How will believers be judged?
Verse of the day: I also saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne; then the books opened. Another book, the Book of Life, was opened, and the dead were judged according to their works, according to what was written in the books (Revelation 20. 12).
- Is this the end of the world?Anthony Hoekema responds wisely to something like this:? The failures and weaknesses of believers will be on stage on the day of judgment.
- But?And is that the important point?.
Imagine it this way: God has a record of each person (the “books” of Revelation 20. 12). Everything you’ve ever done or said (Matthew 12:36) is recorded there with a score (0-10?). When you stand in front of the Court of Christ? (2 Corinthians 5:10) to be judged?According to the good or evil He has done through the body, Will God open the records and organize the trials with his notes. Will you separate everything?0? and stack them. So, you’re going to pick up everything?4?6?and take out the good parts of the test and put them with the “10”, then put the bad parts with the “0”. So you’re going to pick up everything?7?9?and separate the bad coins and place them in the “0” stack, and put all the good coins in the “10” stack.
Then you will open another disc (“the book of life”) and find its name. Behind his name, there will be a wooden match of Jesus’ cross. He will take the match, light it and throw the “0” battery, with all its flaws and deficiencies, into the fire and burn it. They won’t convict you or reward you.
So, will you take it out of your life book?And you’re going to put it in the pile? (see Mark 4. 24 and Luke 6. 38). Then he will lift up the whole pile and declare, “With this, your life testifies of my Father’s grace, the value of my blood, and the fruit of my Spirit. Enter the enjoyment of your Master?.