JESUS
CHRIST: MODERN VIEW OF; JESUS CHRIST: JUDGE

What is your concept of Jesus Christ, my brother?

If the “ten-cent-store Jesus” that is being preached by a lot of men, the plastic, painted Christ who has no spine and no justice and is pictured as the soft and pliable friend to everybody—if He is the only Christ there is, then we might as well close our books and bar our doors, and make a bakery or garage out of this church!

But that Christ that is being preached and pictured is not the Christ of God, nor the Christ of the Bible, nor the Christ we must deal with.

The Christ we must deal with has eyes as a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished brass, and out of His mouth comes a sharp, two-edged sword.…

This is one of the neglected Bible doctrines of our day—that Jesus Christ is the judge of mankind.…

That makes me both love Him and fear Him! I love Him because He is my Saviour and I fear Him because He is my Judge.

Psalm 96:11–13; Acts 17:30–31; Revelation 1:13–16

The Tozer Pulpit, Volume 1, Book 1, 96, 97.