Just Pondering
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Rick Branan |
Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
2 Corinthians 5:9-10 (CSBBible)
James Milton Black, USA, 1856-1938. Born in South Hill, NY, Black was an American hymn composer, choir leader and Sunday school teacher. He worked, lived, and died in Williamsport, PA. An active member, he worked at the Pine Tree Methodist Episcopal Church there. He married Lucy Love Levan. He started his music career with John Howard of New York and Daniel B. Towner of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He edited a dozen gospel song books and wrote nearly 1500 songs. He also served on the commission for the 1905 Methodist Hymnal.
John Perry
When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder
When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more,
And the morning breaks, eternal, bright, and fair;
When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore,
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.
When the roll is called up yonder,
(When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there,)
When the roll is called up yonder,
(When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there,)
When the roll is (When the roll is) called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.
On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise,
And the glory of His resurrection share;
When His chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies,
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.
Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun,
Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care;
Then when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done,
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.
Written by James M. Black
“Here comes the judge!” Do you remember Sammy Davis, Jr. saying this on “Laugh In?” I guess I’m aging myself. Our passage focuses on judgment. The Bible mentions judge or judgment over 300 times. Judgment will come. Paul tells us to please the Lord in everything we do. He goes on to remind us that Christ will judge what we have done, both good and evil. One commentator wrote that present day actions have eternal consequences. Does Paul mean our heavenly reward or eternal punishment? I think he means both. Those of us that are saved receive our reward. However, the unsaved are punished.
James M. Black, wrote, “Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun, let us talk of all His wondrous love and care.” We need to be laborers for Christ. Curt Dodd said we should share our faith with an aggressive boldness. How great will it be to see the people you shared Jesus with “when the roll is called up yonder.”
Choose to be active on the roll, both in your service to the Master and your decision to make Christ your Savior.
Just pondering . . . Bro. Rick