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Before the Judgment Seat of Christ
(2Ch5:8-10)
God is the God of justice (Is30:18).
He judges with His righteousness (Ps35:24), and
He rewards fairly (Mt25:14-30).
Faith is acknowledging Him, and
The life of this faith is putting effort to do good for the day one stands before His judgment seat.
Ever man shrinks before a judgment seat because:
1) He is overpowered by its authority;
2) He fears that the truth would be unveiled; and
3) His fate would be determined by the result.
Whether men know or not, whether they believe or not,
In the end of the world the dead will be judged according to their deeds (Rev20:11-15) for
Their ancestor Adam disobeyed the word of God that forbid him to eat the fruit (Ge2:17, 3:6), and
Sinned, causing the spirit of all men to die in him (Rm5:12; 1Co15:22).
God showed the history of mankind an example of
Sin surely resulting in judgment: the deluge in Noah's time (Ge6:11-13).
Noah, however, obeyed God's word and built an ark. and thus was legitimately saved (He11:7).
The Law was the righteousness of God revealed to Israel from Mount Sinai, and
It led men to confess that there is nothing good in them but
Sin that leads them to do evil (Rm7:13, 17-20).
While the stone tablets inside the testimony of the sanctuary (Ex25:16)
Reminded them to tremble before the Law for generations,
The high priest put on the breastplate of judgment entering the Most Holy Place for
The Lord to remember and atone the sins of all 12 tribes of Israel (Ex28:15-21).
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would tear down the Law, the high priest, and even the stone tablets (He10:9), and
He Himself would become the eternal High Priest and His word the judge (Jn12:48; He7:21, 9:24), for
He is the righteousness who came from the Father (Jn1:1, 14; 1Jn2:1).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Obeyed the command of the Father and revealed that He is the God of justice who surely judges sin (Ge2:17; Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil, the origin of sin, the prince of the world (Jn12:31; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Received punishment in place of all men so that they might become righteousness in Him (2Co5:21).
The Father raised Him and
Sat on Him on the heavenly throne, the judgment seat of Christ.
The Holy Spirit came to those who believe in the name Yeshua and
Lets them know that His word is the law, the judge (Jn12:48) and
At the end of the world all dead will stand before Him for
He Himself received in His body
The judgment according to the writing regarding good and evil (2Co5:8-10).
Therefore, the man of the Spirit is he who
In order to be judged as the living when He returns
Puts every effort to do good while in his body (Ge3:22; Mt19:16-21; Lk18:18-22),
By always preaching, enduring suffering,
Being self-controlled, rebuking and encouraging others with great patience, and
Fulfilling his duty according to the gift he received (2Ti4:1-8; 1Pe4:7-11).
O Lord,
This year has already passed like lightening.
In the very near future I will have to stand before the great white throne¦
Let me all the more become thirsty for righteousness and be filled with righteousness (Mt5:6), so
My name would be embraced and taken to the Most Holy Place by the Lord! Amen.