RESPONSIBILITY (SINS AND REWARDS) IN CHRISTIANISM

According to Christians belief, immediately after death, a person undergoes judgment (Bema Seat Judgement) in which the soul's eternal destiny is specified. Some are eternally united with God in Heaven. Conversely, others reach a state called Hell. Some souls before reach heaven, must first endure purgatory a level of purification. There are seven deadly sins listed in Christians ethics that human commit in life at earth. 1. BEMA SEAT JUDGEMENT Christians who, after their life at earth, will stand before the Judgment (Bema) Seat to have their lives as Christians reviewed and adjudicated. This judgement takes place in the heaven. The Christians will stand before Jesus Christ and will give and account of lives to Him. 2. THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS

LUST Is an instant desire. It is usually thought of as excessive sexual wants, but it also could involve the intense desire of money, fame, or power as well.

GLUTTONY Is meaning to gulp down or swallow. It is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste.

GREED Is an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs, especially with respect to material wealth, ignoring the realm of the spiritual

SLOTH Is defined as physical laziness and spiritual laziness. It is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.

WRATH Known as "rage", may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger. It presents with self-destructiveness, violence, and hate

ENVY Is jealousy in that a person feel discontent towards someones traits, status, abilities, or rewards

PRIDE Is identified as a desire to be more important or attractive than others. Pride is the excessive belief in one's own abilities that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God.

It has been called the sin from which all others arise 3. REWARDS IN CHRISTIAN LIFE There are several aspects of the rewards such as the prize for the overcomers, treasures in heaven, praise and honour from Jesus Christ, co-reigning with Jesus Christ, resurrection. There are also five crowns of rewards that will be gifted for Christians for their faithfulness and good works in this world. There are: The crown of life Will be awarded at the Judgment Seat of Christ to those Christians who are faithful, love him, and hold fast. For patiently enduring trials and/or death The incorruptible crown Will be awarded for spiritual discipline and self-control Crown of righteous For loving (longing for) the Lords appearing Crown of rejoicing For leading others to accept Christ by sharing the Gospel of repentance and salvation Crown of glory For Godly leaders who were good examples to their flock

4. PURGATORY Purgatory is a condition of purification or temporary punishment by which those who die in a state of grace are believed to be made ready for Heaven. According to Christians, some souls are not sufficiently free from the temporal effects of sin and its consequences to enter the state of heaven immediately, nor are they so sinful as to be destined for hell either. These souls must first endure purgatory- purification, before go to Heaven and united with God. In purgatory, souls must endure painful temporal punishment. It is described that the punishment would be fire of cleansing which is painful than anything man could suffer in life and the cold is infinitely fiercer than any blizzard in the history of the world. This punishment which cleanses a soul of their sins continues until the souls become fully purified and reach heaven.

An image of purgatory. Source : theworkofgod.org

5. HELL Hell is an eternal separation from God, often envisioned as a fiery place of punishment. Hell is taught as the final destiny of those who have not been found worthy after they have passed through the judgment, where they will be punished for

sin and permanently separated from God after the general resurrection and last judgment. Souls are said to pass into hell by Gods irrevocable judgment. Some theology also explains that hell as the logical consequence of the soul using its free will to reject union with God. It is a place for unrepentant sinners. In the New Testament, hell is described as Hades : a Greek word, describes it has a place of torment and dead. Gehenna : referred as Valley of Hinnon, which was a garbage dump outside of Jerusalem. It was a place where people burned their garbage and thus there was always a fire burning there. Bodies of those deemed to have died in sin without hope of salvation (such as people who committed suicide) were thrown there to be destroyed. It is the final place of punishment for the wicked after the resurrection. Tartaro : it is the place of incarceration of 200 fallen angels. It mentions nothing about human souls being sent there in the afterlife. 6. HEAVEN Christians has taught Heaven as a place of eternal life and the dwelling place of Angels and the Throne of God. Catholic, teaches that "heaven is the ultimate end and fulfillment of the deepest human longings, the state of supreme, definitive happiness." In Biblical forms of Christianity, concepts about the future "Kingdom of Heaven" are also stated. The resurrected Jesus is said to have ascended to heaven where he now sits at the Right Hand of God. Mary, his mother, is also said to have been assumed into heaven and is titled the Queen of Heaven. It is also stated that there will no longer be any separation between God and man. The believers themselves will exist in

incorruptible, resurrected and new bodies; there will be no sickness, no death and no tears in heaven. The believers will spend eternity with God. Heaven is described as place where life will be lived to the full, in the way that the designer planned, each believer "loving the Lord their God with all their heart and with all their soul and with their entire mind" and "loving their neighbour as themselves". It is described as a place of great joy, without the negative aspects of present earthly life.

An image of heaven according to Christianity Source : zazzle.com

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