Judgment # 3 The Judgment Of Believers 2nd Cor.5: 10 Series

JUDGMENT # 3 THE JUDGMENT OF BELIEVERS 2ND COR.5: 10 8-9-08

Let me give the names of these 7 judgments again:

THE SEVEN JUDGMENTS ARE:

#1-{the judgment of sin,} this took place on the cross of Christ.

-#2- {self-judgment of our daily sins}, after we’re saved.

The other 5 judgments are after the rapture of the Church.

#3- {the judgment seat of Christ}, where all that are saved will be judged for our stewardship, our works after we were saved and thus rewarded accordingly, this is after the rapture of the Church}-

And #4-{-the judgment of Israel, Jacobs Trouble, Jer. 30:7, “name-Gen.32:28--35:10” and this has to do with the Tribulation period. The Tribulation is “Jacobs trouble”. But it will affect all the earth.

-#5-{the judgment of the nations}, this takes place after Christ returns and has defeated His enemies at Armageddon, at the end of the 7 year Tribulation, “Rev.19:” but just prier of Him setting up His Kingdom, the 1000 year reign of Christ.

-#6-the judgment of the fallen angels}-

And #7 is of coarse, {the White Throne judgment}, this is when all the lost souls are brought out of hell and judged according to their wickedness, and according to the degree of their wickedness be tormented in the lake of fire, there are not any saved people judged at this judgment, these are all lost.

Listen as I read today’s text found in 2ND COR.5: 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

The judgment seat of believers may not be a very happy occasion for most of us, I’m sure all of us will wish we had lived a more consecrated life for Jesus at this solemn time.

When we find ourselves before Him and He looks at our lives in His record book of our deeds, it will be too late to change any thing that we may have done or things that we didn’t do.

I believe that what we do for Him now, at this present time, on this side of the rapture will have a big bearing on what He will allow us to do for Him yonder in His Kingdom as we rule and reign with Him.

In one of His parables He say’s. Matthew 25: 23 Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things:

Listen; today as we’re still on this side of the rapture, right now, at this present time, we’re making our own wedding garment, did you know that?

Rev. 19: 7-8 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.** 8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

The righteousness of saints means, according to the concordance, {equitable deeds} that is “our works, our stewardship” after we’re saved.

Some people may have the idea that, “ we’ll I’m saved so that’s the end of that, some may have the idea that since their now saved, that all that remains is that some where are another they’ll just be floating around in the clouds twanging on a harp are something or another.

That’s why it is so important to be in a good Bible believing, preaching and teaching Church, in order to hear these important truths. If your not hearing these wonderful truths your wasting your precious time, we need to become grounded in these things.

Our sins have been judged at the cross and will not be brought up again, #1- Rom. 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, at the judgment seat of Christ our works or service will be judged.

Rom.14:10 12So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

1 John 2:28 "And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming"

Paul exhorted the Philippian believers in Phil. 2:12-13 "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure"

Let me point out here again that we’re not saved, nor to we keep our selves saved by doing good works, instead we do good works because we are saved, listen as I read Eph. 2:8-10 8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.***