Extract: Judged First

From: Young Christian: Volume 37, 1947

The nearer a man is to God, the more solemnly and speedily will he be judged for any evil. This need not afford any encouragement to the worldling, for, as the Apostle says,

“If judgment first begin at us, what shall the end be of those that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?” 1 Peter 4:17-18¹⁷For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? ¹⁸And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? (1 Peter 4:17‑18).

If God judges His people, what shall become of the poor worldling? This is a startling inquiry.

C. H. M.

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Young Christian: Volume 37, 1947

• Editor's Column, The

• Exposition of the Book of Jonah: Chapter 4

• Can You Answer These Questions?

• Extract: Looking for Comfort

• Attractions of Christ, The

• First Thing in the Day, The

• Manifestation of "the Life", The

• Fruitful Bough by a Well, A

• Activity of Divine Love, The

• Extract: The Only Perfection

• Extract: To Become More Like Christ

• Jacob's Well Was There

• Malachi 3:16-17 - Jude 20-23

• Answers to the Questions on Page 487

• Editor's Column, The

• What Is, and How Did Man Acquire Conscience? Part 1

• Can You Answer These Questions?

• Extract: The Path of Sin

• Saviour and the Shepherds, The

• Extract: Judged First

• "Jesus … Having Loved His Own … He Loved Them Unto the End"

• Extract: The Price

• Answers to Questions on Page 512

• Editor's Column, The

• What Is, and How Did Man Acquire Conscience? Part 2

• Can You Answer These Questions?

• Extract: Waiting on the Lord

• Brethren Alienated!

• Devotedness of Women

• Extract: Focusing on Circumstances