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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word
Before we begin, only if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life) John 3:16, John 6:47 as a few examples; it is very important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so the Holy Spirit can teach you as to what your reading or hearing is true or false. To be taught by the Holy Spirit you must be filled with the Holy Spirit which means abiding in Christ. To place yourself in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit [also called abiding in the Christ], take a moment to simply name, cite or acknowledge [confess] your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father). Why? Because you cannot grow spiritually if you’re not abiding in Christ [in fellowship with Him] when you take in bible truth.
1 John 1:9, says: “If we confess [meaning to simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] your sins [known unconfessed sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV [New King James Version]; we call this REBOUND; read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. Left click the following link to learn more and fully understand the doctrine of Rebound; which answers the question, why do I need to keep confessing my sins all the time? REBOUND
If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God, the promised Messiah, as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is to simply exercise faith alone in Jesus Christ alone eternal life; when you do, you will instantly receive Eternal Life: John 3:16, 5:24, 6:47, 20:30, 31.
John 6:47 says: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life." NKJV
Notice again what Jesus said in John 6:47: "…he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life." It doesn't say, "will have"; it says, "has." Therefore, the very moment you believe in Jesus Christ for His promise of everlasting life, you have it (it's really just that simple; nothing more and nothing less), and it can never be taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift (Ephesians 2:8c) of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.
John 3:14-15, 16, 17, 18, says: "14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." NKJV
Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for worship and learning God's Word. If there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:
Study to show yourself approved to God!
Grace Bible Church
Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries
The Tree of Life is a weekly teaching summary:
God’s Word is taught Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
STUDY TITLE:
Weekly Bible Study, November 13, 2023; The Doctrine of The Judgement Seat of Christ.
The Doctrine of The Judgement Seat of Christ.
There are seven major judgments from the time of the cross until the end of human history.
1) The judgment of Jesus Christ on the cross for all the
personal sins of the world, this is the first of the seven major
judgments in history.
2) Rebound (1Jo 1:9; 1Co 11:31) which is the royal family's
self-judgment to recover from involvement in sin and in the
cosmic system.
3) The Judgment Seat of Christ which entails the evaluation of
all church age believers, 1Co 3:11-15; 2Co 5:10; Rom 14:10.
4) The judgment of the living Tribulational unbelieving
Gentiles at the second advent. These ones are thereafter cast
into the eternal lake of fire, Mat 25:31-46.
5) The judgment of the living Tribulational unbelieving Jews
at the second advent, Eze 20:32-38.
6) The judgment of all fallen angels at the end of the
Millennial reign of Christ, Mat 25:40 cf Rev 20:10.
7) The Second Resurrection also known as the Great White
Throne Judgment (GWTJ) which includes all unbelievers
from the beginning of time. These are thereafter cast into the
eternal lake of fire, Rev 20:7-15.
Now, the word judgment can mean either condemnation or
evaluation. The Judgment Seat of Christ is a technical,
theological term used to designate the evaluation of the royal
family of God at the end of the church age after the Rapture
and the Big Genuflex. The judgment seat of Christ is the
evaluation of what use we made of the logistical grace
provisions, predestination, the ten problem solving devices,
and the divine power which God made available to every
church age believer. Rom 14:10 tells us that everyone will give
an account for themselves. The purpose of the evaluation is to
determine gain or loss of escrow blessings and rewards for our
eternal state. Note that whatever takes you away from
executing your personal relationship with God robs you of
eternal rewards, (1Corinthians 3:15).
Gain comes from the exploitation of positive volition toward
doctrine hence advancing in predestination. Loss comes from
cosmic living hence failure to execute the spiritual life. At the
judgment seat of Christ it is performance not salvation which
is the issue, 1John 2:28.
At this point there is a temporary shame which will be
experienced by loser believers who did not take advantage of
all that God had provided for them. Therefore because of the
judgment seat of Christ there is no equality in heaven. The
exercise of our free will in time leads to varying decisions on
the part of all hence some will use their freedom to chose for
God's plan and others will use their freedom to ignore God's
plan.
