Verse 11 – God is an equal opportunity Judge… He judges the rich as well as the poor. It doesn’t matter to God if you are well known or unknown… white, black, brown or mixed race… God will judge all people: Jews and Gentiles… Muslims & Mormons…Sikhs, Buddhists, and Hindus… Arabs, Africans, and all Americans—we will all be judged by God…
Religion, ethnicity, nationality, popularity, and money will never save anyone from the judgment of God… All mankind will one day stand before the High and Holy One… who made the heavens and the earth and all things—for His own glory… and on that Day—YOU and I will either receive God’s approbation or His condemnation…
In verses 12-16 – Paul is writing about the perfect impartiality of God’s judgment. It doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile—you are going to be judged according to what you have done in this life…
Bryan Wheeler Pastor Bryan Wheeler was converted to Christ in 1973. For most of the 20 years that he served in the U.S. Air Force he was actively involved in church-based preaching and teaching ministries in the U.S. and overseas. Pastor Wheeler was ordained into the gospel ministry in 1987 and was called into full time ministry in 1989. He is the pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Verona, VA. He and his wife Maureen were married in 1968 and the Lord has given them 6 children and 4 grandchildren.
