That  Jesus  did  really  claim  to  be  the  Judge  of
all  men,  it  is,  I  believe,  impossible  to  doubt.  The
passage  just  quoted  is  by  no  means  our  only
evidence.  In  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount,  which
foolish  persons  who  love  to  depreciate  theology
sometimes  speak  of  as  though  it  were  the  pith
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and  marrow  of  the  Christian  gospel,  Christ  says,
"  Many  will  say  to  Me  in  that  day,  Lord,  Lord,
did  we  not  prophesy  by  Thy  name,  and  by  Thy
name  cast  out  devils,  and  by  Thy  name  do  many
mighty  works  ?  And  then  will  I  profess  unto
them,  I  never  knew  you :  depart  from  Me,  ye
that  work  iniquity."  Again,  He  says,  "  Whosoever
shall  be  ashamed  of  Me  and  of  My  words  in  this
adulterous  and  sinful  generation,  the  Son  of  Man
also  shall  be  ashamed  of  Him  when  He  cometh
in  the  glory  of  His  Father  with  the  holy  angels  ;  "
and  again,  "  The  Son  of  Man  shall  come  in  the
glory  of  His  Father  with  His  angels  ;  and  then
shall  He  render  unto  every  man  according  to  His
deeds."  The  fourth  Gospel  also  represents  Him
as  saying,  "  Neither  doth  the  Father  judge  any
man,  but  He  hath  given  all  judgment  to  the  Son
.  .  and  He  gave  Him  authority  to  execute  judg-
ment because  He  is  the  Son  of  Man."  And  if
still  further  evidence  be  necessary  it  would  be
easy  to  show  both  from  the  Acts  and  the  Epistles
that  from  the  very  beginning  all  the  disciples  of
Jesus  believed  and  taught  that  He  would  come
again  to  be  their  Judge.
