The born again believer, at the Bema judgemenr seat, will be judged by their works.
8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
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.. 1 Corinthians 3:8-15..KJV.
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"There's room at the cross for you."
I believe that when I go before God for judgement, I will be judged on whether or not Christ's blood has wash away my sin. That leads me to say Faith. however, Faith without Works is dead. If we trully believe, we want to do good works. No, I am not sayin we can earn our way into Heaven, we cant. I am saying that we show our faith by doing good works for the glory of God.
[blockquote] 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. (Rev 20:11-12)
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Also, Matthew 3:10-12:
[blockquote] Even now the axe is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. "˜I baptize you with water for repentance, but one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing-floor and will gather his wheat into the granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."™
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Matthew 13:40-43:
[blockquote] Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen!
[/blockquote] Luke 12:4-5,49:
[blockquote] "˜I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! ... "˜I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
[/blockquote] Acts 17:30-31:
[blockquote] In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead.
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"Blessed is He who Comes in The Name of The Lord"
We're going to be judged for our works no doubt. Maybe we shoud'nt say "our works" as their God's works and if anything Godly comes from us it is God working in and thru us, so in all things give God the glory and realize it is only because of His grace that we can be honored to be the tool to do His work.
In my mind there is no way to be a follower of Christ and not produce fruit and not be used of God, and not put forth effort to be obediant. Fruit, works, obediance, is the natural effect that is caused by following Christ.
__________________ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
FAITH:::there is alot to that little word..In Matt.8:10-13 The centurion being a man with authority, also recognized Jesus Christ's authority and had Faith that Christ could heal his servant,,and it was done through his faith.
In Mark. 4:30,,We see that faith starts out a very small thing,but as it grows it becomes large and strong, and is able to hold the weight of a christians burdens
In Mark. 11:22-25 ,,We are to have Faith in God (how much faith does it take to move a mountain?)HAVE FAITH that" whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours"
In Romans. 1:5 It say's through Christ we received "Grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the OBEDIENCE THAT COMES FROM FAITH",,,,,,,,,,,,,,Is obedience a work???????could you have obedience without Faith???????
I think when God sees our Faith, he sees our works, and when he sees our works, he sees our Faith,,,,Works are a product of our faith in Christ.
In ephesians6. 6:16 we read that Faith can be our Shield and "extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one."
In Luke18. 42 ,,,,Faith Heals a blind man
1 corinthians16. 13-14 Be on your guard;stand firm in the Faith; be men of courage; be strong.Do everything in Love.
last,,, one of my favorite verses 1 Peter1.:3-5 Prasie be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade -kept in heaven for you, who through Faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
Jeff
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"God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the ONE I can change, and the wisdmon to know that it's ME"
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