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#Judgment seat of christ kjv series#

Some will receive Promotion (Luke 19:17-19 Romans 15:10 Revelation 20:4).Some will hear the word of Divine Approval (Matthew 25:21-23).How important it is for us to live and labour in the power of the Holy Spirit in order that we may receive a reward (1 Corinthians 3:14)! When we stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ:. Prize days at school are held, not in order to punish and degrade those who have not done well, but in order to reward those who have. You and I will have to stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ in order that He may give honour, promotion and reward where they have been merited. This was an elevated seat upon which the umpire sat to pronounce the results and to make the awards. When we appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, the purpose of the Judge will not be to punish unfaithfulness but to reward faithfulness.Īfter the Grecian Games were over, the successful contestants assembled before the Bema, or the Judges’ Stand. The life we live and the way we serve is one of two kinds - either that which will stand the test of fire, or that which will not! 4.

That which is easily burned up because it is worthless (wood, hay, straw).

That which abides the testing of fire and which is purified by the fire (gold, silver, costly stones).

Read 1 Corinthians 3:12-15, and notice the two kinds of material:. When we appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, everything which is worthless and empty will be burned up and only that which can stand the test of fire will remain.

Our work will have to be accounted for (1 Corinthians 3:13).ģ.

Our attitude towards our brethren (Romans 12:10 14:10 Galatians 6:1).

All the words that we have spoken (Matthew 12:36).

Whether we have been faithful in prayer (Luke 18:1).

Whether we have sought the salvation of the lost (Daniel 12:3.

How we have used our money, possessions, property (Matthew 6:19-21 1 Timothy 6:17-19).

How we have used our time (John 9:4 Ephesians 5:16 1 Peter 1:17).

Whether we have lived for God’s glory or for self-pleasing (2 Corinthians 5:15).

Notice that there are no exceptions, for Paul says, “each of us…” notice also that the account that we shall give is of ourselves - not of others. When we appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, we shall have to give an account of ourselves and of our service. In 1 Corinthians 4:5, we are told that the one thing which counts before God is reality, and that at the Judgment Seat of Christ He will make manifest our motives and reward us accordingly. In this connection, look up Acts 5:1-10, and then notice in 1 Corinthians 3:13-15 that the fire is to try the kind of work we have rendered to the Lord - not the appearance of that work. Literally, this may be translated, “we must all be manifested without disguise”, or, “in our true characters”.

When we appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ we shall appear as we really are.ĭown here we are never seen by each other as we really are only God can see our hearts (1 Samuel 16:7). No believer will ever be judged for his sins, for the sins of every believer have already been judged and punished in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross (John 5:24) but we are to be judged concerning our life and service, and this is the subject of our present study. “We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:10), and there we shall receive a reward! (1 Corinthians 3:14), or we shall “suffer loss” (1 Corinthians 3:15) according to the kind of Christians we have been.Ĭhristian, there is a great Examination Day coming, and we must live and work in the light of that day if we would “be rewarded fully” (2 John 8)! It makes a tremendous difference what kind of Christians we are. What does it matter, then, as to the kind of Christian we are, if when the Lord comes again, we shall all be caught up anyway? It matters very much indeed, for: But there are different kinds of Christians - the faithful and the unfaithful (Matthew 25:21), the spiritual and the worldly (1 Corinthians 3:1), and the diligent and careless (Ephesians 5:15-17). Because, therefore, salvation is altogether of grace, when the Lord comes again, every Christian will be translated into His presence to be with Him for ever (1 Thessalonians 4:17-18). Salvation is altogether of grace (Ephesians 2:8-10 Titus 3:5), and it is bestowed fully and freely, in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, upon all who accept Him and trust Him alone as their personal Saviour. No one deserves to be saved, and no one can ever do anything to merit or earn salvation.

The moment anyone believes on the Lord Jesus Christ, God saves him (Acts 16:30-31 Romans 10:9-10).

#Judgment seat of christ kjv series#

Series 6 Study 6 THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST