Judgement

God's Judgement

1. What is judgment?
2. When you receive the reward for your actions, have you been judged?
3. What is Evil?
4. When you do the wrong thing without knowing that it is wrong, have you committed Evil?
5. What is God's judgement for Evil?
6. How does God's judgment for Evil affect your heart tree and mind tree?
7. Did the boy intend to kill the butterfly?

   A young boy notices some butterflies fluttering around and thinks they are really beautiful. He wants to keep one for himself so he can admire its beauty all the time, so he catches one and puts it in a clear jar. However, it doesn't take long before the butterfly stops moving and dies.

8. Did you intend to ruin your mother's soup?

   Your mom is cooking up some soup and asks you to grab the salt. Both the salt and sugar are in similar jars, and you accidentally hand her the sugar instead. Without noticing, she adds it to the soup and ends up ruining it. Now she has to toss the whole thing out. Oops!

9. Give examples of Evil.
10. What is Sin?
11. When you do the wrong thing knowing very well that it is wrong, have you committed Sin? James 4:17, John 15:22

    17 So then, if we do not do the good we know we should do, we are guilty of sin.

    John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

12. What is God's judgement for Sin? Ezekiel 18:20-21

    20 The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.

    21 “But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.

13. How does God's judgment for Sin affect your heart tree and mind tree?
14. When your mother labels the salt and sugar jars with their names and you still go ahead to return the sugar jar instead of the salt jar, have you sinned?
15. Give examples of Sin.
16. What is the difference between Sin and Evil?
17. Can something Evil for one person, become a Sin for another?
18. What is the reason for your answer, and give examples?
19. What is Iniquity?
20. When you sin, and continue to do it even after other people have prompted you, are you committing Iniquity?
21. What is God's judgement for Iniquity?
22. How does God's judgment for Iniquity affect your heart and mind trees?
23. What was God's response to the sins of the people of Nineveh? Jonah 1:1

    The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

24. When Jonah preached to them did they repent? Jonah 3:4-6

    4 Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” 5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

    6 When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.

25. If the city of Nineveh had not repented, would they be committing Sin or Iniquity?
26. What was God's response to David's sin, after he had taken another man's wife and killed her husband? 2 Samuel 12:1-4

    12 The Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, 3 but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.

    4 “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”

27. Did David repent or continue in his sin? 2 Samuel 12:13

    13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

    Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.

28. If David had not repented, would he be committing Sin or Iniquity?
29. Give examples of Iniquity.
30. What is the difference between Sin and Iniquity?
31. What is Righteousness, right-ness, right-doing?
32. Is righteousness doing things the right way?
33. Is righteousness doing things according to the will of God?
34. Is righteousness doing things, God's way?
35. What is God's judgement for Righteousness?
36. Give examples of Righteousness
37. What is the right way to sweep your house?
38. What is the right way to produce children?
39. What is the right way to respond to a person who has offended you?
40. Who is a Righteous Man?
41. How do you seek God's Righteousness daily? Matthew 6:33, Luke 11:1

    Matthew 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

    Luke 11:1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

42. Does the Kingdom of God have its right way of doing things? Matthew 6:5-7

    5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

43. When you surrender your heart to God each day, is God able to reveal his righteousness to you in order to do it?
44. Can we seek God's righteousness on specific matters when we pray?
45. Is Righteousness the same as repentance?
46. What is the difference between Righteousness and repentance?
47. Is Righteousness something that you do or something that you do not do?
48. Is repentance something that you do or something that you do not do?
49. What is the cure for Evil?
50. In what ways did Christ fight and uproot Evil?
51. What is the cure for Sin?
52. Does Christ ask you to pray for your enemies because they need prayers, or because you cannot pray for a person and hate them at the same time, and one will have to displace the other? Matthew 5:43-44

    43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

53. Does praying for your enemies, change the posture of your heart towards them, and make it easy for you to minister love to them?
54. Do you practice righteousness when you ignore your enemies, or do you practice righteousness when you pray for them?
55. Why does the righteousness of God require that to become the greatest, you must first be the least? Matthew 23:11

    The greatest among you must be a servant.

56. Is Righteousness God's food for his children?
57. What is the reason for your answer?
58. What did Jesus mean by our daily bread, and how do we eat it? Matthew 6:11

    Give us today our daily bread.

59. Do you eat your spiritual food daily, weekly, or monthly?
60. What is Jesus' special food, and how does he eat it? John 4:30-32

    30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him. 31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

61. Why does Jesus ask God to forgive them? Luke 23:34

    Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.

62. Did they commit Sin or Evil?
63. When Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree, did they commit Sin or Evil?
64. What is the reason for your answer?
65. What is the story? Genesis 4:3-7

    3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

    6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”

66. In verse 7, where is Sin?
67. What is the posture of Sin?
68. Are you born with Sin?
69. Do you choose to Sin?
70. What will Sin do to you when you let it in through the door?