Comments on: Bema Seat Judgment: Rewards AND Punishment http://www.biggandyy.com/2006/11/30/bema-seat-judgment-rewards-and-punishment/ A webmag about stuff that matters. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:03:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: biggandy http://www.biggandyy.com/2006/11/30/bema-seat-judgment-rewards-and-punishment/#comment-16451 biggandy Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:17:21 +0000 http://www.biggandyy.com/2006/11/30/bema-seat-judgment-rewards-and-punishment/#comment-16451 I took this idea and expanded it more and was able to deliver it as a Sunday Morning Message at our church. If you want to read the text of my sermon you can find it here. http://www.biblebaptisttemple.org/2008/03/10/sermon-march-1-2007/ I took this idea and expanded it more and was able to deliver it as a Sunday Morning Message at our church. If you want to read the text of my sermon you can find it here.

http://www.biblebaptisttemple.org/2008/03/10/sermon-march-1-2007/

]]> By: brian http://www.biggandyy.com/2006/11/30/bema-seat-judgment-rewards-and-punishment/#comment-16445 brian Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:02:42 +0000 http://www.biggandyy.com/2006/11/30/bema-seat-judgment-rewards-and-punishment/#comment-16445 Greetings Brother, Many people write off this idea without even a thought. Myself, I'm still wrestling with it, but there are some issues that need to be dealt with before a person can reject punishment at the Bema. In what sense did Jesus pay for our sins, or in other words, what specifically was accomplished by Jesus with regard to our sin and relationship with God in His death and resurrection? We know that God punished Christians for sin (Acts 5 comes to mind). If all our sins are paid for in every respect, why 1 John 1:9? This isn't an eternal life issue, this is about what we do with our lives here and now after receiving eternal life. If we are concerned about what the Bible says, then we need to take the possibility of punishment at the Bema seriously, studying the biblical evidence, determining what the Bible says. It would be foolish to hold on to an old understanding in opposition to the teaching of the Bible. We need to deal with the text. Regards, Brian Greetings Brother,

Many people write off this idea without even a thought. Myself, I’m still wrestling with it, but there are some issues that need to be dealt with before a person can reject punishment at the Bema. In what sense did Jesus pay for our sins, or in other words, what specifically was accomplished by Jesus with regard to our sin and relationship with God in His death and resurrection? We know that God punished Christians for sin (Acts 5 comes to mind). If all our sins are paid for in every respect, why 1 John 1:9? This isn’t an eternal life issue, this is about what we do with our lives here and now after receiving eternal life. If we are concerned about what the Bible says, then we need to take the possibility of punishment at the Bema seriously, studying the biblical evidence, determining what the Bible says. It would be foolish to hold on to an old understanding in opposition to the teaching of the Bible. We need to deal with the text.

Regards, Brian

]]> By: randy http://www.biggandyy.com/2006/11/30/bema-seat-judgment-rewards-and-punishment/#comment-11269 randy Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:07:22 +0000 http://www.biggandyy.com/2006/11/30/bema-seat-judgment-rewards-and-punishment/#comment-11269 Hey, Big Andy, Jesus has made me holy already, nothing else needs to be done. God's judgement of me, a beliver in Christ, will be for the purpose of rewarding me for the good deeds I've done in response to God's leading. The crap I've done in my flesh, however, will be exposed and I will not recieve rewards for any of them. I deserve to burn forever in hell, but because of Christ's work, God says He will give me eternal life with Him and reward me for those times (maybe 3, tops) that I actually was faithfull and did what He wanted me to do. Cheers, Randy P.S. I like your statement that it is all about ME, ME, ME. That is very true. None of us are able to see the world from any other set of eyes but our own! Hey, Big Andy,

Jesus has made me holy already, nothing else needs to be done. God’s judgement of me, a beliver in Christ, will be for the purpose of rewarding me for the good deeds I’ve done in response to God’s leading. The crap I’ve done in my flesh, however, will be exposed and I will not recieve rewards for any of them. I deserve to burn forever in hell, but because of Christ’s work, God says He will give me eternal life with Him and reward me for those times (maybe 3, tops) that I actually was faithfull and did what He wanted me to do.

Cheers,

Randy

P.S. I like your statement that it is all about ME, ME, ME. That is very true. None of us are able to see the world from any other set of eyes but our own!

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