For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
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… with the resources that I gave you? There's actually scripture about this in the Bible. there's something called the judgment seat of Christ. There's going to be a judgment around eternity, but then there's going to be a judgment for the believers or followers of Jesus, where Jesus is going to talk to you about the life that you live. Second Corinthians 510. Here's what it says, for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. I remember hearing preachers preach about this text and talking about how one day we're going to stand before Jesus and we're going to give an account for the life that we lived. But the preacher preached it in an interesting way. Maybe you've heard this before. Maybe you and I listened to the same preacher. He would say, one day you're going to get to heaven and there's going to be a gigantic screen. …
… You will remember things from earth when you are in heaven. For starters, we will have the judgment seat of Christ. 2 Corinthians 5.10 says, We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. So in other words, you're going to be given heavenly rewards for your faithfulness to the Lord. The Bible talks about the crown of life. It talks about other crowns that God will give to us that have served Him. Paul says, I fought the good fight. I finished the course. I kept the faith. Henceforth there is later for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me in that day, not to me only, but to all who love his appearing. So the Lord will give you crowns and rewards for how faithful you were to what God set before you in life. It's not like you're gonna say, what's this for? …
… of works Paul's talking about here at the end of this passage those works are going to go up in flames no reward for those uh who's the one going to be determining the rewards Jesus 2nd Corinthians chapter five, verse 10. It says, for we, speaking of the redeemed, must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad. You know, when I was a young Christian many years ago, I, not knowing the Bible very well, I kind of wondered if I'd even meet Jesus in heaven. I was pondering what it was going to be like, and I thought, you know, am I ever even going to meet Jesus? It's going to be so crowded. You know, and everyone's going to want to talk to Jesus. I mean, how long is the line going to be? not knowing that I actually have an appointment before his throne for the purpose of being rewarded for my good works. …
… confirmation. And the best reason to think Paul might be saying this here is because this is a doctrine taught several places in the New Testament. 2 Corinthians 5.10, Paul says, we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ so that each one may receive what is due for what He has done in the body, whether good or evil. It's the principle from Galatians 6, we will reap what we sow. Romans 14, in this very same letter, He will say, we will all stand before the judgment seat of God, so then each of us will give an account of Himself to God. Our works will be exposed. There will be a day when we will see whether we have built on a firm foundation or if saved only by the fire, our works appear to be hay, wood and stubble. Jesus often talks about two trees or two ways or two houses that on the final day your fruit, your path, your foundation will be revealed. Revelation 20, I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it from his presence earth and sky fled away and no place was found for them. And I saw dead, great and small, standing before the throne and the books were opened, just the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books according to what they had done. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. So, that passage there is a helpful way to think of it. …
… be by fire, Paul says, when Jesus returns in glory. And then you have other places, like in 2 Corinthians 5, verses 9 through 10, it sounds like Christians are going to go through this fire as well. You know, we're all going to appear before the judgment seat of Christ. As a Christian, should I be afraid of this day in some sense? Well, I would say carefully, yes. But let me explain what I mean by carefully. And I think it's difficult for us because of the culture in which we live. These two things tend to be opposites. So joy and sobriety or happiness and solemnity or confidence and fear. Now, should I as a Christian be afraid of the judgment day in the sense that I don't know ultimately what's going to happen to me? The answer is no. As Paul says, he uses this beautiful picture in chapter 3 of building on a foundation. Look, he says it's only one foundation. I planted the church, Apollos followed up, but the one foundation is Jesus Christ. …
… We don't have to even try to imagine it. In fact, it tells us 2 Corinthians 5.10, for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad. You cannot escape, beloved, your appointment where you get to find out what Jesus thinks of your performance in the race. We will one by one, not in groups, not grading according to the curve, we will stand before the piercing, flaming eyes of Jesus who will see through to the thoughts and intents of the heart. And we will find out whether he thought our time on the course was worthy of praise or not. Now that you are sufficiently scared, I will tell you this is not a judgment about whether or not you get to go to heaven. That is already decided at the cross. In fact, the Bible tells us explicitly there are two different judgments. Not one person will be at this 2 Corinthians 5.10 judgment so-called the, or called the Bema seat judgment because the Greek word for judgment seat is Bema, okay? …