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Alfred Bouter
12 may 2023
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The Judgment Seat Of Christ

God is always right in whatever He says does. In the New Testament, Romans speaks much of God’s righteousness, just as Isaiah does in the Old. The Bible shows that God is right when He condemns the unrepentant sinner when He declares the repentant sinner to be just.

Paul showed the Greek philosophers leaders on Mars’ Hill that the God who was to them “the unknown God” ( NKJV) is the Creator God Sustainer of the universe (vv.24,26). God is never linked to idolatry (vv.25,29). The apostle also explained that God leads the nations controls the times boundaries of the human race – past, present future. This fact does not set aside man’s responsibility to obey. The natural man refuses to acknowledge that he is accountable to God. Repentance is needed, because “all have sinned fall short of the glory of God” ().

God seeks to have a close relationship with all human beings (). However, since Adam Eve’s sin rebellion (), a separation exists between God man, which no human effort could ever bridge apart from the redemptive work of Christ. Our great Creator God commands all men women to repent to do it now, for He is not only the Redeemer, but also the ultimate Judge (). The message is urgent, a proper response cannot be postponed. This is the “now” of God’s grace ().

Why is God qualified to be the ultimate Judge? provides at least part of the answer. The Creator Sustainer Redeemer (God the Father, the Son the Holy Spirit) is:

  • Omnipresent: He is at the same time everywhere always so.
  • Omnipotent: He is all-powerful, almighty.
  • Omniscient: He is all-knowing, knowing everything about everyone from beginning to end – even before things occur.

Is it our desire to be in tune with this wonderful God? It surely was David’s sincere wish he prayed accordingly. It is interesting to note that this psalm describes the attributes of the Lord not as abstract thoughts but as active qualities by which He relates Himself to His people. It gives:

A description of God’s intimate knowledge of His servant (vv.1-6);

  • A summary of God’s presence with David (vv.7-12);
  • A description of God’s actions in David’s life, from the moment of his conception (vv.13-16);
  • A declaration that God’s thoughts toward David are innumerable (vv.17-18);
  • A prayer for the punishment of God’s enemies (vv.19-22);
  • A prayer that God may search lead David (vv.23-24).

We know sin separates between God man as well as people from one another. Sin distorts everything, as many Scriptures explain in detail. Yet, God is the God of restoration, who brings people back to Himself. On the basis of Christ’s finished work on the cross, a holy righteous God was able to settle the matter of our sins – sinful acts – to forgive the repentant sinner who confesses his sins ().

than that, God also took care of the root of the problem – the sin nature, the cause of evil acts. Thus, God transferred all the believers of the period of grace, from Acts 2 until the rapture, from the family of the first Adam into the family of Christ (). We may note that believers from before the church period those who will live after it belong to different families. God is the Father of “every family” ( ESV), it should be understood in this way.

From the moment we became believers, Christ became our new Master. He helps us to walk in “newness of life” (), while it is up to us to yield all to Him by faith in Him love for Him. When we thus fully surrender, it is because we have learned that we have no power to do God’s will are cast on the help of the Holy Spirit (–8). Also, –11 shows that God is righteous in His dealings with Israel – past, present future – that He will accomplish His promises to the fathers. Knowing this, we can rely on our God who shows us our responsibilities toward:

  • Him ().
  • Ourselves as believers (v.3).
  • Fellow believers (vv.4-16).
  • Unbelievers (vv.17-21).
  • Government ().

Romans 12–16 encourages us to walk in newness of life so as to please the Lord Jesus, honoring God in all aspects. This is where the judgment seat comes in, not to discourage but to encourage us.

The Judgment Seat Of God

In the apostle began to elaborate on how God’s rights are to be maintained in our personal lives, our families among God’s people. This was especially in view of differences of opinion as long as these do not concern fundamental matters (:7). In this context, Paul introduced the kingdom of God in its present aspect () the judgment seat1 of God (v.10) to show that every believer unbeliever is accountable to Him (vv.11-12).

