Who are the Justified? (Rom. 8:2-4)
Image from Pixabay In this country, we have a Supreme Court. This court is the final court of appeal in our land. Once the Supreme Court rules on a matter of the law, that is supposed to be it. And as a result, it has a tremendous influence upon the state of our republic. But the fact of the matter is that even the Supreme Court is not final in the ultimate sense of the word. For the Court can reverse itself, which we have seen in recent times in the Dobbs decision. However, there is a court above all other courts, God’s court. There is no court of appeal beyond his. And he does not change; he does not reverse his own decisions. This is the ultimate Judgment Seat, before which all the nations of the earth, and all peoples, of all times and places, will appear. As the author of Hebrews puts it, “it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Heb. 9:27). Our Lord himself describes the end of the world ...