Freedom never leaves us the same as it found us. If you place
Bible doctrine first in your scale of values the Lord will
promote you. So, at the judgment seat of Christ the first issue
you will face is how you used your freedom. Freedom refers to
each individual's response and motivation. The believer must
have his own scale of values and priorities and execute his
values with discipline and an organized mind. Believers who
fail to execute God's plan for their lives have no true
standards, no effectiveness, no coordination meaning no
orientation to God's plan, Isaiah 43:21; Revelation 4:11. They
have no performance nor momentum leading to no execution
of predestination, no utilization of the ten problem solving
devices, no production of divine good, hence no glorification of
God. This all adds up to a life without purpose! John 5:22 tells
us that the evaluation of each believer is performed by the
Lord Jesus Christ and what is it He uses to evaluate us? The
word of God, John 12:48.
The purpose of the judgment seat of Christ is to evaluate the
decisions the believer made in time for the distribution of
eternal rewards. The believer must have acted in a greater
power than human power while on earth. There are two types
of power offered to the believer in life,
(1) Satan's cosmic system which promotes human power.
(2) God's pre-designed plan which offers divine power to the
believer.
So, at the judgment seat of Christ both the invisible and the
visible part of the Christian life is evaluated for the
production, motivation, and functional virtues. The subject of
virtue entails making right decisions and having right
thoughts. Spiritual independence requires personal love for
God and taking responsibility for one's own decisions.
Personal love for God eventuates in impersonal love for
mankind. But if you regard others with contempt this clearly
indicates a lack of virtue-love and a lack of spiritual growth.
The believer must learn to tolerate others and not become
distracted by people.
The Christian life is a life of power and reward. At the
judgment seat of Christ all good decisions made in the filling
of the Spirit and deeds accomplished in the filling of the Spirit
will be rewarded. All bad decisions and deeds made in the
power if the flesh will be burned up as worthless,
1Corinthians 3:11-15.
The loser believer who went through
life via human power will be embarrassed at the judgment
seat of Christ since he receives no rewards for his futile
accomplishments. But the loss of rewards does not indicate a
loss of salvation! Once saved always saved. The judgment seat
of Christ deals with evaluating deeds, not sin. All sin has been
dealt with and paid for on the cross! Shall payment be
demanded twice?
The rewards which the winner believer receives at the
judgment seat of Christ for executing God's plan in time and
advancing to spiritual maturity consists of five crowns:
1) The crown of righteousness (2Timothy 4:8) distributed to
church age believers who fulfill the plan of God and advance
to SM thereby reaching occupation with Christ and producing
divine good. This crown emphasizes functional virtue directed
toward man and circumstances, hence the fulfillment of the
royal family honor code (RFHC).
2) The crown of life (James 1:12; Revelation 2:10) given to the
spiritually mature believer who passes evidence testing and
glorifies God in the angelic conflict. This crown is given for
enduring trials and still glorifying God.
3) The incorruptible crown (1Corinthians 9) issued for
mastering your old sin nature through dedication to
predestination. This requires discipline, faithfulness, and self
motivation.
4) The crown of rejoicing (1Th 2:19) distributed for being a
soul winner in time. This does not point to the amount of souls
won but the accuracy in which you presented the gospel.
Proverbs 11:30 tells us that he who is wise wins souls.
5) The crown of glory (1Pe 5:4) this crown is awarded to
winner pastors only for their dedication and willingness to
feeding the flock of God.
Revelation 3:11 warns us to hang on to what we have that no
one rob us of our crowns. This is simply a warning not to be
distracted from the plan of God and eternal rewards. Aside
from these five crowns there are other rewards distributed to
the mature/winner believer at the judgment seat if Christ, the
ultimate decoration is the order of the morning star named
after our Lord's third royal title, Revelation 22:16; 2Peter
1:19.
This award is given for the maintenance of spiritual
maturity in an ultra super-grace status. Such a believer did
not quit in the face of trouble and remained with the plan of
God. There are seven privileges which accompany the order of
the morning star:
1) The uniform of honor which is worn invisibly in time and is
traded in at the judgment seat of Christ for the uniform of
glory which is worn over the resurrection body and is quite
visible and quite vibrant, Revelation 3:4-5. This uniform
distinguishes winner believers for all eternity!
