![]() ![]() Not for the sins I’ve committed: they have all been paid for by my Saviour. When I take my life under review, I will be deeply distressed. “Of all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘it might have been.” Why? (There will be no sin, no sickness, no death, nor lack of anything…) God destroyed Sodom but saved Lot, “yet as by fire.” Everything he had lived for was burned up. ![]() Abraham was not vexed he had separated himself from the world. ![]() That which is done for sake of personal gain, popularity, influence, or its impression on the world, will be for naught. So you have been saved: what have you done with it? If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved yet so as by fire. Salvation is a present possession rewards are a future attainment given by Him at His Coming. Salvation is invariably presented as a free gift rewards are earned by works (fruit-bearing). Among these rewards, five crowns may be included: the Crown of righteousness, Crown of glory, Crown of life, incorruptible Crown, and Crown of rejoicing. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. All are building on the same foundation, but the results are vastly different. It is the work being tested by fire, not the individual. (The largest load of hay or wood would be worth less than the smallest diamond.)Įvery man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.Īlso, notice that the “work” is being appraised, not the person. Three are products of a God’s creative act, not growth or development three are the result of natural growth and development (from our old nature?). Notice that there are six commodities in two groups, in descending order of worth. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble The evaluation procedure is then detailed: “Let every man take heed:” A solemn warning. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. The issue here is fruit-bearing, not salvation.Īll are building on the same foundation, but with vastly differing results.Īccording to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. (That was concluded on a wooden cross erected in Judea about 2,000 years ago!) Everyone present will have been saved by the completed work of our Lord Jesus. Everyone present will be “saved ” salvation is not the issue here. The Bema Seat Judgment is apparently the first order of business for the translated saints after the Harpazo. These are all highlighted in figure 1 below. The Great White Throne occurs at the end of the Millennium, deals with the unsaved dead, and ushers in the New Heavens, the New Earth, and the New Jerusalem. Three separate parties are involved, and mortals are judged on the basis of their “works.” The Sheep and Goat Judgment is on the earth. ![]() The Bema Seat deals with rewards for obedience, crowns, and the call of the Bride to the Marriage of the Lamb which occurs in the Father’s house. (A relic of one was found among the ruins in Corinth.) Paul was accused before Proconsul Gallio and brought before Festus at Caesarea facing a Bema seat. Jesus was brought before Pilate and his Bema seat. Herod Agrippa I addressed the people of Tyre and Sidon from his Bema seat. It was the tribunal seat, the judicial bench, the judgment seat, or throne of the one in charge. This judgment is often taught as simply an awards ceremony, but that is not entirely correct. What is the “ Bema seat”? Where will it be held? When is it given? What is at stake? What are the grading criteria? The Bema Seat Yet we all do have a last “final exam” still ahead of us: “We must all appear before the Bema seat of Christ…” And every day that our Lord tarries gives us an additional day to prepare for it. Paul has given us numerous written guides to help us prepare for it. However, we have ample lessons in life well in advance of our final exam. They say experience is a hard teacher because it gives the test first and the lessons afterward. There are three principal judgments that are often confused: the Bema Seat Judgment, the Sheep and Goat Judgment, and the Great White Throne. ![]()
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