52.3 Accountability For Each Word

Matthew 12:36-37

"You can be sure that on the Judgment Day everyone will have to give account of every useless word he has ever spoken.  Your words will be used to judge you--to declare you either innocent or guilty."

52.2 Parable Of The Net

Matthew 13:47-50

"Also, the Kingdom of heaven is like this. Some fishermen throw their net out in the lake and catch all kinds of fish.  When the net is full, they pull it to shore and sit down to divide the fish:  the good ones go into the buckets, the worthless ones are thrown away.  It will be like this at the end of the age: the angels will go out and gather up evil people from among the good and will throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will cry and gnash their teeth.

52.1 Parable Of The Weeds Among The Wheat

Matthew 13:24-30

Jesus told them another parable:  "The Kingdom of heaven is like this.  A man sowed good seed in his field.  One night, when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.  When the plants grew and the heads of grain began to form, then the weeds showed up.  The man's servants came to him and said, "Sir, it was good seed you sowed in your field; where did the weeds come from? 'It was some enemy who did this,' he answered. 'Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?' they asked him. 'No,' he answered, 'because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them.  Let the wheat and the weeds both grow together until harvest. Then I will tell the harvest workers to pull up the weeds first, tie them in bundles and burn them, and then to gather in the wheat and put it in my barn.'

51.5 God, The Supreme Judge

Psalm 82

God presides in the heavenly council;
in the assembly of the gods he gives his decision:
"You must stop judging unjustly;
you must no longer be partial to the wicked!
Defend the rights of the poor and the orphans;
be fair to the needy and the helpless.
Rescue them from the power of evil men.

"How ignorant you are! How stupid!
You are completely corrupt,
and justice has disappeared from the world.
'You are gods,' I said;
'all of you are sons of the Most High.'
But you will die like men;
your life will end like that of any prince."

Come, O God, and rule the world;
all the nations are yours.

51.4 False Witnesses Shall Be Punished

Deuteronomy 19:16-21

If one man tries to harm another by falsely accusing him of a crime, both are to go to the one place of worship and be judged by the priests and judges who are then in office.  The judges will investigate the case thoroughly; and if the man has made a false accusation against his fellow Israelite, he is to receive the punishment the accused man would have received.  In this way you will get rid of this evil.  Then everyone else will hear what happened; they will be afraid , and no one will ever again do such an evil thing.  In such cases show no mercy; the punishment is to be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.