2) The winner's name appears on the honor's list in heaven.
This list is presented in court before God and the angels while
the Tribulation is taking place on earth, Rev 3:5.
3) A new order of knighthood and eternal order of chivalry is awarded the winner believer, Revlation 2:17; Colossians 3:4-6. This new order is recorded in the Lamb's book of life forever.
4) Winners rules with Christ during the Millennial reign and
forever in the eternal state.
5) The winner's name is recorded in the permanent historical
section of heaven for all eternity, Revelation 3:12a.
6) The winner receives his own coat of arms of glory, Revelation 3:12.
7) The winner has specific privileges related to the Tree of
Life in the Paradise of God, the gazebo in the garden,
Revelation 2:7,14.
Let's go through the chronological order of events once again.
First, we have the Rapture of the Church, followed by the Big
Genuflex which is a time of worship proceeding the judgment
seat of Christ. Then after the judgment seat of Christ, at
which all church age believer's deeds are evaluated, we have
the second advent. The second advent of Christ is also known
as the second coming of Christ and occurs after the great
tribulation. While the seven year Tribulational period is
taking place on earth the judgment seat of Christ is going on
in heaven. After this seven year period is complete and the
Jews time table is fulfilled, the second advent of Christ takes
place. It is at this time Christ returns to the earth with His
bride for the last campaign of world war in which Jesus
Christ slaughters the anti-Semitic armies, Exo 14:14; Josh
5:13-6:2; Isa 37:36; Eze 38:16. This is known as Armageddon
or the Gog/Magog war [Gog=Satan and Magog = Satan’s followers].
The word advent simply means the coming or arrival of
something extremely important. And, the second advent needs
to be distinguished from the first advent. The first advent
began with the virgin birth of Jesus Christ and concludes with
the resurrection, ascension, and session of Jesus Christ. The
second advent is designed to reveal Jesus Christ as both
battlefield royalty and Jewish royalty. The second advent of
Jesus Christ ends the Jewish age. This is the time when Christ
returns to the earth with His bride (the church) adorned in
their resurrected bodies to claim His victory. This return is
for the purpose of setting up the earthly kingdom of Christ. At
this time all unbelievers are removed from the earth (baptism
of fire), Mat 24:40-41. Satan and his cronies are bound for
1,000 years and perfect environment is instituted. The
Millennial reign of Christ starts off with all believers and
Jesus Christ Himself ruling the earth along with those winner
believers from the church age. The Millennium introduces
perfect environment on earth and:
1) Satan and his angels are removed, Rev 20:1-3. >
2) There
is maximum spirituality on earth, Isa 65:24.
3) Israel is restored as a client nation to God, Isa 5:26-30; Zec 2:28-29.
4) All unconditional covenants to Israel are fulfilled, Dan 9:24.
5) There is universal peace, Psa 46:9; Isa 2:4; Hos 2:18; Micah 4:3.
6) There exists universal prosperity, Psa 72:7,16.
7) There is perfect world government under Jesus Christ and the royal family winners, Isa 11:1-2; Zec 14:9.
8) There is perfect objectivity in the administration of justice, Isa 11:3-5.
9) Nature changes radically and is released from the bondage which is presently shares due to man's original sin, Rom 8:19-22.
10) Flowers will abound, Isa 35; 11:6-9; 65:25.
11) There will be a population explosion and there will be nodeath except for capital punishment.
Then at the end of the Millennial reign of Christ, after 1,000
years of perfect environment, Satan is let loose from prison
for the last time. He instigates discontentment toward Jesus
Christ but to no avail since at this time his sentence of Mat
25:40 is carried out and he and his fallen angels are cast into
the eternal lake of fire forever, Rev 20:10. The GWTJ also
takes place at the end of the Millennial reign, in which
unbelievers are cast into the eternal lake of fire. Then the new
world order is established and eternity commences in its full
glory!
The following link is to a good news message describing how one can receive eternal life: Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.
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