001 The Judgment: You Will Stand Before the Judgement Seat of Christ

1.  IT IS A SURE FACT WE WILL ALL STAND BEFORE CHRIST TO BE JUDGED.

Rom 14:10  Why do you criticize and pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you look down upon or despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God. 

2.  A WARNING THAT OUR LIFE JUDGMENTS/DECISIONS AND HEART INTENTS WILL BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT.

1 Co 4:5  So do not make any hasty or premature judgments before the time when the Lord comes [again], for He will both bring to light the secret things that are [now hidden] in darkness and disclose and expose the [secret] aims (motives and purposes) of hearts. Then every man will receive his [due] commendation from God.

• think before you speak
• don't say it if you don't:
• have a scriptural basis
• if your emotions drive you to speak hastily
• if your spirit is confused 
• if you only want to speak how you feel

3.  THE JUDGMENT FROM CHRIST WILL AWARD HOW WE USED GOD'S WORD TO LIVE BY.

2Co 5:10  For we must all appear and be revealed as we are before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive [his pay] according to what he has done in the body, whether good or evil [considering what his purpose and motive have been, and what he has achieved, been busy with, and given himself and his attention to accomplishing].

• how well are you studying and applying to each life situation?
• lack of time is no excuse
• unconfessed sin(s) will always spoil your appetite of hunger for God's Word

4.  WE WILL BE JUDGED TO DETERMINE HOW WELL WE PARTICIPATED IN THE WORK OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

1Co 3:9  For we are fellow workmen (joint promoters, laborers together) with and for God; you are God's garden and vineyard and field under cultivation, [you are] God's building. [Isa. 61:3.]

1Co 3:13  The work of each [one] will become [plainly, openly] known (shown for what it is); for the day [of Christ] will disclose and declare it,

5.  THERE WILL BE GAINS AND LOSSES AT THE JUDGMENT.

1Co 3:13  The work of each [one] will become [plainly, openly] known (shown for what it is); for the day [of Christ] will disclose and declare it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test and critically appraise the character and worth of the work each person has done.
1Co 3:14  If the work which any person has built on this Foundation [any product of his efforts whatever] survives [this test], he will get his reward.
1Co 3:15  But if any person's work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire. [Job 23:10.]
1Co 3:16  Do you not discern and understand that you [the whole church at Corinth] are God's temple (His sanctuary), and that God's Spirit has His permanent dwelling in you [to be at home in you, collectively as a church and also individually]?
1Co 3:17  If anyone does hurt to God's temple or corrupts it [with false doctrines] or destroys it, God will do hurt to him and bring him to the corruption of death and destroy him. For the temple of God is holy (sacred to Him) and that [temple] you [the believing church and its individual believers] are.