All Power

1 John 4:17

…that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

The Lord gives us five calls in life. The first call is the call of birth. You had nothing to do with that. The second call is the call from darkness to the marvelous light. You do have something to do with that call. That’s when you accept Christ or reject him as your personal Savior, The third call is the call to death. You really don’t have anything to do with that because sooner or later, we’re all going to die. But then there’s a fourth call, and that’s the call to resurrection. Whether you’ve been bad or good, you’re going to have to get up. Last is the fifth call, the call to judgment. Let me tell you how that’s going to work.

The second call will determine the fifth call. 1 John 2:1 “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” You see, your attorney and your judge are the same person. Jesus is your Savior right now but on judgment day, He will be the judge. You may say Lord, “I was aiming to come and I just didn’t. Didn’t nobody tell me.” The Lord will remind you when you were fifteen years old and your classmate told you about Jesus Christ and you laughed in his face. Or when you were thirty years old and had your appendix taken out, do you remember when the Chaplain came to your room, and said “son, do you believe that Jesus died for you?” And you told him you didn’t want to talk.

When you walk up to the bench, Jesus will be sitting there as well. However, if you have accepted Him as your Savior, the judge is going to see you coming and say, “Case dismissed.” The case has been handled out of court. I’ve got a good attorney. My attorney knows the judge. He died one Friday and got up Sunday with Al-l-l-l-l-l power.