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As Christians we fail to realize that one day, we will not be judged with regard to our sins, but we will be judged with regard to our works.
Judgement, not for salvation, but judgement for reward, or judgement for loss. Now there can be confusion about this in our minds, between grace and works. We have it that, By grace are ye saved through faith, and not of yourselves, it's a gift, you can't work for it, you can't buy it.That's true, but James says that, "Faith without works is dead."
You see, you can't work for your salvation, but you work from salvation, you work out your salvation and because you have the life of God in you, and you live the life of God through your daily works.
Sometimes we think that we can do nothing in our lives to please God, that we can do nothing in our lives that will reward us, that God will look upon, and smile.
We're not talking about salvation. You can't work for it! And the life that you have in you, that will make you do good works for the Lord Jesus, it hasn't been put there by you, it's been but there by God, therefore salvation is of the Lord. But if you do good works, you will be rewarded for it. Make no mistake about it.
Christian! just take a moment and think of this for just for a moment.
That our life, your seven day week, Sunday to Saturday, every hour, every minute, of every day of our life is putting [together], word by word, the sentence that Christ will speak about ourselves on that day of judgement. Think about that!
Every single day of our lives we are manufacturing, as servants, our own adjudication at the judgement seat of Christ. I would say, that should make us live carefully, that should make us redeem the time , but does it? Have we lost sight of the judgement seat of Christ?
Thats what Christ will declare about us on that day, we are determining by the way that we live here and now!
Judgement, not for salvation, but judgement for reward, or judgement for loss. Now there can be confusion about this in our minds, between grace and works. We have it that, By grace are ye saved through faith, and not of yourselves, it's a gift, you can't work for it, you can't buy it.That's true, but James says that, "Faith without works is dead."
You see, you can't work for your salvation, but you work from salvation, you work out your salvation and because you have the life of God in you, and you live the life of God through your daily works.
Sometimes we think that we can do nothing in our lives to please God, that we can do nothing in our lives that will reward us, that God will look upon, and smile.
We're not talking about salvation. You can't work for it! And the life that you have in you, that will make you do good works for the Lord Jesus, it hasn't been put there by you, it's been but there by God, therefore salvation is of the Lord. But if you do good works, you will be rewarded for it. Make no mistake about it.
Christian! just take a moment and think of this for just for a moment.
That our life, your seven day week, Sunday to Saturday, every hour, every minute, of every day of our life is putting [together], word by word, the sentence that Christ will speak about ourselves on that day of judgement. Think about that!
Every single day of our lives we are manufacturing, as servants, our own adjudication at the judgement seat of Christ. I would say, that should make us live carefully, that should make us redeem the time , but does it? Have we lost sight of the judgement seat of Christ?
Thats what Christ will declare about us on that day, we are determining by the way that we live here and now!
