Judgement Seats
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Two Days of Judgement
Two Days of Judgement
Judgement seat of Christ
Judgement seat of Christ
2 Cor.5:10
2 Cor.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.
Rev. 20:5, 11-15
Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Pretenders: those who reject Jesus as savior and Lord. there won’t be jury, no defense attorney, a sentence, but no appeal. No one will be able to defend himself or accuse God of unrighteousness.
The Judgement Seat of Christ - occurs more than 1,000 years before the Great White Throne Judgement.
The first judgement occurs immediately after the Rapture of the church to heaven.
The purpose of tis judgement is not to pronounce condemnation. No one judged at this court will be condemned, for all will be followers of Christ who have submitted their lives to Him.
The purpose of this judgement is for Christ to assess every believer’s earthly works to determine what rewards are to be received. “We must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he or she has done, whether good or bad. (2 Cor. 5:10)
The word for judgement seat is bema, translated as throne, tribunal, platform, or raised place. Bema was a place of authority which one made announcements, declarations, speeches, or judgments. Paul uses the word in reference to the bema seat in an Olympic arena.
The Judge is God. Eccl.12:14
For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.
For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light.
in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
John 5: 22,27
and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.
because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”
I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
The Judged
Everyone who has accepted Christ as their personal Savior, from the time of Pentecost
until the Rapture, will give an account of themselves before the Lord.
No unsaved person will appear at the judgement seat of Christ.
But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
For no one can lay any foundation other than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw, each one’s work will become obvious. For the day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire; the fire will test the quality of each one’s work. If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned up, he will experience loss, but he himself will be saved—but only as through fire.
The Judgement
Judgement for believers occurred at the cross of Calvary. Jesus Christ has borne our judgement, and there need not be any examination to see whether a child of God is permitted into glory, because the presence of the Holy Spirit in that believer is the believer’s right to enter in without judgement or examination.
Some people believe that the judgement seat of Christ is for the purpose of giving an account of all the sins a believer commits after he becomes a believer. But the Scriptures make this impossible:
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
All our sins were future when Jesus died for them. He paid the penalty at the cross for all the sins I would ever commit.
Illus.
fire would sweep the plains so men would burn the designated area around them. Then they would stand in the burned area and be safe from the threatening wild fire. Even as the rush of fire surged around them there was no fear, because fire had already passed over the place where they stood.
When the judgement of God comes to sweep people into hell for eternity, one spot will be safe. Nearly 2 thousand years ago the wrath of God was poured out on Calvary. There, the Son of God took the wrath that should have fallen on us. Now we take our stand by the cross, where we are safe for time and eternity. The judgement has fallen and it never need fall again.