Psalms 50:3-7 (ESV)
3 Our God comes; he does not keep silence;
before him is a devouring fire,
around him a mighty tempest.
4 He calls to the heavens above
and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 “Gather to me my faithful ones,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
6 The heavens declare his righteousness,
for God himself is judge! Selah
7 “Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you.
I am God, your God.
Psalm 50 is a unique psalm as in these verses we have God speaking to us, rather than, like in most of the psalms, man is speaking to God. God is coming as a judge and He is declaring in this song, through Aspah, the writer, that He will call all of heaven and earth and speak to them and testify against them. Why? Because He, alone, is God. We are told in this song that God will call “to the heavens above and to the earth.” Why? That He may judge his people. Peter tells us a little about this when we read the following from his first letter:
1 Peter 4:16-18 (ESV)
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? And
“If the righteous is scarcely saved,
what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
The good news is that our sins were judge on the cross where Jesus died for them. So, we no longer are in a place to receive God’s condemnation:
Romans 8:1 (ESV)
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There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
But, we can be in a place to receive God’s commendation. How will God judge? He will judge in His righteousness. God will bring punishment on those who rejected His Son and will bring blessing and eternal riches on those who receive His gift for the salvation of their souls. He can do this because He is righteous in His judgment.
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