God Judges in Truth

What, then, are the principles of divine judgement revealed in God’s Word? Paul unfolds four main principles which may be summarised as follows.

First, Paul declares that God’s judgement is according to truth.

“Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. But we know that the judgement of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.” (Rom. 2:1-2)

Paul is here speaking primarily to religious people who judge other people by one standard and themselves by another standard. Paul says that this is not the way of God’s judgement. God’s judgement is according to truth. If we see and acknowledge the truth of God’s judgement as applied to others, we must apply precisely the same truth to ourselves and our own lives. God’s standard does not vary. It is always the truth – the revealed truth of God’s Word.

Jesus Himself says to the Father, “Your word is truth” (John 17:17). This revealed standard of God’s truth applies just as much to the one who judges as to the one who is judged.