The Master Will Judge

THE MASTER WILL JUDGE

"We must ALL appear before the judgment seat of Christ ..." 2 Corinthians 5:10

We don't hear messages on this topic anymore. But it is something that should be burned of the hard drive of our minds. I believe it is a truth that will help us to think about the way we live our lives, how we walk, and the decisions we make. One day we will ALL appear before the judgment seat of Christ. Listen to what Oswald Chambers writes in MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST:

Paul says that we must all, preachers and other people alike, "appear before the judgment seat of Christ." But if you will learn here and now to live under the scrutiny of Christ’s pure light, your final judgment will bring you only delight in seeing the work God has done in you. Live constantly reminding yourself of the judgment seat of Christ, and walk in the knowledge of the holiness He has given you.

Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are. One carnal judgment of another person only serves the purposes of hell in you. Bring it immediately into the light and confess, "Oh, Lord, I have been guilty there." If you don’t, your heart will become hardened through and through. One of the penalties of sin is our acceptance of it.

It is not only God who punishes for sin, but sin establishes itself in the sinner and takes its toll. No struggling or praying will enable you to stop doing certain things, and the penalty of sin is that you gradually get used to it, until you finally come to the place where you no longer even realize that it is sin. No power, except the power that comes from being filled with the Holy Spirit, can change or prevent the inherent consequences of sin. -"If we walk in the light as He is in the light. . ." ( 1 John 1:7 ). For many of us, walking in the light means walking according to the standard we have set up for another person.

The deadliest attitude of the Pharisees that we exhibit today is not hypocrisy but that which comes from unconsciously living a lie.

Very powerful reminder today, my brothers. Allow this truth to burn into your heart and mind. -- Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK

Digging Deeper: Proverbs 22; Joshua 10-12; Luke 1:39-56

Dig This Quote: “The Lord does whatever pleases Him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths” (Psalm 135:6). Such is the imperial Monarch revealed in Holy Scripture – unrivaled in majesty, unlimited in power, undirected by anything outside Himself.” – Arthur W. Pink

Determined Digging -- Level 1 --Psalm 73:28; Level 2 -- Psalm 46:8-11