We Believers are under God’s Disciplinary Judgment Daily to Partake of His Holiness

Our God and Father is holy, He has regenerated us to produce a holy family, and we as His holy children should walk in a holy manner of life; therefore, we are under God’s disciplinary judgment daily so that all our holiness may be removed. Amen!

God created the universe in a perfect way, and the whole creation of God, the old creation, was amazing, perfect, and without any blame.

But Satan rebelled, and this polluted the entire creation.

Not only did Satan rebel but man also, as the head of the old creation, joined Satan in his rebellion.

When we believers in Christ are saved by repenting and believing into the Lord as we hear the gospel, we begin a process of being rescued out of the universal rebellion against God.

God is now in the process of clearing up the whole universe; He is judging everything that does not match the standard of His holiness and righteousness, and He will obtain a new heaven and new earth in which righteousness dwells. Amen!

God judges not only evil people, those who clearly commit evil things and break God’s law, but also His own people, those who are chosen by Him.

Each one of us, the believers in Christ, are under God’s judgment.

He doesn’t judge us because He hates us, nor does He judge His people because He likes to make them suffer.

Rather, God judges us so that we may partake of His holiness, so that we may live a holy life, and so that we may be as righteous as He is.

On the positive side, He supplies us richly with Himself and with all that we need, giving us a rich divine provision so that we may live a godly life.

On the other hand, we are under God’s disciplinary judgment daily so that He may remove anything that is not holy and righteous in our being and in our living.

We may think we are ok, and especially as believers in Christ, we may think we don’t sin as much as those in the world, we don’t have as many passions or lusts as they do, and in general, we may be good people.

However, we find ourselves daily under God’s judgment.

We may even pray for the Lord to remove this or that situation and calm this or that person down so that we may have it more easy, but He knows what He is doing.

May we come to Him daily and enjoy Him, and may we partake of His rich provision in spirit.

And may we allow the Lord to burn by judging anything that doesn’t match His holy nature so that we may be partakers of His divine nature, having escaped the corruption which is in the world by lust.

We Believers are under God’s Disciplinary Judgment Daily to Partake of His Holiness

1 Pet. 1:15-17 is a wonderful portion showing us that we believers in Christ are under God’s judgment.

God is the Holy One who called us, and we need to be holy in all our manner of life, for it is written, You shall be holy because I am holy.

Even as He is holy, so we should be holy. In ourselves and by ourselves, we are not holy, but God is holy, and He is judging us to remove anything that is not holy from us.

We call Him as Father, and He is the One who without respect of persons judges according to each one’s work; therefore, we should pass the time of our sojourning in fear.

We believers in Christ are under God’s disciplinary judgment daily so that we may partake of His holiness.

He sanctifies us so that we may be holy in all our manner of life.

We can be holy because we have been regenerated with God’s life and we have His holy nature; this holy nature issues in a holy life.

To be holy doesn’t mean that we wear certain kinds of clothes or we don’t wear makeup or something like that; this is too outward.

To be holy is to be sanctified in our very disposition so that the holy God would be wrought into our being to live in us.

God begot us of His life inwardly so that we may have His holy nature, and He disciplines us with His judgment outwardly so that we may partake of His holiness (Heb. 12:9-10).

According to our work, our conduct, and without any respect for persons, God judges us; we should call Him our Father, and we should fear Him as our Judge, living a holy life in fear.

The judgment spoken of in 1 Pet. 1:17 is not the final judgment of the soul; rather, it is the daily judgment of God’s government in this world, exercised with regard to His children.

The judgment of God begins from His household (1 Pet. 4:17), and we as His people are under God’s disciplinary judgment daily.

Before God can judge the unbelievers and the fallen creation, He needs to judge us.

This is why today it seems that, even though everyone around us has a great time and seems to enjoy their life, not having too many difficulties or troubles, we believers in Christ daily experience difficulties, sufferings, and tribulations.

The government of God is exercised through His judgement, and His judgment begins from His house.

As we pass through the various sufferings, we need to see God’s dealing hands with us.

We don’t want to pass through the sufferings as the worldlings do, in vain.

Rather, we need to see that the Father’s hand is in all these sufferings, dealings, and trials.

We are sojourners on this earth, we are faced with many trials, and we are confronted with matters related to our health, our environment, relationships, and suffering.

As we are facing all these difficulties, complications, and sufferings in our human life, what should we do?

We should not raise our fists to God nor try to argue with Him. We should not complain or become bitter before God or before man.

Rather, we should see God’s government and humble ourselves under God’s mighty hand.

We need to realize that we are under God’s disciplinary judgment daily so that He may remove anything negative in us. He sees what elements are still within us not matching His holy nature; He is purifying us and clearing out anything that doesn’t match His holiness.

On the one hand, God is our Father, and we enjoy the riches of His life and partake of His divine nature.

On the other hand, He is our Judge, and we are under God’s disciplinary judgment daily, so we fear Him and live a holy life.

The sufferings we undergo in fiery persecution are used by the Lord as a means to judge us so that we may be disciplined, purified, and separated from the unbelievers, and not have the same destiny as they do.

Thank the Lord that we are God’s house, His household (1 Pet. 2:5; Heb. 3:6; 1 Tim. 3:15; Eph. 2:19), where He dwells and where His judgment begins.

From His house, God begins His governmental administration by His disciplinary judgment over His own children.

