Monday, April 9, 2007

"According to 2 Cor 5:10, will Christians be punished at judgment day?" ~Catie

The judgment of the believer's works, not sins, is in question here. The sins have been atoned for, and are "remembered no more forever" (Heb_10:17) but every work must come into judgment, (Mat_12:36); (Rom_14:10); (Gal_6:7); (Eph_6:8); (Col_3:24); (Col_3:25). The result is "reward" or "loss" (of the reward), "but he himself shall be saved". (1Co_3:11-15). (I got this from Scofield's commentary in the e-sword.com website. It's a great tool to look up info on any passage in just about any translation: http://www.e-sword.net/. Another good site is http://www.biblegateway.com/).

I think it's the last passage that explains this best. I’m not sure exactly what that will look like, and it doesn’t sound like it’ll be a whole lot of fun (at least when I think of the crap I’ve done wrong), but we know at least that this is not a Heaven/Hell issue. Also, the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30) shows us what we are working toward on that day: “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!”

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