Who will judge the world
The person by whom God will judge the world is his only begotten Son, whose goings forth are from everlasting, who is God over all, blessed for ever. To him, being the out-beaming of his Father's glory, the express image of his person, Hebrews 1:3, the Father has committed all judgment, because he is the Son of man. John 5:22, 27. For though he was in the form of God, and thought it not robbery to be equal with God, yet he emptied himself, taking upon him the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. Philippians 2:6-7.
Yes, because, being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself yet farther, becoming obedient to death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him, even in his human nature, and ordained him as man to try the children of men, to be the judge both of the living and the dead: both of those who shall be found alive at his coming, and of those who were gathered to their fathers before.
1771 text
1. The person by whom God will judge the world is his only begotten Son whose goings forth are from everlasting, who is God over all, blessed for ever. Unto him, being the out-beaming of his Father’s glory, the express image of his person, the Father hath committed all judgment, because he is the Son of man: because tho’ he was in the form of God, and thought it not robbery to be equal with God, yet he emptied himself, taking upon him the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. Yea, because being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself yet farther, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God hath highly exalted him, even in his human nature, and ordained him as man to try the children of men, to be the judge both of the quick and dead; both of those who shall be found alive at his coming, and of those who were before gathered to their fathers.
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Sermon 15 in the 1771 Works. Romans 14:10. Bedford, 10 March 1758.
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