The bema judgment seat of christ free#

In the New Testament we learn that these are called “crowns” and that there are five such “crowns” to be given. Our capacity to serve in Heaven we will take to Heaven with us when Jesus comes.” Īt the “Bema”, the Judgment Seat of Christ, Christians will receive rewards for their works. Each of the bodies of the saved will bear the glorified and heavenly mark of distinction, but the glory of some will differ from the glory of others. However, the glory of the gold is one glory, the glory of the silver is a lesser glory, and the glory of the copper is yet a lesser glory than either the gold or the silver. All three bear the same inscription of the United States of America. One is gold, one is silver and the third is copper. Then he concludes: “So also is the resurrection of the dead.” All believers will have glorified bodies, but there will be difference in glory according to the measure of our diligence and devotedness to Christ and His work. Paul asks us to notice how the stars differ in glory, some shining with a greater brilliance than others. “Every Christian will be given a celestial body in the Resurrection, but these bodies will differ in the glory that each shall possess and enjoy in Heaven. 42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. Rewards and crowns – Saints Will Differ in HeavenĤ1 The sun has one kind of splendour, the moon another and the stars another and star differs from star in splendour.

Some will arrive in heaven “as though through fire”.

It is not possible to lose your salvation but it is possible to lose your rewards.

Sanctification– after we have come to Jesus.

We are called to live by faith and to do good works IN Christ.

When we accept Jesus we no longer need to appear before the Great White Throne to have our sin judged.

The bema judgment seat of christ free#

we can do nothing except to accept this free gift from God.The Cross Life in Christ Death/ Second coming Bema Unsaved Justification Sanctification Glorification We are saved by grace – This is Justification 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved-even though only as one escaping through the flames. 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. It is very important that believers understand how rewards will be won and lost:ĩ For we are co-workers in God’s service you are God’s field, God’s building. But the subjects to whom the Apostle Paul addressed his messages when he said, “We must all appear,” were exclusively the saints of whom Paul considered himself one. “All the wicked dead (unbelievers) will be judged at the Great White Throne after the one thousand year reign of Christ on earth. Only truly born-again children of God will appear before the bema. “He knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man: for He knew what was in man” (John 2: 24 – 25).” The Holy Judge will not need anyone to witness. We will be there, not merely as spectators or witnesses. “ When Jesus comes, every Christian dead or alive, will be included in the great throng that will stand before the bema of Christ. John 5: 22 tells us that Jesus is the judge on the bema. When we stand before the “bema” of Christ we will joyfully receive the rewards that he has promised us for works of faith. The judge was not there to judge sin but to present awards. The word in the Greek for the judgement seat is “Bema” which refers to the judge’s seat at the Olympic games. Romans 14:10 – 12.ġ0 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

11 It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me every tongue will acknowledge God.’” 12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God. Many are embarrassed by this as if God were making a mistake.ġ0 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.Different for believers and unbelievers,.