Jesus therefore answered them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
      Secondly, He has committed all judgment to the Son, has constituted him Lord of all (Acts 10:36; Romans 14:9), as Joseph in Egypt, Genesis 41:40. This was prophesied of, Psalms 72:1; Isaiah 11:3; Isaiah 11:4; Jeremiah 23:5; Micah 5:1-4; Psalms 67:4; Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9. All judgment is committed to our Lord Jesus; for 1. He is entrusted with the administration of the providential kingdom, is head over all things (Ephesians 1:11), head of every man, 1 Corinthians 11:3. All things consist by him, Colossians 1:17. 2. He is empowered to make laws immediately to bind conscience. I say unto you is now the form in which the statues of the kingdom of heaven run. Be it enacted by the Lord Jesus, and by his authority. All the acts now in force are touched with his sceptre. 3. He is authorized to appoint and settle the terms of the new covenant, and to draw up the articles of peace between God and man; it is God in Christ that reconciles the world, and to him he has given power to confer eternal life. The book of life is the Lamb's book; by his award we must stand or fall. 4. He is commissioned to carry on and complete the war with the powers of darkness; to cast out and give judgment against the prince of this world,John 12:31; John 12:31. He is commissioned not only to judge, but to make war,Revelation 19:11. All that will fight for God against Satan must enlist themselves under his banner. 5. He is constituted sole manager of the judgment of the great day. The ancients generally understood these words of that crowning act of his judicial power. The final and universal judgment is committed to the Son of man; the tribunal is his, it is the judgment-seat of Christ; the retinue is his, his mighty angels; he will try the causes, and pass the sentence. Acts 17:31.