and appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ!!
AH! All we will "worry" about then is of what Crown will we be worthy?
For then, and only then will we be judged for our "works" and not our sin!!
Please, especially if you are a Roman Catholic, do listen to the sermon link
| Prophecy In End Times- The Judgment Seat Of Christ |
If you are saved, you need not do any works, and are still saved! You will sin,... and are still saved! Salvation is yours through Eternity!!
But, as stewards of the word of God, will should WANT to diligently do works that will help bring more souls to Christ!
1 Corinthians 3 (King James Bible)
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;
23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
| Prophecy In End Times- The Judgment Seat Of Christ |
This is when we shall get our CROWN!
Can anyone imagine, getting a Reward in Heaven?!!
AWESOME!! AWESOME, INDEED!!
The following taken from http://www.ffruits.org/firstfruits02/fivecrowns.htmlThe five crowns are described:
| Crown | Scope of Authority | Kind of Servant | Description |
| Crown of Life | "Ruler over cities" Luke 19:17 | "Good" Luke 19:17 | "The Chosen" |
| Incorruptible Crown & Crown of Righteousness | "Ruler over many things" Matt 25:21 | "Good and Faithful" | "The Faithful" |
| Crown of Rejoicing & Crown of Glory | "Ruler over all His goods" Matt 24:47 | "Faithful and wise" Matt 24:45 | "The Wise" |
| Crown | How Earned | ||
| Crown of Life | Repent and be baptized; patiently endure the present trials and testing of life. The baptism is via water and pictures the death of the self. Spirit baptism occurs the moment of salvation (i.e., spiritual rebirth) | ||
| Incorruptible Crown | Be filled with the Holy Spirit. Put off fleshly desires and appetites of the body. Turn from the things of the world. | ||
| Crown of Righteousness | Mature in the Word. Put on the fruits of the Spirit consistently. Keep the faith. Love His appearing. | ||
| Crown of Rejoicing | Be a soul winner (i.e., Motivate other Christians to win the Crown of Life by saving their souls). | ||
| Crown of Glory | Tend, lead and nourish the flock (i.e., Exercise spiritual gifts in building up and edifying the body of Christ). This requires a knowledge of the Scriptures. |
1 Cor 9:24-27 (KJV) Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Crown of Righteousness
2 Tim 4:7-8 (KJV) I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
#1 Repent, #2 Faith, #3 Good works.
Step #1 does not save you, it only prepares you for salvation because you realize you deserve hell.
Step #2 instantly and permanently saves you by the spiritual new birth.
Step #3 is NOT necessary to get saved nor to stay saved. It is ONLY how you should live your life, as a disciple of Jesus Christ: a "Christian." Sinning Christians go to heaven, but they will lose their inheritance of rewards.
Notice step #1, repentance, is an attitude, not an action. If you stop sinning, this is not repentance. Repentance is a sinner who knows he is a sinner. God does not demand that you "stop sinning" before you can receive Christ. That would make trusting Christ impossible. Attempting to morally clean yourself up in order to be "worthy" of heaven is called self-righteousness, and this attitude is not repentance, it actually disqualifies you from receiving Christ. You must come to Christ as a hopeless sinner.
Step #2 is not a process, it is a one-time supernatural event. Upon your faith in Christ's atoning sacrifice on the cross for your behalf, you are made born-again by the Holy Spirit and you have eternal life. Eternal life cannot be undone or lost under any circumstances.
Notice that #2 has absolutely NOTHING to do with water baptism or any other religious ritual. Anyone who relies upon religious rituals for salvation (Campbellites and Catholics) is not saved.
Religious people have gotten seriously messed up in their understanding of these simple steps by misapplying scripture passages that do not apply to today's Church-Age salvation.
For example, many are confused by reading Old Testament verses that indicate you must do good deeds and keep the law, and that indicate you can lose salvation. Huge numbers of people are confused upon reading how Jesus Christ told his Jewish audience (prior to his death and resurrection) that they needed to keep the law. There is rampant doctrinal confusion by those who read how Jesus Christ made good works a necessity for those Jews and Nations who will go through the tribulation and live in the millennial era of the Kingdom of Heaven - confused religious people misapply these passages to today and ruin the truth.
The combination of faith-plus-works is NOT for today, as Paul made perfectly clear in all his epistles.
Nevertheless, the New Testament books of James, Hebrews, and Revelation, which apply doctrinally to people after the Church-age is completed, actually do contradict Paul's gospel of permanent salvation by free grace and faith alone. Only Paul's gospel is the Christian gospel.
Foolish people who cannot discern these divisions in the Bible make terrible mistakes, such as reading Acts 2:38 and thinking it applies to Christians when it has nothing whatsoever to do with salvation (it was a message to Jews at the Temple and under the law regarding their national salvation - it has nothing at all to do with gentile Christian salvation).
