![]() ![]() This fact is well expressed in the Westminster Confession of Faith (11:5), We have been declared righteous and shall never lose this state of justification. We are justified by faith through our Lord Jesus Christ, who has paid the penalty of our sins. There is no penal condemnation at the Judgement Seat of Christ. The privilege of standing before the Judgement Seat of Christ comes from being born again. Believers, on the other hand, will appear before the Judgement Seat of Christ. That is the final judgement which will take place after the millennium (Rev 20:6). The latter is meant only for the unregenerate who “are condemned already because they have not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18). The Judgement Seat of Christ is not the Judgement of the Great White Throne (Rev 20:1-15). Then we will look at the purpose of the Judgement Seat, and when it will take place. So, what is the Judgement Seat of Christ? Before we talk about what the Judgement Seat of Christ is, we will deal with what it is not. For example, Pilate sat on his judgement seat when he tried Jesus (Matt 27:19: John 19:13). The judgement seat was a platform from which orations were made (Acts 12:21), or a tribunal where judges heard their cases (Acts 18:12,16, 26:6,10,17). What is a bema, or “judgement seat?” The term refers to a platform on which was placed a seat for an official. We will study what the Bible has to say about this. Christians cannot afford to be ignorant of their judgement to come. ![]() The doctrine of the Judgement Seat of Christ is a much neglected doctrine today. The term “Judgement Seat of Christ” occurs only twice (2 Cor 5:10, Rom 14:10 ), but is alluded to many times in the Scriptures (eg, Col 2:18, Gal 6:7-10, 1 Cor 3:13-18, Rev 22:12, 2 John 8). THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST & THE DIVINE ASSESSMENT OF BELIEVERS ![]()
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