All professing Christians are in the kingdom of God, with the responsibilities that go along with this privilege. Therefore we had better respect His rules honor Him, for it is a great advantage to be in God’s kingdom while living in the same world where God is dishonored. In the world to come, the millennium (), every knee will have to bow to Him (). Today we may do so willingly, because we love Him. The passage in Revelation 20 refers also to a different session of the judgment seat of Christ of God.

Let us remind ourselves of what Abraham, the father of the believers, said when declaring God’s righteousness:

“Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” ( NKJV)

As we saw at the beginning, God is always right. Therefore justice will be shown in His coming judgment.

Our Attitude

As believers we have learned to bow to the Savior God who has put our judgment – the punishment we deserved – on His Son. He became our Substitute on the cross satisfied all God’s holy righteous demands. On this basis God saved us to have us for Himself (), that we might always serve Him in a position relationship in which we are right with God ().

Our attitude toward each other is addressed: “Why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ” (, others translations read “of God”). Each person will give an account of himself of what he is or is not doing for Him (consider ).

“We must all appear2 before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad” ()

The Judgment Seat Has Three Sessions

Scripture speaks, depending on who will appear at what time, about three different sessions of judgment: in heaven, on earth between heaven earth. “We must” implies that God has determined this it cannot be avoided or changed. “We all” means that none is exempted. Everyone will stand (), every knee will bow every tongue confess Him (v.11). As the Creator, God has given to humans angels – not animals – a special faculty to give an account (v.12).

Concerning the believers of the period of grace, standing before Him should be understood in the light of .

“The Lord God Omnipotent reigns” (v.6)

all the redeemed will honor Him rejoice because the marriage of the Lamb will have come, for

“His wife has made herself ready” (v.7)

Mary of Bethany represents a beautiful example of such preparation devotion. With true love toward the Lord, she did “what she could” (; read ; ).

By the time of the marriage of the Lamb, the rapture () the judgment seat in heaven will have taken place. During that session, the Lord will show His thoughts about everything in our lives, so we will have exactly the same thoughts He has about what we have done. Through this, the bride will be in tune with the Bridegroom. There will be no divergent thoughts to disturb our relationship with Him forever. For us today, this implies that anything in our thoughts or acts that differs from Christ’s thoughts must be judged removed (see ), for God judged these matters when He punished Christ in our stead (). At the moment the bride is presented to Christ, Scripture says, “His wife has made herself ready” (). The challenge is not only to judge ourselves in the light of this coming session, but to be in tune with the Lord already now because we love Him.

The wedding guests () are those who have been called, having been invited as guests to the banquet. We should not confuse this calling with the fact that we have been called out of every tongue to belong to Christ. We belong to His Assembly (Greek: ecclesia), which literally means a company of called-out ones – called out of Judaism, paganism all kinds of isms. At the rapture, the Old Testament believers will go up to heaven together with us (). All the believers, from Adam Eve up to that point are included in “the 24 elders,” who are mentioned 12 times in . When the bride of the Lamb is introduced (), a distinction is made between the New Testament believers (the bride) those of the Old Testament (the invited guests).

The Judgment Seat On Earth

Another session of the judgment seat will take place on earth. Sometime after the wedding of the Lamb in heaven, Christ will return to this earth, together with us the Old Testament believers3 (vv.11-14). We will not remain on the earth but will appear in glory with Him to those who are on the earth (; ).

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory” ()

All nations will be judged, the criterion, or standard, will be how they have acted toward the brothers of the King, the Jews (vv.32-46). This session, after God’s dealings in judgments have taken place (Revelation 6–18), will probably be in Jerusalem, “the city of the great King” ().

By way of application, indicates how we should behave toward Jewish people, verses 41-46 tell us how to act toward people in need. However, we should not forget the prophetic context of these verses: a believer does not lose his salvation because he failed to care for those who are sick or in prison – even though he should have cared. The passage challenges us to look at the Jews correctly, for Christ salvation came through the Jews (). Seeing things from God’s perspective we understand that Israel is His people (). Yet for the time being in His governmental dealings, they are called Lo-Ammi, meaning “not My people” (), until their full restoration ().