The ONLY valid gospel message for our present Church-Age is 100% faith in Christ, and NOTHING else. If anybody preaches anything other than that gospel in this era, before the tribulation, then he is cursed:
"As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed." Galatians 1:9.
Notice also that believing the gospel is a not a work ("him that worketh not, but believeth" Rom 4:5), no matter what the reformed nuts who follow John Calvin think. They assert an unscriptural heresy that only some men get saved by God's sovereign will, and these few will afterwords believe the gospel. This foolish philosophy has nothing to do with the Bible.
Notice too that Romans 8:1 in the King James Bible has the correct reading, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." Corrupt modern perversions have left out the second half of that verse, leaving carnal backslidden Christians to mistakenly think that they will experience no condemnation in this life whatsoever, even if they live like the devil. The verse says you must walk in the spirit. A saved man is forever free in his soul from any condemnation of hell solely by free grace given freely by faith in Christ, but to be free in his flesh from condemnation as a man still living an earthly life, he must walk in good conscience before God, including judging himself and letting the Holy Spirit wash his feet as he walks along the dusty pilgrim pathway of this present life.
Step #1 does not save you, it only prepares you for salvation because you realize you deserve hell.
Step #2 instantly and permanently saves you by the spiritual new birth.
Step #3 is NOT necessary to get saved nor to stay saved. It is ONLY how you should live your life, as a disciple of Jesus Christ: a "Christian." Sinning Christians go to heaven, but they will lose their inheritance of rewards.
Notice step #1, repentance, is an attitude, not an action. If you stop sinning, this is not repentance. Repentance is a sinner who knows he is a sinner. God does not demand that you "stop sinning" before you can receive Christ. That would make trusting Christ impossible. Attempting to morally clean yourself up in order to be "worthy" of heaven is called self-righteousness, and this attitude is not repentance, it actually disqualifies you from receiving Christ. You must come to Christ as a hopeless sinner.
Step #2 is not a process, it is a one-time supernatural event. Upon your faith in Christ's atoning sacrifice on the cross for your behalf, you are made born-again by the Holy Spirit and you have eternal life. Eternal life cannot be undone or lost under any circumstances.
Notice that #2 has absolutely NOTHING to do with water baptism or any other religious ritual. Anyone who relies upon religious rituals for salvation (Campbellites and Catholics) is not saved.
Religious people have gotten seriously messed up in their understanding of these simple steps by misapplying scripture passages that do not apply to today's Church-Age salvation.
For example, many are confused by reading Old Testament verses that indicate you must do good deeds and keep the law, and that indicate you can lose salvation. Huge numbers of people are confused upon reading how Jesus Christ told his Jewish audience (prior to his death and resurrection) that they needed to keep the law. There is rampant doctrinal confusion by those who read how Jesus Christ made good works a necessity for those Jews and Nations who will go through the tribulation and live in the millennial era of the Kingdom of Heaven - confused religious people misapply these passages to today and ruin the truth.
The combination of faith-plus-works is NOT for today, as Paul made perfectly clear in all his epistles.
Nevertheless, the New Testament books of James, Hebrews, and Revelation, which apply doctrinally to people after the Church-age is completed, actually do contradict Paul's gospel of permanent salvation by free grace and faith alone. Only Paul's gospel is the Christian gospel.
Foolish people who cannot discern these divisions in the Bible make terrible mistakes, such as reading Acts 2:38 and thinking it applies to Christians when it has nothing whatsoever to do with salvation (it was a message to Jews at the Temple and under the law regarding their national salvation - it has nothing at all to do with gentile Christian salvation).
The ONLY valid gospel message for our present Church-Age is 100% faith in Christ, and NOTHING else. If anybody preaches anything other than that gospel in this era, before the tribulation, then he is cursed:
"As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed." Galatians 1:9.
Notice also that believing the gospel is a not a work ("him that worketh not, but believeth" Rom 4:5), no matter what the reformed nuts who follow John Calvin think. They assert an unscriptural heresy that only some men get saved by God's sovereign will, and these few will afterwords believe the gospel. This foolish philosophy has nothing to do with the Bible.
Notice too that Romans 8:1 in the King James Bible has the correct reading, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." Corrupt modern perversions have left out the second half of that verse, leaving carnal backslidden Christians to mistakenly think that they will experience no condemnation in this life whatsoever, even if they live like the devil. The verse says you must walk in the spirit. A saved man is forever free in his soul from any condemnation of hell solely by free grace given freely by faith in Christ, but to be free in his flesh from condemnation as a man still living an earthly life, he must walk in good conscience before God, including judging himself and letting the Holy Spirit wash his feet as he walks along the dusty pilgrim pathway of this present life.
Related post:
Prophecy and The End Times: "The Most Somber Verse In The Bible." The Great White Throne Judgment of the LOST
Prophecy and The End Times: "The Most Somber Verse In The Bible." The Great White Throne Judgment of the LOST
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