When we are fully purified by God’s judgment, God will have the ground to judge, in His universal kingdom, all those who are disobedient to His gospel and rebellious toward His government. Amen!

This is so that God may establish His kingdom (2 Pet. 1:11).

Even though those around us seem to not be under such great judgment as we are, we believers in Christ need to see that the daily judgment of God is exercised upon us to purify us and clear any unholy element from us.

Lord Jesus, grant us to see that we believers in Christ are under God’s disciplinary judgment daily so that we may be partakers of His holy nature! Amen, Father God, thank You for regenerating us with Your divine life and granting us to partake of Your holy nature! We want to enjoy You today. We exercise our spirit to contact You and partake of all Your riches. We open to You. May we see that God’s judgment begins from His house. May we realize that God wants to make us partakers of His holiness! Amen, Lord, make us holy in all our manner of life so that we may be holy even as You are holy! Save us from complaining about our sufferings, trials, and tribulations; may we come to You and partake of Your holiness so that we may be holy in all our manner of living. Oh Lord Jesus, we give ourselves to You! We want to live a holy life in the church life so that You may be expressed through us in Your holiness! Oh Lord, may we all realize that God disciplines us with judgment outwardly so that we may partake of His holiness!

We’re Regenerated as God’s Holy Children to Live a Holy Life and be as Holy as our Father

Eph. 1:4 says that God chose us in eternity past to be holy; God’s goal in choosing us is that we would be holy.

To be holy is not only to be separated from anything uncommon and defiled but to be like God, holy in nature.

This means that we need to be sanctified so that we may be holy in all our manner of life.

God the Father has regenerated us to produce a holy family; He is a holy Father and we are His holy children (1 Pet. 1:3, 15, 17).

Hallelujah, we believers in Christ are saints not because of what we do but because of what we are.

By nature we are saints, for we are sanctified by God, we are made holy by Him, and His holy life and nature is in us!

However, how about our daily living? As holy children of a holy Father, we need to live a holy life today.

We are chosen to be holy. We are partakers of God’s holy nature (2 Pet. 1:4). And we need to live a holy life, being holy in all our manner of life.

However, if we check with the Lord concerning our daily living, we do not live a holy life, for we have so many unholy, unclean, and impure elements in our being and in our daily living.

Therefore, we need to realize that, as holy children of a holy Father, God the Father becomes the judge in His government to deal with all our unholiness (15-16; Heb. 12:9-10).

God loves us, He cares for us, and He wants us to enjoy Him and partake of all that He is, but He is at the same time holy, and He has a disciplinary judgment of which we all partake in order to live a holy life.

Some believers may say that, since God is love and He loves us so much, He will never cause us to suffer nor will He hurt us.

God indeed loves us, but just as a father loves his children very much yet he still disciplines them so that they become proper human beings and functioning members in society, so our holy Father disciplines us today.

God our Father disciplines us, His children, because He loves us.

He sees many unholy things in us, many impure and unclean matters in our being, and He has to judge these matters.

He doesn’t judge us to terminate us and obliterate us; rather, He judges anything that is unclean and unholy.

Out of His love toward us, the Father renders discipline to us; we are under God’s disciplinary judgment daily.

His disciplinary judgment in His government begins from the house of God.

This doesn’t mean that we should point fingers at others and ask God to judge them, for this one or that one is so bad.

Rather, we all need to be humbled under the mighty hand of God, for we are under God’s disciplinary judgment daily.

God cares for His own family; He wants to make sure His family, His children, are the holy children representing Him and expressing Him in every way.

He does not judge the world now; the world will be judged later, but now is the time for the judgment of God to begin with the house of God.

One day will come when there will be a final judgment; that will be when the Lord returns, and He will judge everything and everyone in this universe.

In the meantime, we believers in Christ are under God’s disciplinary judgment daily. God judges everything that doesn’t match His government; therefore, in this age we as the children of God are under the daily judgment of God.

God uses fiery ordeals to deal with the believers in the judgment of His governmental administration, which begins from His own house (4:12, 17).

The purpose of this judgment is first to purify us and second that we would live a holy life, that is, that we would live according to God in our spirit (v. 6).

May we open to the Lord concerning this and allow Him to do what He needs to do in us today.

Lord, we open to You. We love You. Hallelujah, we are the holy children of our holy Father! Praise the Lord, we are partakers of God’s holy nature as we flee the corruption which is in the world by lust! Amen, Lord, thank You for regenerating us with Your life to make us the holy children of God. We want to be holy in all our manner of life so that we may match You and express You. Oh Lord, You see what is in us. You see how many impurities we have. You see the uncleanness in our being. You know that we are not yet holy in all our manner of life. We just open to You. As we pass through God’s disciplinary judgment daily, we pray that You would gain in us what You are after. Have Your way, dear Lord, to remove anything that doesn’t match Your government in us. May we fully be open to You and may we cooperate with what You are doing in us and around us to purify us by Your disciplinary judgment. Amen, Lord, may we be those who live a holy life today, expressing You in all our holy manner of living!

References and Hymns on this Topic

• Inspiration for this article/sharing comes from the Word of God, the enjoyment in the ministry, a sharing by brother James Lee in the message for this week, and portions from, Life-study of 1 Peter, msgs. 11 and 30, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Living a Christian Life and Church Life under the Government of God for the Economy of God (2024 Thanksgiving Blending Conference), week 2, Living a Christian Life under the Government of God.
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