" . . . For God Himself is Judge."
God has commanded His churchmen--particularly, the officers in the church--to make all kinds of judgments. Sometimes we are to judge those in the body of Christ (1 Cor. 6:5); and one day the saints will actually judge the angels (1 Cor. 6:3). Of course, all God's people judge behavior and action--even as the reprobate do (though the saints judge sin to be wrong, while the ungodly judge it to be
right). . . .
But, at the end of the day, there is only One Supreme Judge, and that is God Himself, (as per Ps. 50:6b). Only He may judge the eternal state of any person. None of us know where any departed soul ever went--heaven or hell--(with the singular exception of Judas). Let us be thankful that God is a Just Judge, who forgives those who believe in Jesus' blood atonement as their only hope for salvation.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Let not ministers be either shaken with fear or seduced with flattery." --Thomas Watson, in, "The Beatitudes"]
