When we get sucked into believing his lies we end up someplace we never intended to go. His mission is to steal, kill and destroy you and I.

But Satan is the master of the bait-and-switch. The euphoria and numbing of being drunk feels good at the beginning. It all starts with agreeing with and believing any of a myriad of lies of the enemy. They are not the judgement of God on our lives. Excessive consumption of alcohol, drunkenness, leads to health problems, relationship problems, and financial problems.Įach of these consequences results from behavior. For example if I had stayed on the path of the drunkard which I was on before I became a follower of Jesus there are some natural consequences of that. What we see today are natural consequences of sin on the earth, not the judgement of God. That judgement isn’t going to happen until the final judgement day. If they refuse to enter into that covenant they will be judged accordingly.īut here’s the thing. The only way people can bring judgement on themselves now is to reject what Jesus has done for them. Today all sins have been paid for and are covered. “He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins-and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.” - 1 John 2:2

Jesus came along and fulfilled the Law on our behalf. So when Israel, or individual Jews, strayed from keeping the law they brought judgement on themselves per their covenant with God. That one said if you behave correctly (ie. In Moses’ time Israel entered into a different covenant with God. So even though Abraham did some pretty messed up things he was still blessed. It was independent of Abraham’s behavior. For example Abraham’s covenant was simply that God would bless him. When people are in covenant with God they are treated accordingly. It was like God was blessing Job “illegally” if you will.) (That was Satan’s big beef in the case of Job. When looking at judgements in the Bible it helps to consider who is being judged and what their relationship with God is.įor example, were they in a covenant with God? If not, the God had no legal obligation to bless them.

“and don’t get me started on the folks who claim that disasters are God’s judgement on us.” God passed judgement on his people throughout the Bible.

Judgementįor example Sam asked very good question in response to my post a while back where I explained that God does not cause tornadoes. There is this idea in the Christian community that God is waiting around with his quiver of spiritual lightning bolts just waiting to fling them down at people to inflict them with all kinds of suffering because of their misdeeds. There are a lot of people, many of them followers of Jesus, who live in constant fear that God is out to get them.

Day of judgment peoples faces