![]() God demands that we live Holy lives and while it is true that our sins are completely washed away it is important for believers to know that we will still be judged for how we lived under the grace that God has extended to us. Too many Christians have been stunted in their growth as a result of a lackadaisical approach to Christian living. In other words, many have inappropriately made it seem as if our responsibility to obey Christ is not nearly as important as our ability to rest in the fact that God has done all the work of regenerating and justifying us. In its passive form it means “to experience forfeiture” or “to suffer loss.” This word is derived from ζημία which appears with its an.Biblical truths that seem to rally Christians together are ones like: “I am saved by grace through faith” and “I am eternally secure in Christ.” While these are both accurate and wonderful realities for the genuine Christ-follower, these same biblically derived statements also have been misused in a way that seems to justify one’s lack of spiritual growth. A common misconception arises from this English translation which suggests to some interpreters that there will be physical suffering. The term ζημιόω is translated “suffer loss” in 1 Corinthians 3:15. The loss of rewards which could have been received at the judgment seat of Christ will be a real and noticeable loss. It has a serious effect on his earthly life in loss of power, joy and communion with God but the loss revealed at the Judgment Seat of Christ is even more tragic. The seriousness of a Christian’s life of failure is clearly outlined in many portions of God’s Word, for the life lived outside God’s will Sin in the believer’s life brings both a temporal and an eternal loss. Unfaithfulness is an issue not treated lightly in the Word of God. In 1 Corinthians 3:15 Paul wrote, “if any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss : but he himself shall be saved yet so as by fire.” This passage does not teach the fallacious notion of loss of salvation, but rather it teaches the possibility of loss of rewards. Scripture clearly indicates that rewards can be received or lost. In light of this great truth these questions remain: Will a Christian who has been unfaithful and has lived carnally experience any loss, grief, or shame at the judgment seat of Christ? Will heaven be a joyous place for the unfaithful? Will the unfaithful believer be ashamed when he meets the Lord at the judgment seat? These questions need to be considered within the prescribed limits of biblical revelation. 1 Any negative aspects of the evaluation, therefore, are not judicially punitive in nature. Previously it was shown that full atonement has been made for the believer’s sins and that the judicial penalty for sin has been removed through the all-sufficient, substitutionary death of Jesus Christ. The Judgment Seat of Christ in Theological Perspective Part 2: The Negative Aspects of the Christian’s Judgmentīible teachers disagree about the nature of the negative aspects of the judgment seat of Christ. Volume: BSAC 137:546 (Apr 1980) Article: The Judgment Seat of Christ in Theological Perspective Part 2: The Negative Aspects of the Christian’s Judgment Author: Samuel L.
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