The Last Session Of The Judgment Seat

“Then I saw a great white throne Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth the heaven fled away. there was found no place for them. I saw the dead, small great, standing before God, books were opened. another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death delivered up the dead who were in them. they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire” ()

This last very solemn session closes the history of man introduces the eternal state, as described in Notice that before Him who will sit on that throne, earth heaven will flee away. This parallels John’s description: “the first heaven the first earth had passed away” () Peter’s summary in . It also fits with the comments Paul made on Mars’ Hill, when he concluded his message by saying,

“Now [God] commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead” ()

This statement not only shows the importance of Christ’s resurrection as a confirmation of God’s coming judgment, but also that God is going to judge through that Man, who will sit as Judge on the great white throne.

The people standing there are those who refused to repent: from Cain () up to those who will take part in the last rebellion (). The opened books will show what they have thought, said done. They will be convinced that God is just in condemning them. No man can say to God that His standards were too high, for the Judge is the Man who lived died on this earth doing God’s will. God will point them to that Man, saying as it were, “Thus you should have lived.”5

Closing Note

Righteousness will dwell () in the eternal state of the new heavens the new earth (). God’s rule will no longer be enforced as it will have been during the millennial reign, for all will be in complete harmony with God, He will be “all in all” (). Today by the grace of God the eternal order is seen in the new creation to which we belong, “Christ is all in all” (), shown as a testimony to the old creation. This a great privilege , at the same time, a great challenge.

ENDNOTES

  1. The Greek word translated “judgment seat” means “step” (translated “foot” in NKJV). It was used as a unit of measure as a raised platform on which the judge sat during judicial proceedings. From it, he pronounced his verdict. Usually, the word indicates the seat itself (; ; ). The judgment seat of God ( ESV) is also of Christ (), He will sit on it as Judge.

has a different word, “throne,” which functions as a judgment seat.

  1. This verb “to appear,” used 7x7 or 49 times in the New Testament, implies that we shall be manifested. It does not say that we will be olundu, çünki bizim günahlarımızı etiraf edərkən və bizim Əvəzedicimiz olarkən, çarmıxdakı üç saatlıq zamanı bizim mühakiməmizi öz üzərinə götürdü.
  2. peyğəmbərlik ilinin (70-ci həftə, ) gedişində İsrail və arasından çoxları xilas olacaq. Onların çoxu kimi öləcək (, Vəhy 8–16) və Məsihin səltənətinin əvvəlində səltənətin səmavi tərəfindən almaq üçün diriləcək (). Allahın bu dünyada qoruyacağı şəxslər (İsrailin 144,000-i, üstəgəl millətlərin saysız-hesabsız kütləsi, Vəhy 7) Məsihin üzündəki səltənətinə daxil olmaq üçün yaşayacaqlar. ilə arasında sıx bir əlaqə olacaq (bax: ), burada səmavi əsas rol oynayacaq ().
  3. səltənət və səmavi haqqında əlavə məlumat verir, bundan sonra müxtəlif mühüm şərhlərlə bağlanır.
  4. Biz, iman edənlər, Allahın iradəsini yerinə yetirmək üçün yenidən doğulmağımızın lazım olduğunu və Allah üçün burada yaşamaq üçün hər an Müqəddəs Ruhun və Allahın Kəlamının köməyinə ehtiyacımız olduğunu başa düşürük. Məsihin mükəmməl həyatı istisnasız olaraq bütün günahkarları qınayır. kürsüsünün üçüncü sessiyasının qarşısında duracaqlar tövbə etməyənlərdir, onlar Allahın düşüncələrini və Məsihin çarmıxdakı işini rədd edənlərdir. Onlar – ruh, can və – diriləcəklər, lakin onlar «ölülər» adlandırılırlar, çünki onlar «ikinci ölüm» və ya «od gölü» () sahəsinə aiddirlər. Orada onların qurdu ölməyəcək və od sönməyəcək (), «ağlamaq və diş qıcamaq» () ilə birlikdə və əbədi olaraq çürümə, və peşmançılıq içində.

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