So He tries to punish and shame us into obedience. He shouldn’t have done what he did, but at the same time, I am not sure that this is going to get him to love his girlfriend more… This guy cheats on his girlfriend, and so to teach him not to do this anymore, she makes him stand at the mall wearing this sign. I was reminded of this idea recently when I saw this picture: Have you ever heard something like this taught about the judgment seat of Christ? I have heard the judgment seat of Christ described as though there will be a big movie screen and as we are all gathered together on judgment day, God will show a movie of all our sins, mistakes, and failures for everybody to see. So let’s adopt one overarching ambition in life: to be pleasing to the Lord.It is sometimes taught in Christian circles that when we stand before the judgment seat of Christ, God will replay all of our sins and mistakes before the entire mass of other Christians who are there as well. But the certainty of our future judgment should affect the way we live now. If we’re not careful, the busyness of our culture could steal our motivation to live for that which is of eternal importance. Undoubtedly, we’ll regret lost opportunities to serve the Lord, but He will wipe our tears away with His great love and forgiveness. The deeds that are good will receive a reward, but those that are worthless will not. God’s purpose in this judgment is to recompense us for what we have done, whether good or bad (bad, in this case, meaning “worthless”). The Lord will reveal the heart’s hidden attitudes, disclose every motive, and assess all our works for their eternal value (1 Corinthians 4:5 - Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts and then each man's praise will come to him from God). However, we ought to give it some serious thought, because what Scripture reveals about this event should motivate us to lead a life that pleases God.Īll of us who have placed trust in Jesus will one day stand before Him to be evaluated for who we are and what we have done. The judgment seat of Christ probably isn’t our primary consideration as we go about the business of living week after week. 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. Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord- for we walk by faith, not by sight- we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge. For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life. For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked. Knowing that we'll be rewarded in eternity, we have great motivation to live for Christ today.Ģ Corinthians 5:1-10 - For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Charles Stanley (March-12-2023) Daily Devotional: The Judgment of Believers
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