Pastor Darrin Waldroup
WHAT BAPTISTS BELIEVE
19. RIGHTEOUS
AND WICKED
We
believe that there is an essential and scriptural difference between the
righteous and the wicked, the saved and the unsaved; that only those born again
and justified by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ are truly righteous in God's
sight; that those who continue in impenitence and unbelief are wicked in His
sight and under condemnation; that all who are ever saved by faith in Christ
out of every age of time dwell with Christ forever and the unbelieving or lost
of all ages of time, along with the devil and his angels, will be in eternity
forever in the Lake of Fire. (Ma13:18; Prov 12:26;
Rom 6:16; Rom 1:17; Rom 7:6; Rom 6:18-22; 1 Jn 2:29;
I Jn 3:7; I Jn 5:19; Gal
3:10; Jn 3:36; Prov 14:32; Prov 10:24; Luke 16:25; Jn
8:21-24; Rev 20:15).
1) Scriptural Distinction between
Righteous and Wicked
Mal
3:18 "discern between the righteous and the wicked" One that serves
God & one does not This distinction holds till death, in death & after
death and is made known to all at the judgment Prov
14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope
in his death
2) Separation Day
Begins at the day of salvation -
Then
is coming a day of separation between the righteous and the wicked in death,
rapture or judgment (Matt 25:31-46)
3) Saved (or the Righteous)
John 3:14-18,36 John 5:24 Passed from death unto life when we
believe in Christ
No
longer under condemnation Rom 8:1 (1 Jn 2:29, 1 Jn 3:7)
The
saved are made righteous through Jesus (II Cor 5:21)
He suffered for us (I Pet 3:18)
Our
sins forgiven as He paid the price. (Ps 103:12-He removed our sin & Is 43:25-Blotted out sin)
For the
believer to be absent form body (in death) is to be present with the Lord (II Cor 5:8) 1 Thes 4:16,17 He is coming for the believer to take us to heaven Our
bodies shall be changed I Cor 15:51-58 & Phil
3:20,21
We
will appear at the Judgment seat of Christ (II Cor
5:10, Rom 14:10-13)
We are not being judged for sin at the judgment seat,
the sin was judged at
4) Sin-Sick (the Lost or the Wicked)
John
3:14-18,36 He that believeth not is condemned already
Condemnation means to pronounce guilty & sentence accordingly
John
8:24 Jesus said "if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your
sins"
When
the wicked die they go Hell
Mk
9:48 Where the worm dieth not and the fire is not
quenched
Lk 16:23 The torment of the flames of hell Hell
is a place of no hope or sympathy. It is too late Rev 20:10-15
The
wicked shall I day be resurrected (Jn 5:29) and stand
before God ( Rev 20:10-15) The wicked, the lost will
be judged at the great White Throne Judgment 1) No hiding place
2)
No value in who you were (great or small)
3)
No excuse "book of life" opened showing your opportunity to be saved
was wasted
4)
Not without punishment (Lk 20:47 speaks of greater
damnation) this is degrees of punishment
5) No
appeal... there is no higher court or power
Rom
8:31 Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died. I am glad that Jesus Christ
is my Saviour