Judgement in Glory
August 23, 2020
Key Scriptures
Key Points
- God is not torn between love and justice.
- To be truly loved, one must be truly known. God truly knows us.
- Love does not exist in the absence of judgement, only in the presence of it.
- We must see justice and love as coming together.
- Moralizing is making a judgement and not acting upon it.
- Compassion conveys a sense of passing a moral judgement but acting on it.
- Whenever you extend mercy, you always do it at the expense of justice.
- Reconciliation with God Himself, should be the reason we want to be forgiven.
- The trajectory of a soul that lives a self-centered life will be granted what he/she wants.
Discussion Questions
- What kind of justice do you deserve from God? Why?
- What would you say to a person who says that a loving God would not judge us?
- Lewis describes Hell as rooted in people’s progressive negative disposition against God and states that it begins here on earth. Do you agree? Why or why not?
- Knowing the two destinies before us, what are some of the ways that you are going to show compassion toward others in the coming months?