South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-19
SEVEN MINUTE SERMON
ON THE GOLDEN TEXT
BY OUR OWN PREACHER

Lesson: The Judgment of the Ma
ton. Matt. 2j:1-16.
Golden Text: Inasmuch "a yc did
il rot unto one of these least, We did
u not unto me. Matt. 25:t5.
THE JUDGMENT DAY TEST
L. There will be judgment day.
The New Testament makes il very
clear nat there is TO be a general
Judgment day II appears from
Christ's teaching that this great day
viii take place when the Son of Man
shall come in his glory with all the
holy angels with him 10 wind up all
earthly things. When that day viii
come no person knows. Some think
IL is very near and that the time is
alrNdy appointed by God. but others
think that the judgment day will not
come until the kingdom OF God shall
have been established upon the earth.
or until Christianity has conquered
the nations of the world. Those who
hold this view think that the time
for the judgment dav is a contingent
event. that is il will depend upon the
progress which the church of Christ
makes upon the earth in discipline all
nations. AS result the opinion is
held that it will be at a very remote
date, perhaps thousands of years
I
these and other views are merely
opinions. for no person knows but it
is clearly revealed in the New Tesla
ment scriptures, and especially by
Jesus that there will be such a gen.
eral judgment day when all the ma
tons viii be gathered at the judg
ment bar of Christ. and be judged &C
cording TO the deeds which they have
done in the body.
>. All nations will appear at the
general judgment. Christ states in
our lesson story that. Before Him
shall be gathered all nations: and he
shall separate them one from the 9TH
er. as a shepherd divideth his sheep
from the goats: and he shall gather
the sheep on his right hand but the
goats on the left" Christ makes IL
very clear that there will be such a
gathering of the nations on that great
day, and he states in general outline
/ the tragic events of that day. No
I doubt both the good and the bad go
/ 20 their own place at death and the
! judgment day appears to be for the
! purpose Of confirming the condition
/ which has already taken place in the
/ spirit life of the individuals com
\ posing the nations of the earth. 1t
! appears that the judgment will be for
I the confirmation of men and angels Of
/ Gods dealings with mankind, and il
/ will be the great dav which will wind
up and settle forever all earthly con-
! ditiCns. In view of that great day
every man should be ready to stand
the judgment day test Things we
| have done here in the dark, will then
be revealed in the light Our secret
| thoughts and actions, when upon the
| earth. will then be made known to
the gathered nations assembled.
\ What an incentive this should be for
us to so think, act. and live. that we
should be ashamed Of nothing when
we meet it at the judgment.
3. Men will be Judged by the law
OF love. 1t appears from the lesson
story that Christ makes common
| cause with the poor. the sick, the ig-
norant and even the criminals. He
appears to put himself in the place of
! the weak ones of the earth and the
way they have been treated he takes
/ as if he had been so treated. He will
| say 10 those on the right Come We
! blessed Of my Father, inherit the
| kingdom prepared for you For I
was an hungered. and We gave me
meat; ! was thirsty. and We gave me
| drink; / was a stranger, and re took
me in: naked. and We clothed me-
/ was sick and We visited me; / was i'm
/ prisoneG, and We came unto me-"
And when the righteous answer, and
] y.
/ ever seeing him in these positions,
or treating him as he states: then the
king shall answer and say unto them,
I Verify | say unto you. inasmuch as
| We have done il unto one of the least
J Of these my brethren We have done
! il unto me-" He shall then address
the wicked in a similar manner. as
he banishes them To the place pre-
pared for the devil and his angels, and
he rrft- haf
| saw him in the conditions of need as
he had just stated TO the righteous
that they had neglected him and
treated him with contempt and when
| the wicked deny the accusation he
! states. "Inasmuch as ye did if not to
one of the least of these, We did it not
unto me"
I. VIII our present actions to the
needy stand the judgment day test
/ We have seen mat Jesus puts him
self in the place of all the needy ones,
for the way we treat the poor. the
sick. the ignorant. the criminal, is
taken by Christ as the way we treat
/ him. The important question there
fore it, are we treating them lovingly
Do we treat them in the way Christ
I would If he were in our place. Or
do we treat them in the way we
wish 10 be treated were we in their
/ place? Are our hearts sympathetic
10 the waits and strays Of society =?
Are We doing all that we can. or
ought 10 do. 10 relieve the suffering
Of those with whom we come in daily
/ contact? Some are. and these can
face the Judgment day; others are
mot and they have need TO fear the
. terrible consequences Of their actions
. i'm that great day. The nations of the
/ earth have not vet learned TO treat
criminals in a Christian spirit. In
stead of basng their plans to reform
those who have gone astray. the pres
ent plans. for the most part result
in hardening criminals in their wicked