Malachi 4:1

The Judgment is certain -- Malachi 4:1: Judgment is coming but the righteous will be delivered. One of the main reasons why it is so important for people to obey the gospel is coming judgment. We read, "And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead." (Acts 17:30-31) The wicked will face a fiery and certain judgment. "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." (Revelation 21:8) The fiery judgment will be so complete that God said "it shall leave them neither root nor branch." John the Baptist taught this same idea of a burning fiery judgment when he said Jesus would baptize "with fire." He said, "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire." (Matthew 3:11) "The day of judgment is certain to come. And it will be like a red-hot furnace with flames that burn proud and sinful people, as though they were straw." There will not be a branch or a root left. The All-Powerful God promised this judgment.