Everything We Do Will Be Judged!

Everything We Do Will Be Judged!

"Tomorrow morning everyone must gather near the place of worship. You will come forward tribe by tribe, and the LORD will show who stole what should have been destroyed. That man must be put to death, his body burned, and his possessions thrown into the fire. He has done a terrible thing by breaking the sacred agreement that the LORD made with Israel." Joshua got up early the next morning and brought each tribe to the place of worship, where  the LORD showed that Achan was the guilty one. "Achan," Joshua said, "the LORD God of Israel has decided that you are guilty. Is this true? Tell me what you did, and don't try to hide anything." "It's true," Achan answered. "I sinned and disobeyed the LORD God of Israel. While we were in Jericho, I saw a beautiful Babylonian robe, 200 pieces of silver, and a gold bar that weighed the same as 50 pieces of gold. I wanted them for myself, so I took them. I dug a hole under my tent and hid them." Joshua had some people find it in Achan's tent. They brought them back and put them in front of the sacred chest. Then everyone took Achan and the things he had stolen to Trouble Valley. They also took along his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys, and sheep, his tent, and everything else that belonged to him. Joshua said, "Achan, you caused us a lot of trouble. Now the LORD is paying you back with the same kind of trouble." The people of Israel then stoned to death Achan and his family. They made a fire and burned the bodies, together with what Achan had stolen, and all his possessions. They covered the remains with a big pile of rocks, which is still there. Then the LORD stopped being angry with Israel. That's how the place came to be called Trouble Valley.

Lessons to be Learnt:

1.       We cannot hide any sin from God. Everything is open in the sight of the Lord.

2.      This incident happened a long time before Jesus was born. It was instant judgment that the Lord gave those days. The Lord is so merciful and loves us on one side ,and on the other He hates sin and punish them that sin. But how can these two things be possible at the same time. That’s when the Lord sent Jesus Christ, His Only Son to be punished and die for our sins. Even before we were born, Jesus took all our sickness, curses and sin upon Himself. Just like how a lamb/goat is sacrificed for the sin of the people, He was killed to let us live a blessed life.

3.      So every time we sin, and God wants to punish us, He remembers the bloodshed by the Lord Jesus, the purest One born on earth and forgives the sins of His people.

4.      But that doesn’t mean that you can go all the way and do whatever you like, every act of yours will be judged on the final day of judgment by the Lord and at that time the good will get to heaven and the bad thrown into hell.

Ecclesiastes 12:14

(CEV)  God will judge everything we do, even what is done in secret, whether good or bad.

(Hindi) क्योंकि परमेश्वर सब कामोंऔर सब गुप्त बातोंका, चाहे वे भली होंया बुरी, न्याय करेगा।।

(Kan) ಒಳ್ಳೇದಾಗಲಿ, ಕೆಟ್ಟದ್ದಾಗಲಿ, ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ರಹಸ್ಯದ ಸಂಗತಿಗೂ ದೇವರು ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಕೆಲಸ ವನ್ನು ಕುರಿತು ನ್ಯಾಯವಿಚಾರಣೆಗೆ ತರುವನು.

 (Mal) ദൈവം നല്ലതും തീയതുമായ സകലപ്രവൃത്തിയെയും സകല രഹസ്യങ്ങളുമായി ന്യായവിസ്താരത്തിലേക്കു വരുത്തുമല്ലോ.

 (Tamil OV)  ஒவ்வொரு கிரியையையும், அந்தரங்கமான ஒவ்வொரு காரியத்தையும், நன்மையானாலும் தீமையானாலும், தேவன் நியாயத்திலே கொண்டுவருவார்.

(Telugu)  గూఢమైన ప్రతి యంశమునుగూర్చి దేవుడు విమర్శచేయునప్పుడు ఆయన ప్రతిక్రియను అది మంచిదే గాని చెడ్డదే గాని, తీర్పులోనికి తెచ్చును.