Bible Study

Title: Performance Review - 2
Date: Apr 1, 2011
Topic(s): Heaven, God's Care
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 14:12, Hebrews 10:22, Romans 14:10

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Do you remember being disciplined by your parents? Can you recall a time you were scolded by a school principal? By your boss? By the coach? I would be willing to make a guess that no matter how stern the lecture, if it were done publicly, it seemed a lot more humiliating than a private upbraiding.

But what about our final life-performance review? Will it be held before an audience?

What Does God Say?

Romans 14:10,12, "For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. So then each of us will give an account of himself to God" (ESV).

Second Corinthians 5:10, "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil" (ESV).

• Who is going to have to give an account?
• What will be the result of this judgment?
• How does this make you feel?

My Thoughts

Both of the verses above refer to the Judgment Seat of Christ. Christians are the only ones who will appear at this judgment, and it will be a private one-on-one encounter between you and the Judge. Romans 14:12 says, "each of us will give an account" and 2 Corinthians 5:10 says "each one may receive." Every Christian must stand before that one Judge. But Jesus is the judge of individuals, not the masses. He's not going to put up on a screen or read aloud all the things we've done so others can know, because, quite frankly, at that point nobody will much care what others have done. We're going to be concerned about how we fare at the Judgment Seat of Christ.

My Part

Draw a picture of Christ's judgment seat. Using a stick figure, place yourself in relationship to this judgment seat--the farther away you are, the more fearful you are. Now take a few moments to think about what you could do to be less fearful and draw closer to Jesus (Hebrews 10:22). Ask God to remove the fear and replace it with a confidence in what Christ has done for you.

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