Sure Judgment

In this way, the evil that Abimelech had done against his father, by killing his 70 brothers, God turned back on him. - Judges 9:56

Gideon had 70 sons and when he died Abimelech (another son by one of his slaves), in an audacious grab for power, murdered every one of his half-brothers, except one. Jotham, the youngest, escaped and pronounced a curse on Abimelech for his evil actions. The curse was later fulfilled when a woman dropped a millstone on Abimelech's head, instantly killing him.

Evil actions always have the caveat of judgment attached to them. It is usually in the fine print next to eternal damnation and torment. It is possible to escape the consequences for a time, even a lifetime, but hell awaits the unrepentant.

For this reason, let us be sure of righteous intent (as God defines righteousness) and our standing in Christ as a follower, for then and only then can we be assured that we will never know God's eternal, final, sure judgment.

Those who go to Heaven ride on a pass and enter into blessings that they never earned, but all who go to hell pay their own way. - John R. Rice