Welcome back to the podcast.

We are going to start this new week off with a solid Bible question from a listener by

the name of Andrew.

Pastor John, hello to you.

My question is about who will judge the world finally?

Is it Jesus, the Father, or the Word of Christ?

Of course, John 3.17 and John 12.47.

Tell us that Jesus did not come into the world the first time to play the role of judge.

I understand that.

That comes later.

And as John 5.22 says it, it's not the Father who judges in the end, but Christ.

But then other passages like 1 Peter 117 seem to actually say no, the Father judges in

the end.

And then John 12.48 and 49 says, final judgment comes from the Word of Christ under the authority

of the Father.

Can you help me understand all of this?

And in the end, who judges the world?

I think if you put all the pieces of the New Testament together, the answer goes something

like this.

It's kind of a complicated answer, but I'll unpack it.

But the Father judges the world through Jesus Christ, the God, man, sharing that judgment

in appropriate ways with apostles and Christians and with the confirming indictments of sin

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