At the Judgment Seat of Christ arguments, unresolved conflicts, unconfessed sins will be resolved by the Judge who knows everything. His judgment will take into account every circumstance, every motive, and He will judge fairly. We will see our lives through the eyes of our loving Lord and He will know all. Such sins will cost us the loss of rewards we could have had. I expect He will do so at His Judgment Seat. But if we live with unconfessed sins, though Jesus paid for them on the cross and we stand forgiven, we run the risk of hearing His rebuke at the Judgment Seat. Why? Because all of God’s anger and wrath was placed on Christ when He died on the cross and paid for our sins. Now, the next question people usually ask is, “What if I die with unconfessed sin? Will He be angry?” Well, again, we’re not going to lose Heaven. But after we are saved, rewards are gained by our faithfully serving Christ. Again, please keep in mind, God is not speaking about your forfeiting salvation and Heaven. Such living will result in our forfeiting, losing, the rewards God intended for us to have. We don’t read our Bible we live selfishly, and commit sins.
#Tears at the judgment seat of christ full#
If we live for Christ, take advantage of the opportunities that come our way, someday we can receive a full reward from God. If we do them, God promises to reward us. These works are opportunities and jobs He opens and brings to us and wants us to do. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work.ĭo you remember Ephesians 2:8,9? It says, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-this not from yourselves it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast.”īut then, Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” What does this mean? When God saved us, He created us in Christ Jesus to do good works. The Apostle says someday our work “will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. When we live selfishly and commit sins, the Bible likens these deeds to shoddy materials-such as wood, hay and straw. As we live for Christ, our deeds of service to Christ are likened to valuable materials-such as gold, silver and costly stones. Paul says in verse 10 that a Christian “should be careful how he builds.” He compares our daily Christian living to building a house. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss.” Notice, he will not lose Heaven, but what he will lose is reward. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward.
Look at 1 Corinthians 3:13-15 where we read that this Judgment will be like a fire which “will test the quality of each man’s work. When we stand before Christ, we will realize the rewards God wanted us to have but are forever lost to us because of our sinful living.
These will be brought up to show us the rewards we have forfeited. But then, the Bible also says we will also receive what is due us for the things done in the body that are “ bad.” “Bad” refers to those deeds which are worthless, foul, wicked deeds. Jesus says, whatever we do will be rewarded a hundred times as much. And, as we will see, God is going to be more generous in His rewards than we could ever imagine. In Mark 9:41 Jesus talked about the smallest deeds we have done for Him when He says, “Even those who give a cup of water in My name will not lose their reward.” Every deed you have ever done for Christ will be looked for, remembered and rewarded. All that you have done for the Lord that no one else saw, Christ says He will remember. The Bible says that at Christ’s Judgment Seat, each of us “will receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether GOOD or BAD.” What does the Bible mean when it says “good or bad”? We all want to be rewarded for the “good.” The “ good” here refers to those times when we let Christ live out His life through us: we obeyed Him, served Him, and worked for Him.
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