Further, the words awake or asleep of verse 10 refer to a spiritual or moral condition, not whether one is alive or dead when Christ returns as in 4:13-14. 14:7, 10; 19:2). Though the death of Christ does not obliterate the presence of the sin nature and though it is still a powerful enemy (Rom. II, Abridged Edition, John F. Walvoord, Editor, Donald K. Campbell, Roy B. Zuck, Consulting Editors, Victor Books, Wheaton, 1988, p. 501. Furthermore, we are called upon to make judgments in the sense of evaluations when it comes to selecting elders and deacons, or in dealing with those who have fallen into sin (1 Tim. 25:1-30). All their hopes and dreams had been placed in an earth and system that was passing away (1 John 2:17), and now they see it dissolve before their very eyes. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness. 1 Peter 3:18: For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit. Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. I can do nothing on My own initiative. He did not whip the losers.8 We might add, neither did he sentence them to hard labor. Because of what Jesus Christ accomplished for us on the cross, the Bible states that He that has the Son has life and we can receive the Son, Jesus Christ, as our Savior by personal faith, by trusting in the person of Christ and His death for our sins. 1 Cor. 2:12-13), but the decision to serve, and the diligence employed in doing so, are our responsibility and our contribution and God sees this as rewardable. Speaks of Christs work on the cross and stands for His victory over sin, Satan, and death. In the universal anti-Semitism of the Great Tribulation one who befriends Jews will by this evidence manifest his salvation.6. How do we know who falls into the category of swine, those incapable of appreciating the truth, if we do not make certain judgments? Some go even further by stating that Christians must experience some sort of suffering for their sins at the time of this examination. (1) The first book opened will probably be the Scripture, the Word of God, which contains the revelation of Gods holy character, the moral law, the declaration of mans sinfulness, and Gods plan of salvation through faith in Christ. The judgment seat of Christ might be compared to a commencement ceremony. (1) Though the Tribulation begins as a time of peace, it soon becomes a time of unprecedented troubleJoel 2:2; Matt. Compare Isaiah 13:6-22 = judgment; but 14:1-3 the result which is peace, Israel regathered and in blessing (Joel 1:15f 2:1f, 12-18f; 3:1f). The Principle. Key Scriptures: Isaiah 24:1; Joel 1:15; Zeph. In other words, it was a reward seat and portrayed a time of rewards or loss of rewards following examination. I believe we have two books here. Matthew 7:1-5 Do not judge lest you be judged. After the fall of Adam and Eve, and as a judgment for mankinds disobedience regarding the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:17), certain curses or judgments were placed upon Satan (the promise of his final doom), upon Adam and Eve, and upon the earth. But how? They are resurrected, gathered before the throne and actually behold the dissolution of heaven and earth as a foreboding preparation for their judgment. Here each unbelievers eternal destiny is declared and determined with ample proof and reason. The text reads: Acts 24:15-16 having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. While bema is used in the Gospels and in Acts of the raised platform where a Roman magistrate or ruler sat to make decisions and pass sentence (Matt. Eph. When we are in charge of our lives rather than the Lord, we become insensitive to people and opportunities of ministrywe lack vision. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;Lovingkindness and truth go before You. This is the good news of the Bible, the message of the gospel. Elimination of the curse, pain and death will also remove sorrow, tears and crying (Rev. The only exception is the person of Jesus Christ who, through the virgin birth, escaped the sin problem that is normally passed down from generation to generation. (2) Diadem. (6) Broken Relationships and Disharmony. What follows below is a fuller explanation of both terms. It will become unprecedented in its affliction as suggested by the description, the Great Tribulation (Matt. 30:7). Note that the text says and the books (plural) were opened, and another book (singular) was opened, which is the Book of Life. We have two sets, the books and the book which is mentioned again in verse 15a. Why is possession of Gods Son necessary to have eternal life? At the Great White Throne Judgment the Book of Life is produced to show that the participants name was not found written in the Book of Life because of their rejection of Jesus Christ. Colossians 2:10 and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority; These verses state the complete results or conclusion: Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And I will remember their sins no more. Her single-mindedness is seen in the events which relate her to her son Jesus on almost every occasion in which she is mentioned in the New To love His appearing is to live in the light of it. Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day, And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind., Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.. Carnal believers have no vision other than their own personal agendas and selfish goals (cf. Then in anticipation of His death on the cross, the Lord spoke of Satans judgment and doom in John 12:31; 16:11, and Luke 10:18-19. The message of scripture was that Jesus Christ was both God and man. God is not only perfect holiness (whose holy character we can never attain to on our own or by our works of righteousness) but He is also perfect love and full of grace and mercy. 1:24f, moral degeneration and the gradual breakdown in the moral fiber of men when they turn away from God. In all of these passages, Paul was picturing the believer as a competitor in a spiritual contest. The number forty symbolizes a period of testing, trial or probation. (1) Unconfessed sin relates to fellowship in this life, not ones relationship or standing with God. Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. Hampton wrote many articles for the Biblical Studies Foundation and on More, Getting Spiritually Fit 1 ( Corinthians 9:24-27), Steps to Biblical Reconciliation (Luke 17:1-4; 2 Corinthians 5:15-21). and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment. (5) It yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness (Heb. This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. 1 Cor. Before the Last Supper, Judas is said to have gone to the chief priests and agreed to hand over Jesus in exchange for 30 silver coins, and to have attempted to return the money afterwards, filled with For instance, many do not understand that instead of one final judgment, the Bible teaches that there are a series of five to seven future judgments (depending on how they are categorized) that differ in respect to time, purpose, subjects, and circumstances. Paul shows us in Romans that all categories of peoplethe good, the bad, and the uglyare really in the same boat and on their way to eternal separation from God. (1) The sea, a reference to all those who died at sea and were not buried in the earth. Key Verses on Rewards: Rom. Also, Matthew 25:21, 23 and Luke 19:17-19 show us our rewards consist of authority over either many things or many cities. 1:9; 2:9, 10). (NIV). 6:17, italics added). Hebrews 10:17-18 And their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. Do Those Who Commit Suicide Go To Hell? (3) A time of trouble or distress (Daniel 12:1). (3) Loss of Power and Production. When God put Adam and Eve in the garden, He furnished them with every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food (Gen. 2:9). 30:7; Dan. God graciously supplies the means by which we may serve Him. The negative effects involve the following: (1) The loss suffered in 1 Corinthians 3:15 refers to the loss of rewards, not salvation as the verse goes on to make clear. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we should not be judged. 5 One man regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. 20:10). So we read in Hebrews: Hebrews 12:4-11 You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; 5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him; 6 For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges every son whom He receives. 7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? Nor are pleasure and enjoyment illegitimate experiences. We should not think of discipline as punishment. At this resurrection the soul and body are reunited and the person is brought before the throne. 2:8), but a reward for enduring trials and overcoming temptation. (2) Death, a reference to all those who were buried in graves in the ground, cremated, or destroyed in any other way on earth. 20:5-6). 12:10). He wants those who have not trusted in Christ to understand the judgments that this might motivate them to trust in Christ as their personal Savior because He bore the judgment for their sin in their place. We will each be enthralled with God and our glorified state. (Rom 14:10 & 2 Cor 5:10) 2) White Throne Judgment = non-believers only. Carnal believers are occupied and controlled by their own self-centered desires (Gal. Our rewards may be likened to our spiritual gifts. All judgment has been placed into His hands as the perfect Son of man, Son of God, the one qualified to judge by virtue of his sinless humanity and defeat of Satan and sin through the cross (Rev. Soon, however, 144,000 will come to Christ from the nation of Israel and will evidently become the evangelists of the world who lead people to Christ from every tongue, tribe, and nation (Rev. They teach us the basic cause of discipline is failure to examine and confess known sins because that hinders our