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I. THE LORD IS JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH.

1. The Lord is a judge.

(1)  He sees and knows all things (Proverbs 15:3).

(2)  He weighs human actions in the balances of justice (1 Samuel 2:3).

(3)  He rewards the good and punishes the bad, in some instances even in this world.

2. He is the Judge of all the earth.

3. He will finally judge the world in the last great day (Acts 17:31). That judgment will be solemn, grand, awful, equitable, and final.

II. IT IS CERTAIN THAT THE JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH DOTH RIGHT,

1. There is nothing wrong in any voluntary action, but what may be traced up to the following principles: it proceeds, in all instances, either from ignorance or from wickedness.

2. He cannot do wrong for want of knowing better. Speaking after the manner of men, all things, whether past, present, or future, are fully known to Him.

3. He is perfectly holy, and cannot do wrong from any evil principle. "Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness, neither shall evil dwell with Thee" (Psalm 5:4). Viewing His infinite wisdom, and His transcendent purity, we are constrained to say, He cannot do wrong.

4. He doth what is right to men, in all their temporal affairs.

5. He doth right to men in all their spiritual concerns. All men fell in Adam, and all have been redeemed by Christ.

6. He will do right in the eternal rewards and punishments of men.

III. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT.

1. Pious men, of widely different sentiments on the purposes and decrees of God, meet on this ground, and, while they sincerely acknowledge that the Judge of all the earth doth right, may cordially embrace each other in the arms of Christian love.

2. While we are piously impressed with the great truth, that the Judge of all the earth doth right, we shall submit ourselves to Him, in all the varying circumstances of life.

3. We should walk before the Judge of all the earth with circumspection, carefully avoiding everything that is offensive in His sight, and steadily pursuing those things which He approves.

4. While we conduct ourselves on this plan, and at the same time rely on the merits of Christ for salvation, we may safely leave all our affairs in the hands of our Judge.

5. This is matter of great joy to holy men. They may be accused and slandered, hut God will vindicate their character; and they may suffer with Christ, but they shall also reign with Him.

6. But this subject is truly awful and alarming to the wicked. They may be suffered to prosper in this world. There are weighty reasons for this in the Divine mind; but they stand in slippery places, and ere long will be cast down into destruction.

(Sketches of Sermons.)

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KJV: That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

WEB: Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"