![]() We will be recompensed for the deeds we have done, whether good or bad (2 Cor. Thus, the purpose of the judgment seat of Christ is to examine a Christian's total life. We know that He won't condemn us for our sins at that point, because Romans 8:1 says, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus." ![]() God gives rewards to the victors He does not whip the losers. Notice that Paul says each man's praise will come to him from God. That passage reveals Paul's emphasis on the judgment seat of Christ. Then each one's praise will come from God." First Corinthians 4:5 says the Lord will come and "bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. The purpose of the bema is an exhaustive evaluation of our lives. Only church-age saints will appear at that judgment, as shown in 2 Corinthians 5:10: "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ." The Bible talks about the Judgment Seat of Christ-also referred to as the bema-in three places: Romans 14:10-12 1 Corinthians 3:10-4:5 and 2 Corinthians 5:1-10. Enter into the everlasting joy of your Master.What is the purpose of the Judgment Seat of Christ? And according to these you will have your rewards. These bear witness that your life is eternal. Then he will hold up the entire pile and declare, “By this your life bears witness to the grace of my Father, the worth of my blood, and the fruit of my Spirit. Then he will take from your “book of life” file a sealed envelope marked “free and gracious bonus: life!” and put it on the “A” pile (see Mark 4:24 and Luke 6:38). They will not condemn you, and they will not reward you. He will take the match, light it, and set the “F” pile, with all your failures and deficiencies, on fire and burn them up. Behind your name will be a wood-stick match made from the cross of Jesus. Then he will open another file (“the book of life”) and find your name, because you are in Christ through faith. Then he will take all the “D’s” and “C’s” and pull the good parts of the test out and place them with the “A’s”, then put the bad with the “F’s.” Then he will take all the “B’s” and “A’s” and pull the bad parts out of them and put them in the “F” pile, and put all the good parts in the “A” pile. ![]() He will pull out all the “F’s” and put them in a pile. When you stand before “the judgment seat of Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:10) to be judged “for what done in the body, whether good or evil,” God will open the file and lay out the tests with their grades. All you’ve ever done or said (Matthew 12:36) is recorded there with a grade (from “A” to “F”). God has a file on every person (the “books” of Revelation 20:12). But - and this is the important point - the sins and shortcomings of believers will be revealed in the judgment as forgiven sins, whose guilt has been totally covered by the blood of Jesus Christ.” will enter into the picture on the Day of Judgment. What about the last judgment? Will our sins be remembered? Will they be revealed? Anthony Hoekema puts it wisely like this: “The failures and shortcomings of. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. ![]() Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.
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