11. When we are tempted to criticise and judge other people, what are we to remember? Romans 14:10.
NOTE: ‘There will come a time when judgement will be given to the saints of the Most High, but it will be when the time comes that the saints possess the kingdom. See Daniel 7:22. Then the saints will be allowed to sit in judgement not only on the world, but on angels as well. See 1 Corinthians 6:2, 3. “Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts.” 1 Corinthians 4:5. “Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up; for God is able to make him stand.” “But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at naught thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgement seat of Christ.” “Let us not therefore judge one another anymore.” Romans 14:4, 10, 13.’ E. J. Waggoner: Present Truth, August 31, 1893.
12. In contrast to erring human beings, what kind of judge is our Lord? 2 Timothy 4:8. Compare Psalm 98:9.
NOTE: ‘Every man is to be judged according to his works. Revelation 20:12, 13. And since God is not an arbitrary governor or judge, but governs only with the consent of the governed, the judgement that shall come upon each of the wicked must be such, and so well understood, that all, even the wicked themselves, will acknowledge the perfect justice of it. Therefore the Lord, the righteous Judge, takes into His counsels concerning the final judgement all these who have been redeemed from the earth, who have been men among these other men who cannot be saved, who know all the circumstances among which these men lived, sinned, and rejected salvation. The Lord Jesus Himself came to this world and became a man, and lived thus among men, in order that He might be a righteous judge of those who must be lost, as well as a faithful high priest of all who shall be saved.’ A. T. Jones: Review & Herald, January 30, 1900.