fellowship with God. 1:13; Isa. Throughout history God has revealed Himself in creation (Rom. As it will be shown below, though it is tremendously serious with eternal ramifications, the judgment seat of Christ is not a place and time when the Lord will mete out punishment for sins committed by the child of God. Since love is a preeminent virtue in Christianity, true selfishness often involves a pursuit of self-interest that violates the law of love.12. Again, for the church this means the event of 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Jesus Christ, the sinless and perfect Son of God, the only one who could qualify as our substitute, died to satisfy the demands of Gods absolute holiness. Physical death became a certainty for their future because they took of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The Tribulation judgments (Matt. 27:19; John 19:13), its use in the epistles by Paul, because of his many allusions to the Greek athletic contests, is more in keeping with its original use among the Greeks. (1) The Crown of Thorns (Matt. The one who understands the day of Jesus Christ as referring to the Great White Throne Judgment is on a collision course with despair and eternal destiny concerns. In one sense, the Thessalonians will be Pauls crown, and the effect at the Bema and throughout eternity will be rejoicing or exultation over their presence in heaven. The next prophetic event in Gods timetable will be the rapture or the catching up of the body of Christ, the church, as described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. In 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20, the Apostle Paul drew courage and was motivated by the fact of rewards at the return of the Lord for the church which he mentions in every chapter in this epistle and becomes the primary subject of 2 Thessalonians. Evident is phaneros which means known, plain, visible, revealed as to it nature. The day refers to a day well known and refers to the day of the Bema after the rapture of the church. In these passages we read such things as give account of himself, suffer loss, shrink away from Him in shame, and recompense for his deeds whether good or bad.. 5:16f). (3) The recompense (NASB) or the receive back (KJV) of 2 Corinthians 5:10 refers to the dispensing of rewards or their loss. Scripture also teaches us that no amount of human goodness or human works or human morality or religious activity can gain acceptance with God or get anyone into heaven. A similar judgment will occur for resurrected Old Testament and Tribulation saints, but probably not until after the Tribulation (cf. Obviously, most see that the immoral person deserves the wrath of God, as the Apostle describes in Romans 1:18-32. The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. This is a plain indication of Gods righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering. 19:28; 24:45-47; 25:21, 23; Lk. Because Christ has born our judgment by being made a curse in our place: Romans 5:1 Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Jn. In August of 2001 he was diagnosed with lung cancer and on August 29th, 2002 he went home to be with the Lord. 15 If any mans work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as through fire. IV: Ecclesiology-Eschatology, Dallas Seminary Press, Dallas, TX, 1948, p. 406. However, Scripture does call us to show what we might call critical discernment on certain matters. 12 Zane Hodges, Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society, Autumn, 1991, p. 7. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin, once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 4:13-18), the Tribulation begins with only unbelievers. Regarding the coming of the Spirit and His ministry in the world after the resurrection and ascension to Gods right hand, Christ made the following promise: John 16:8-11 And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment; 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you no longer behold Me; 11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Scripture teaches that all sins, both confessed and unconfessed, have been forgiven and taken care of by the work of Christ on the Cross so the Christian will never face those sins again at the judgment. This verse undoubtedly refers to the Bema and shows there will be both boldness as a result of abiding, and shame before the Lord as a result of failing to abide. 