For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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… the wisest man who ever lived when he came to the end of his life, looked back and said, all of life can be summarized in these words. Ecclesiastes 12 verses 13 and 14, the conclusion when all has been heard is fear God and keep his commandments, because this applies to every person. For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil. The fear of God motivates us to obedience, but so does the love of God. When we consider all that God has done for us, ultimately in sending Christ to die for us and bridging that gap, that ought to overwhelm us with gratitude, a love for God that would make us want to seek his approval as well. Do you have a healthy fear of God? Do you understand the words of Acts 17, 28 that says, for it's only in God that we move and exist and we have our being. When you drift off to sleep at night, do you realize that unless God keeps that heart of yours pumping, you will not awaken in the morning. …
Fear God and keep His commandments. For this is the whole of humanity, because God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil. This view from the top is also a witness for us. Remember God. God is the author and also the final editor. And as editor-in-chief, God has already graciously canceled this ridiculous project that we could never hope to finish and should have never even started in the first place because this isn't our story. But to save us, God didn't stay up there in his executive editorial suite. No, God came down to ground level with us. God sent his word, his representative, his son, Jesus, to be our witness. And Jesus published this announcement. The time is fulfilled, he said. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the good news. In other words, you don't have to be your own author. That's God's job. Not everyone took well to Jesus' message. Admitting failure is hard, humiliating, and some wouldn't accept his truth as the truth. …
… There's nothing sincerely hidden in our lives. Let's look at Ecclesiastes chapter 12, verse 14. Ecclesiastes 12, 14 says, For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil. Now I want to pause for just a moment. Look at that last portion. Whether good or evil. Because when we think of God bringing secret things into judgment, we run immediately to the bad things. right? We run immediately to the things that are negative, the evil things. But I also want to encourage you today because he's also going to bring the good things. Maybe you're here today and those things you do for Christ are not seen. They're not out front. Maybe you're a mom who stays home all day and takes care of your kids and nobody recognizes it and nobody sees it. Maybe at work you're the one who stays late to make sure everything's buttoned up and everything's put together for the next day. Or as that announcement that just had played a little while ago, maybe you're a widow and you feel like, what does God have for me? Listen, every secret thing you do for God, good or evil, will be brought into judgment. So it's not just the bad, it's also the good. …