What's in My Account?
Romans 14 was a needed admonition for me this morning. I'm going to include verses 10-13 below and highlight verse 12 for this blog focus. See if these verses speak to you as they did to me today:
10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
11 It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’”
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’”
12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another.
As I reread Romans and thought about the verse I have highlighted in blue, my question to my husband, (who was attempting a nap on the couch) was, "What will that look like to give an account of my life?" We both pondered the idea and how there are so many people and if each gives an account of his/her life, how much time does that take? What will happen as a result? Will it be rewards for Christians or lack thereof, and judgement for those that did not believe that God sent His Only Son to die for all of their sins and rise again overcoming death's grip? What will be in my account on the day of reckoning?
I "reckon" I better get my account in order. A simple way to start is to stop judging others. Simple, but hard, since it requires me to be intentional about my thoughts, words, and deeds.
As I reread Romans and thought about the verse I have highlighted in blue, my question to my husband, (who was attempting a nap on the couch) was, "What will that look like to give an account of my life?" We both pondered the idea and how there are so many people and if each gives an account of his/her life, how much time does that take? What will happen as a result? Will it be rewards for Christians or lack thereof, and judgement for those that did not believe that God sent His Only Son to die for all of their sins and rise again overcoming death's grip? What will be in my account on the day of reckoning?
I "reckon" I better get my account in order. A simple way to start is to stop judging others. Simple, but hard, since it requires me to be intentional about my thoughts, words, and deeds.
Intentional is the key word. In order to live for Christ, it is an intentional decision every moment.
ReplyDeleteI so agree with that Sheila! Every moment to decide to walk in love is difficult, on our own we can't do it. But with Christ we can do all things.
DeleteGreek word to describe the Judgment Seat of Christ that is peculiar and different from the Greek words used in connection with other judgments. Here the word used is bema. It appears in classical Greek to identify the judge’s seat in the arena of the Olympic games. The bema was the seat whereon the judge sat, not to punish contestants, but to present awards to the victors. When Christians stand before the bema of Christ, it will be for the express purpose of being rewarded according to their works. There is no idea of inflicting punishment.
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