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How to Have the Verdict of the Last Judgment Today

When the believer accepts what Christ did for him on the Cross, he has the verdict of the last judgment already.

Sin is like a burden on us, like a law over us, and a disease within us. The guilt of sin, the power of sin, and the presence of sin can only be dealt with by Jesus Christ and his Gospel. God removes the guilt of sin the moment we believe. The power of sin is simultaneously crushed, in principle, as we behold God’s great love for the sinner. Sin’s presence no longer reigns in us, though our sinful nature remains. We are “accepted in the Beloved”, (Ephesians 1:6) “complete in him”, (Colossians 2:10) without “condemnation”, (Romans 8:1) and made to “sit with him [Christ] in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 2:6).

The Bible promises that we are saved through faith, the gift of God, and not by any good that we do ourselves. If we forget this and trust anything in ourselves for acceptance and for peace, we are inviting turmoil and stress. Find your greatest comfort only in Christ’s gift of righteousness. Accept what Christ did for you on the Cross, he has the verdict of the last judgment already, as long as you believe.

Let the thought sink in that you already have the favorable judgment of the last judgment and that you have been saved (not “you might be saved”). How does that make you feel about your life? What can you do now that was more difficult to do before?

By Dr. Desmond Ford