In 2 Peter chapter 2, we find the
startling account of God's judgments as they fell
swiftly in unsparing justice.
For if God spared not the angels that
sinned, but cast them down to hell, and
delivered them onto chains of darkness to be
reserved unto judgment, and spared not the old
world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a
preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon
the world of the ungodly, and turning the
cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned
them with an overthrow, making them an example
unto those that after should live ungodly.
I will stop there, friends.
The title of my message this evening is
When God's Judgment Falls.
When God's judgment falls, it can fall on
a nation, or on a community.
It can fall on a denomination, or a
church, or it can fall on an individual.
But when God's judgment falls, all hell breaks
loose, because God has removed himself, and pulled
away his restraining power, and has given the
devil full reign to work.
I've seen God's judgment fall on churches where
they once did great things for God.
Now they're just a devil's circus, or a
coronal playground.
I've God's judgment fall upon a large denomination,
to where it has fallen into apostasy, and
is completely unaware of it.
I've seen God's judgment fall upon a community
that once had the life and light of
the gospel, but now all is evil and
darkness.
I've seen God's judgment fall on a ministry
that once had the light of the gospel
and the smile of heaven, but now it's
all death and darkness and judgment.
This can happen to individuals as well.
In Acts chapter 5, we read, But Peter
said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart
to lie to the Holy Ghost?
Then in verse 5, we read, And Ananias,
hearing these words, fell down, and gave up
the ghost.
Then along comes his wife, Sapphira, and God's
judgment falls on her as well.
I've known individuals where God's judgment fell, wherein
their rebellion, they were first given over to
Satan, and then removed by sudden death.
When God's judgment falls, it comes crashing down
quickly.
I look around today at society, and I
see judgment in the land.
I look around at our so-called Christian
churches, and see a veil of judgment hanging
over them.
If people sitting in some churches this Sunday
knew that they sat atop a trap door
to hell, they'd scream out in terror and
repent immediately.
Heaven help this sin-loving society in this
God-hating nation at a tragic time when
the church has no voice of authority or
witness to a perishing world.