1 Cor. the word - The verb used is komizo and means to carry off safe, to carry off as booty. In the middle voice as here, it meant to bear for oneself,16 or to receive back what is ones own.17 Compare Matthew 25:27 and Ephesians 6:8. As the Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep, Jesus said, I have come that they (all mankind) may have life, and have it abundantly, a life with meaning and purpose. So that points us to the purpose, the return of the Savior and what it will mean. 24:9, 21, 29; Mark 13:19, 24; Rev. The elements of remorse, regret, and shame cannot be avoided in an examination of the judgment seat of Christ. So, much as we see in Romans 1:18f, God turns the world over to the consequences of its choices. (7) It is a time of death (Rev. Now, the word "judge" in its various forms (judgeth, judging, judgment, judges, While the Bema is going on in heaven (with the church in the Lords presence) a series of terrible judgments will begin to unfold on the earth for a period of seven years to be culminated by the return and manifestation of Christ to earth as the Great White Horse Rider of Revelation 19. In view of his use of crown (stephanos, the victors wreath) in other places, and the fact believers will cast their crowns before the Lord (Rev. (4) The Great Day, the one of their wrath (Rev. 6:2-3; 4:8). 14:10-12; 1 Cor. But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were sinners, Christ died for us. In other words, it is a reward seat and portrays a time of rewards or loss of rewards following examination, but it is not a time of punishment where believers are judged for their sins. This crown is a reward promised to Elders for faithfulness in the discharge of their responsibilities in shepherding the people. This is Gods judgment to cast Satan down from his position in heaven as the anointed cherub with all those angels who followed him to this earth and its atmosphere as the primary abode of their operations (cf. (5) Loss of Desire and Motivation for Service. 2:12-13). Added to this are the declarations of the following verses of Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast. In other words, they are destroyed, dissolved (2 Pet. 4:10, 11). 7:25; Rev. At graduation there is some measure of disappointment and remorse that one did not do better and work harder. The judgment of Genesis 3 included the loss of the perfect Edenic conditions and in its place, the curse of the earth with its often extreme weather conditions, disease, thorns, and the warfare with Satan and his hosts (cf. This passage teaches: (a) that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son, Jesus Christ, and (b) that the way to possess eternal life is to possess Gods Son. 4:5f; 2 Cor. 3:23), and that the penalty of sin is eternal death, separation from God (Gen. 2:17; Rom. 24 and 25). Evidently, immediately after Satans fall, God sentenced Satan and his angels condemning them to the Lake of Fire (Matt. Why? The same thing happens in the life of believers, but God brings discipline to stop the process. The victor of a given event, who had participated according to the rules, was led by the judge to the platform called the Bema. The clear emphasis of Scripture is that the events of Revelation 6-19 constitute a time of Gods special judgment poured out upon the earth. If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? Because of His love, grace and mercy He has not left us without hope and a solution. 6-19). John 1:12: But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, {even} to those who believe in His name. In the first stage, we are all judged from the books according to our works. The purpose and the basis is the most critical issue of all and brings us face to face with the practical aspects of the Bema. 4:10), Paul may also have in mind a personal crown or reward that he will receive because of their presence at the return of the Lord. But man is separated from God by the problem of Sin. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. 7:18, 22, 27. But even this will be Gods judgment and the expression of His wrath. Through the Scriptures and the remnant of His people, He has taught man that he must have Gods righteousness, that God is of purer eyes than to approve evil or to accept or look upon wickedness (Hab. In other words, God has removed Satan and his demons, the False Prophet and the Beast, and is about to judge the rest of the unbelieving dead. It is called white because it will be the supreme and undimmed display of the perfect righteousness and justice of God to all mankind. The instinct to preserve our lives is the same. Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. 2:7), of evil deeds (Col. 1:21; 2 John 11), of dead works (Heb. 27:19; John 19:13), its use in the epistles by Paul, because of his many allusions to the Greek athletic contests, is more in keeping with its original use among the Greeks. 17:22; 14:30). The world seeks to find answers to its problems through the one world movement of the last days and apart from the true God as He has revealed Himself in Christ. was a 1966 graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and a former pastor of 28 years. 6:8; 2 Tim. Correct me, O Lord, but with justice;Not with Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing. Undoubtedly, then, the Scripture will be used to demonstrate the clearness of the plan of God and that man is without excuse. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 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