Daily Walk Through the New Testament
March 5
Read Jude 14-25

God is both a just judge and a merciful judge. Jude 15 affirms that no sinner will escape God’s judgment — all will be judged, and all the ungodly will be convicted of all their ungodly deeds and actions. In just one verse, the word “all” is used 4 times to describe who and what God will judge. God has revealed His moral law, and because He is just, He must judge according to that law.
However, Jude 24 reminds us that God is a merciful judge. Those who believe in Jesus Christ will be saved and live forever. God is the One who is able to keep us as Christians from stumbling, and He will guard us so we can make it to the finish line. God is the only One who can present us to Himself as faultless and blameless at the final judgment.
Ephesians 2:4-5 says, “God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).” The cross makes mercy available to us.