Judgement Seat of Christ (The Book of Signs, Ch. 15)

by Dr. David Jeremiah

There is a lot of pretending going on. Many people love to pretend they are Christians when deep down in their hearts they know better. They have never truly had a life-changing experience of salvation. But one day, all this make-believe will be unmasked.

It is appointed for men to die once, but after this is the judgement.

Hebrews 9:27

The judgment seat of Christ occurs immediately after the Rapture of the church to heaven. The purpose of this judgment is for Christ to assess every believer’s earthly works to determine what rewards are to be received.

We must all appear 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.

2 Corinthians 5:10

But who is the Judge, who is the judged and what is the judgment?

The Judge

The God of the Bible is a God who makes judgements, but God has “committed all judgment to the Son and has given Him authority to execute judgment” (John 5:22 & 27). God gives Jesus Christ the right to judge all men because of who He is. Jesus is uniquely qualified to judge because He is God and has existed from eternity.

The Judged

The judgment seat of Christ is for believers only. Every believer from the time of Pentecost until the Rapture will make an appearance. For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. (Romans 14:10 & 12)

The Judgment

Hear are additional truths Christians should know and remember about the judgment seat of Christ:

• The confusion about this judgment
• The chronology of this judgment
• The criteria for this judgment
• The conclusion of this judgment

The judgment seat of Christ is a sobering reminder to every Christian that a day of testing is coming and the day of pretending will be over. But this will also be a time of rewards. The New Testament labeled them as crowns.

1. The Victor’s Crown
2. The Crown of Rejoicing
3. The Crown of Righteousness
4. The Crown of Life
5. The Crown of Glory

Right now, God is giving us opportunities, and He is saying to us that at the coming of His Son we will be both glad and sorry – glad we used the opportunities that we did and sorry we did not use more.

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