Your desire is to avoid sin (even if you struggle) and to do good. So why do good and avoid evil if we’re not being paid back? Simple: God changed you and now He lives in your heart. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.” Serving is a wonderful thing to do, and we all have that desire in our hearts, but this idea that God needs us and He can’t work without us is just not true.Īcts 17:25 ‘ And he is NOT served by human hands, as if he needed anything. “It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God-that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.” The same writer of that letter also tells us in 1 Corinthians 1:30 So yes, there is a judgment day, but if you’re in Christ you will not be recompensed for good or bad, but rather you be judged by the righteousness of Christ. In Romans 8:1 Paul said, “ there is therefore no condemnation for those in Christ”. In John 3:18 Jesus himself said, “ he who believes in me is not judged”. No grey area – this is a black and white judgment 2 Corinthians is referring to, and there is a specific outcome.
So on judgment day, a believer will be presented with no bad deeds and the unbeliever with NO good deeds.
The truth is you have a once for all forgiveness and the lamb of God has TAKEN AWAY your sins ( John 1:29). We never read about a watered-down payment, such as less jewelry in heaven, smaller houses, or lesser power. If we actually got what was ‘due’ what would that be? Well, the bible tells us the wages of sin is death. So either these verses are literal and our sins are dealt with or the verse in 2 Corinthians totally contradicts the gospel message. “Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will NEVER COUNT against them”. As far as the east is from the west He washed them away. What did Jesus do about your sins? Jesus died for them. So we have to ask ourselves how many bad deeds will the Christian be judged for? Well first let’s define what a bad deed is. Vs 13 ‘ and each person was judged according to what they had done’.Ģ Corinthians 5:10 also says we will receive what is due for the BAD things we did. Vs 12 ‘ The DEAD were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books’. There is no one righteous, not even one there is no one who understands there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless there is NO ONE WHO DOES GOOD, not even one.Īnd this is why we can safely say Revelation 20:11-15 describes the judgment of unbelievers. “ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is DUE for the things done while in the body, whether GOOD OR BAD.įirst, the unbeliever – How many GOOD deeds has an unbeliever done? Well according to Romans 3:10-12 none have. Contrary to the popular church message Christians are not going to be a part of this judgment. So there’s this message about Christians standing before Christ on judgment day and giving an account for everything they’ve done in the body, rather good or bad (2 Corinthians 5:10). Judgment Seat of Christ – Not For Christians
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