There are 3 kinds of Judgment the bible talks about.
1 Corinthians 6:1 says: Dare any of
you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not
before the saints?(KJV).
If you have a
problem with another believer, there is a process of conflict resolution, if
you exhausted that process, you can then take the person to the law court. 1
Corinthians 6:2 says: Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and
if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest
matters?(KJV)
Ephesians
4:10-12 says: He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all
heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the
perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the
body of Christ:(KJV). You don’t perfect
someone who is already been made a saint. A believer is already crowned a
saint, so you don’t judge him/her.
1st Kind of judgment is The
Judgment of The Angels.
They are going to be rewarded according to
their works. Angels are given as servants to minister to those who are heirs of
salvation. 1 Corinthians 6:3 says:
Know ye not
that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this
life?(KJV)
2nd Kind of Judgment is The
Judgment Seat of Christ:
Jesus is the
judge here. He judges believers according to their works.
Rom14:10 Romans
14:10 says: But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought
thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.(KJV),
the bible is taking about the believer here. 2 Corinthians 5:6-10
Therefore,
though we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body
we are away from the Lord-- for we walk by faith, not by sight -- yet we are
confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.
Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to
Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each
may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or bad.(HCSB).
We will all
appear before the judgment seat of Christ and give account of what we’ve done
3rd Kind of Judgment: The
great white throne Judgment
Revelation
20:11-15
And I saw a
great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the
heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead,
small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book
was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those
things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea
gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead
which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And
whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of
fire.(KJV). God is going to judge believers according to our works. Giving your
life to Christ is not a certificate for heaven. What will make you receive
reward is what you have done for others.
Romans 2:1-15
says: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest:
for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that
judgest doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is
according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou
this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that
thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Or despisest thou the riches of his
goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of
God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart
treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the
righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and
immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey
the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and
anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of
the Gentile; But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to
the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: For there is no respect of persons with
God. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and
as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (For not the
hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be
justified. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the
things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto
themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their
conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing
or else excusing one another;)(KJV).
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