“GOD WILL JUDGE GODLY AND SINFUL ALIKE.” (You are all - TopicsExpress

“GOD WILL JUDGE GODLY AND SINFUL ALIKE.” (You are all children of the Most High God.’ But you will die, just like everyone else.) The Lord is taking note of your sins, and if you take vengeance on someone, the Lord will take vengeance on you. But if you forgive someone who has wronged you, your sins will be forgiven when you pray. You cannot expect the Lord to pardon you while you are holding a grudge against someone else. You yourself are a sinner, and if you wont forgive another person, you have no right to pray that the Lord will forgive your sins. If you cannot get rid of your anger, you have no hope of forgiveness—you are only a human being. Think about it! Some day you will die, and your body will decay. So give up hate and live by the Lords commands, the commands in the covenant of the Most High. Instead of getting upset over your neighbors faults, overlook them. (Sirach 28 Good News Translation (GNT) “How long will you stand up for those who aren’t fair to others? How long will you show favor to sinful people? Stand up for those who are weak and for those whose fathers have died. See to it that those who are poor and those who are beaten down are treated fairly. Save the weak and those who are in need. Save them from the power of sinful people. “You rulers and judges don’t know anything. You don’t understand anything. You are in the dark about what is right. Law and order have been destroyed all over the world. “I said, ‘Rulers and judges, you are “gods.” You are all children of the Most High God.’ But you will die, just like everyone else. You will die like every other ruler.” God, rise up. Judge the earth. All of the nations belong to you. (Ps.82)… I said to myself, “God will judge godly and sinful people alike. He has a time for every act. He has a time for everything that is done.” I also thought, “God puts human beings to the test. Then they can see they are just like animals. What happens to animals happens to people too. Death waits for people and animals alike. People die, just as animals do. All of them have the same breath. People don’t have any advantage over animals. Nothing has any meaning. “People and animals go to the same place. All of them come from dust. And all of them return to dust. Who can know whether the spirit of a man goes up? Who can tell whether the spirit of an animal goes down into the earth?” So man should enjoy his work. That’s what God made him for. I saw that there’s nothing better for him to do than that. After all, who can show him what will happen after he is gone? (Ecc.3:17-22)