the bema seat.

tuesday, my small group studied the Bema seat of Christ. It was very eye opening and affirming. It was one of those studies that were great for OUR group... it was awesome to look at scripture and analyze to two different uses of the word judgement. 

The judgement that Christ has for believers and non-believers are two completely different things. God will judge the unjust and those in sin without mercy one day, but to imagine that the same type of judgement would await those who are in Christ just doesn't add up.

The judgement seat for us, christians, will be like a ceremony. A time of evaluation and reward. God will show us all of the things we did with His son for His glory and reward us based upon that. More than likely, we will be able to see the opportunities we may have missed, but at that point God will not be in the business of condemning or punishing. 

it'll be an exciting time! i'm really pumped to keep studying the revelation. like pastor rick says: 'God is up to something good'