Volume 1, Issue 1

November 2014

The Bible and our Faith

Believe!
Jesus as the Judge
8 For if we
live, we live
to the Lord;
and if we die,
we die to the
Lord. Therefore, whether
we live or
die, we are
the Lords
Romans 14

Jesus not only died for us but

lived for us; a life of perfect example to follow. This leave us
without excuse if we do not
Acts 10 v 42 43 declare that
He was appointed (ordained) to strive to emulate Him
the task. All (the living and the There is a Judgement for the
faithful, but it is a Judgement to
dead) have sinned and come
evaluate service. A Judgement to
short, no one can escape it.
(Romans 6 v 23). Jesus died for issue rewards (The Bema Seat).
all and His judgement will bring In this regard our salvation is not
to expression, who believed and affected, but rather what value
who did not believe the Gospel was added by us in deeds.
(2 Corinthians 5 v 10 and
(Revelations 20 v 11 15)
Through His sacrifice, He paid Romans 14 v 10 13)
He is judge because He is God
for us in death. We are in fact
(2 Peter 1 v 1 and Titus 2 v 13)
bought, we do not belong to
and He knows all things
ourselves or anyone else. We
(Omniscient)
are purchased possessions that
must experience a final redemp- (John 2 v 24 25 and 16 v 29
31 and Luke 16 v 5)
tion. We are slaves of Christ.
(1 Corinthians 6 v 19 - 20 and 7
v 23, Romans 6 v 16 18 and
Ephesians 1 v 14)

Why does Jesus qualify as

judge over the living and
the dead?

Inside this issue:

Jesus Qualification...

The Bema Seat...

Jesus the Savior

The Negatives...

Negatives Conclusion...

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Food for thought

THERE ARE SOME JUDGEMENTS JESUS PRONOUNCES, AND ASKS US TO WALK ACCORDING
TO THE GOSPEL IN ORDER TO AVOID SUCH
JUDGEMENTS. WE THEREFORE BECOME CLEAR
ON WHAT DISPLEASES GOD, AND CAN ADJUST
AND ALIGN OUR LIVES ACORDINGLY

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THE JUDGEMENT SEAT (BEMA) OF CHRIST

One of the Doctrines of the
Church and the New Testament is the Doctrine of Rewards at a Judgment Seat.
This seat is called The Bema (original Greek word) in
the Bible and translated as
the Judgment seat.
This Bema was a platform
on which a judge sat, and
judged the participants in
the Greek athletics

2 Corinthians 5 v 10:
For all of us must appear
before the judgment seat
of Christ, so that each
may receive recompense
(reward) for what has
been done in the body,
whether good or evil.

This judging was specifically to judge the athletes in

their performances as to
reward them according how
they fared in the events.
Some did GOOD and some
did BADLY.

This is referred to by Jesus

and His Apostles on numerous occasions in Matthew 5
v 11 & 6 v 1 4, 1 Corinthians 3 v 14, Hebrews 11 v 6
and Revelations 3 v 11 and
22 v 7
The rewarding is also spoken of in the Old Testament
in Proverbs 25 v 22

JESUS IS THE SAVIOUR BUT JUDGEMENT IS

FINALLY GIVEN TO HIM
Believers will also share,
rule and reign with Him.
They will sit on the Throne
with Him, but will not
share parity or equality of
status with the Father and
the Son
(Revelations 3 v 21)

The Son alone sits on the

Fathers Throne (Gods

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This is also the purpose of

Christs Judgment, to give
rewards to all Gods children who will partake on the
day when Jesus comes.

shows that Christ is

presently sitting on
Jesus will come down to His Fathers Throne
earth as King of kings in Heaven. We will
and Lord of lords
be siting with Him
on His Throne
(Revelations 19 v 11
which will be set up
16)
on Earth (Luke 1 v
2 Timothy 2 v 12 and
33)
Revelations 3 v 21
Throne in Heaven)

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Jesus as Judgealso sees the negatives

He reveals His attitude toward such negative behavior in various parables and on
various occasions and
gives His judgment
on:
1.Uselessness
Invites disaster to those
who hide Their

4. Profession without
Practice
The Do as I say, but
dont do as I do syndrome
(Matthew 7 v 21 -27 )
5. According to the
quality of our daily
8. The Trap of Materialism
The Rich Fool as referred to in Luke 12 v
16 21 is a great example
Accumulated wealth in
dreams of future ease
and luxury , but ne-

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TALENTS and are like

the FIG TREE with NO
FRUIT
(Matthew 25 v 24 30
& Luke 13 v 6 -9)
2. Our Reaction to human need

(Matthew 25 v 31 46
&Luke 10 v 30 -37)
3. Misleading others
to sin

This leads to great condemnation

(Matthew 18 v 3 -7)

We serve God by serving others especially

those in NEED

lives
In Mathew 12 v 36 Jesus Indicates the valueless-ness of FUTILE
and CASUAL CONVERSATION as an
example
6. Our willingness or
glected o prepare sufficiently for the World
to come

unwillingness to accept His

offer to the invite to the
wedding feast which He
has prepared for us
(Matt 22 v 1 22 & Luke
14 v 15 -24)
7. By our Loyalty or Disloyalty to Jesus

ACTS 10 v 42 -43 4
2 And He ) commanded us to
preach unto the people, and
to testify that it is He which
was ordained of God to be
the Judge of living and dead.
43 To Him give all the
prophets witness, that
through His name whosoever
believeth in him shall receive
remission of sins.

He will ACKNOWLEDGE
those who
ACKNOWLEDGE Him
(Luke 12 v 8 -9)

THE LORD CALLS

HIM A FOOL
13 v 1 5, Psalm32 v 5
7 51 v 17)

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negatives conclusion
9. Refusal to repent makes one
liable
9.1.Repentance not just expressing sorrow over wrong-doing but
actual turning away from such
behavior consciously, results in
forgiveness (Luke 1.13 v 1 5,
Psalm 32 v 5 7 51 v 17)
9.2 HABITUAL REFUSAL TO
REPENT can lead one to eventu-

ally LOSE THE ABILITY to distinguish between GOOD and

EVIL and therefore the CAPACITY TO REPENT AND SEEK
FORGIVENESS (Hebrews 10 v
26 31)

for the word WOE to you" has

the sense rather than ALAS i.e.
I feel so sorry for you for giving a Religious system priority
above Gods Word

10.Setting man-made rules above

Gods commandments
Jesus gives this Judgment in
SADNESS rather than ANGER,

The harvest truly is plentiful, but

the laborers are few