1 Corinthians 6:3, We Shall Judge Angels

1 Corinthians 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

William MacDonald said well, “Paul reminds the Corinthians that they will judge angels. It is almost astounding to consider the manner in which the apostle injects such a momentous statement into the discussion. Without fanfare or build-up, he states the tremendous fact that Christians will one day judge angels.”

We are reminded of the judgment of angels in Jude 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. And in  2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;  2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 

And how Christ will be the Judge –  John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 

William MacDonald said insightfully, “It is because of our union with Him that we can be spoken of as judging angels in a coming day. If we are considered qualified to judge angels, we should be able to handle the everyday problems that arise in this life.”

Indeed, the believers are given the wisdom from God’s Word and His Spirit to live in peace and prosperity as Jesus said in John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John 15:11-12 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

May these encouraging words of the Apostle Paul be our portion today – 2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. Amen.