For instance, if you don’t give into temptation, you’ll earn a crown. The only way to say thank you is to honor Him with your life. If you really understand what His death on the cross saved you from, you’ll be overwhelmed with gratitude. You need to accept His finished work on the cross in order to receive the gift of grace…eternal life with Him. Jesus did all that was needed for salvation He shed His blood as the final sacrifice to take away sin. “For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). Not baptism, not missionary work, not feeding the hungry. Salvation does not come by doing works of any kind. “Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 6:1). Only those things done for Christ will last. Jesus encouraged doing works with a correct motive. As you make godly choices and they become habits, you’ll soon have a life built upon the Rock…Jesus Christ. This means you have to humble yourself and put things out of your life that are contrary to His teaching. Instead of making choices that please people, make choices that please Christ. Follow His example and begin building a solid Christian life. He showed love to all people, but stood against anyone who twisted Scripture for their own purposes. He is our example of what a Christian life should look like.
#Judgment seat of christ vs great white throne judgement how to#
Study Scripture and learn how to please Christ. What you build upon that foundation is controlled by you. When you first come to Christ, a foundation is laid. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ” ( 1 Corinthians 3:10-11). But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. “According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. Placing your faith in Jesus Christ for salvation will result in the bema seat rewards judgment, but rejecting Christ will set you before God and His judgment of your works.
You make the choice as to which one you will face. One is the bema seat judgment of Christ, and the other is the White Throne judgment. Not everyone will face the same judgment, but it’s our own choice that determines which judgment we will face. That’s a little unnerving to think about, but it doesn’t have to be a painful event. After death (or after the rapture for those alive at that time) there will be a judgment. Some facts in life are hard to deal with. “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation” (Hebrews 9:27-28).
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