Will Christians Face Judgment? Part 2
The Judgment Seat of Christ
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
I.Will Christians Face Judgment?
A. The Judgment Seat of Christ
1. (2 Cor. 5:10) All believers must stand before the Judgment (Bema) Seat of Christ. This judgment is not a matter of salvation but a matter of faithfulness, dedication and service.
a. (Eph. 2:8-10) we are saved by grace and not by works, but we are saved for good works.
~(Matt. 5:16; Col. 1:10)
2. (Rom. 14:7-12) Bema is an accounting of our life lived before God from the day we were saved until transition.
a. (1 Pet. 1:13-21 NLT) because such a great price was paid for your salvation, God wants to know how did we live in light of that.
b. (1 Cor. 3:13-15) receiving rewards; suffering loss.
c. (Rev. 20:6) we shall with Him a thousand years.
3. (2 Cor. 5:9-11 NIV)
a. (v9) Our aim, ambition, and goal should be to live to please Him.
b. (v10) We must all appear individually.
~Each may receive what is due them for the things done while in the body, good or bad.
c. (v11) the Fear of the Lord (ref. Prov. 8:13; 1:7)
~We are to persuade others.
~God knows the real us and so should we.
[Pastor Lee Stokes]