 1:20-23). To have your soul purified through the
atonement, you obey the truth. How can you obey the truth and the devil at the same time? How
can you be obedient to the truth and obedient to that which is not true? The Bible certainly is
consistent. You purify your soul by obeying the Word through the Spirit.

Born again of incorruptible seed by the Word made flesh, by Jesus Christ, we have life through
Him, through the Word which liveth and abideth forever. Heaven and earth will pass away, but the
Word of God will abide forever. Hide away in the Word.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God for
Christ's sake hath forgiven you (Ephesians 4:32). God has forgiven us for the sake of Christ,
not for our sakes. Father, I died for that one, Jesus is saying. I spilled my blood for that sinner.
For my sake forgive that one. But "that one" must want Jesus, want to be accepted, to be found by
God; or salvation will be lost. Jesus is the door, the only door, the only way into Heaven; all who
refuse to enter that door reject eternal salvation. Jesus is life. Without Jesus is no life at all but
eternal living death in hell.

Although when you are saved you are pardoned from the judgment of sin, there is a sin judgment

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for everyone who dies without Jesus. The sin debt must be paid. If you don't accept Jesus as your
substitute, if you don't accept the price He paid for you, if you don't give yourself to Him then you
will have to pay with your soul at the White Throne judgment without Jesus to plead your case. He
will not be there to stand between you and the wrath of God as you and millions like you pass
before the judgment bar of God on that day: Guilty, guilty, guilty! Depart into everlasting
torment!

But for the believers, our judgment, our trial is over; it was met by Christ for us at Calvary. We
found the Mercy Seat when we found Jesus: He is our love.

Calvary was the worst day ever and yet the greatest day for mankind. All the time Jesus was on
earth He was without sin; the Father's face was turned toward Him saying, This is my beloved Son
in whom I am well pleased. He's mine and He pleases me! But when our sins were laid upon the
Master, God had to turn away; for God cannot look upon sin. At the moment Christ became our
sin-bearer and our sins were laid upon Him the cry from Calvary was heard: My God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me? That terrible cry almost tore out the heart of God—His only
begotten Son dying for your sins and mine. Jesus was perfect in all His ways—and now this, dying
for our sins. Not so much as a drink of water would they give Him.

How He suffered on that cross when the sins of humanity were laid upon Him! Then, as part of the
punishment, forsaken by God because God cannot look upon sin. When Jesus became our
substitute, He made it possible for God to look on us through His—Jesus'—purity.

Such fear seized those who followed Jesus that they scattered in all directions. How sad God must
feel when He hears someone say, "Why I've never done anything wrong." Nothing wrong? Only
trampling the blood of Jesus underfoot, the worst sin a person could commit. There is no such
thing as a good sinner. The soul that sinneth it shall die (Ezekiel 18:4).

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed
his head and gave up the ghost (John 19:30). Jesus bowed His head on the cross and died; the
sin-debt was paid in full for everyone on earth. At the cross, the whole plan of redemption was
finished. It's Whosoever will, let him come to redemption.

When Christ took our sins He, no doubt, felt all the pain sinners will feel in eternity, all the pain we
would have felt had He not come.

No suffering will be comparable to what Jesus went through. Many do not realize what happened
to Jesus when all the iniquity, all the sin of the human race were laid upon Him. He took it all; He
bore our sicknesses as well as our sin. Because Jesus became the sacrifice, for sin as well as
sickness, with his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5).

Sinner, you will fall into the hands of an angry God if you neglect Calvary. Understand God's plan
for all mankind, wicked and righteous. Two classifications of people are on earth today: the holy
and the unholy. Right or left, the Holy Spirit is dividing today the godly from the ungodly. The
Lord told me it would be like this in the final hour. You are either on the right or the left. If there

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is one sin in your life you are on the left hand of God, the judgment—without mercy—side.

Judgment from Heaven falls on the sinner; he is condemned by Heaven and all that Heaven stands
for. The Bible will judge you if you play with sin. If you have never found that forgiveness, pray
this prayer with me: God, I have sinned against you. I am guilty, but I ask for mercy. I know you
died for me, and I'm reaching out to you, dear Jesus, to your atonement. I accept it, and I believe
that through your shed blood on Calvary I have forgiveness. I believe in the blood of Jesus, the
blood of the Lamb of God that takes away all of my sins. Come into my heart, Jesus! Come on in!

Believe Him and you can rejoice that He has come into your heart and you have been pardoned of
all your sins. You are free, Jesus is yours to live with in Heaven for all eternity. God is your Father
and you are His child.

It's a wonderful judgment that sets people free, pardoned, nothing held against them. When the
believer dies, he is not headed for a judgment of condemnation but for the glory of Heaven—going
home on the blood. It's the blood of Jesus that opens the gates of Heaven, His blood applied to the
doorpost of the heart.

The first judgment: The judgment for the believer

Basis: Christ's finished work

Place: Calvary

Results: Justification for believers in the eyes of the Almighty for all eternity

I see the redeemed. My eyes are upon the redeemed. The redeemed are to my right, and those
without redemption are to the left. My anger is kindled, my judgments are nigh at hand. I am
already sending judgments upon the earth in divers places, and I will send more judgments. My
hand is moving in anger toward those that have defiled themselves in sin. My Son paid the price
of deliverance, and they will not accept Him. My judgment will be given to them in gladness; in
gladness I will give it. And I will measure it out with the fullest measure. There will be no pity. I
will mock them, and I will laugh at their calamity. Man does not really know his God, saith the
Lord. Man has seen my hand of mercy and love and tender care. Man has not really seen the God
of judgment. And I will rain it down. Just as I am raining my Holy Spirit upon the earth for a
period of time, I will soon rain down my judgment upon planet earth. I have warned humanity.
Again and again I have foretold the things to come and yet many who have known me know me
no more. They have gone astray. Others are in a lukewarm condition. And the deceit of Lucifer is
going forth to cover the whole earth. And yet with my great love I'm raining down mercy; I'm
raining down help for all before I rain judgment. Draw nigh unto me, my people. You are in
great conflict, and you're in grave danger. Your only safety is in me, saith the Lord. Walk with
me in every moment. Do not stray. The enemy will deceive you in this last hour and destroy you.

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Be holy in my presence, and my face will be toward you, and you will have my favor. And the
blood of my Son will protect you, and my Word will shield you. Trust in the Lord thy God. Trust
in the promises of the Lord thy God and do my work. Redemption draweth nigh, saith the Lord.

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