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NASB | Matthew 12:36 "But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:36 "But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will have to give an accounting for every careless or useless word they speak. |
Subject: Are "careless words" sin? |
Bible Note: Greetings Country Girl, you wrote: "there's only going to be two groups of people: those who were faithful and kept their Lord as a high priority in their life and those that didn't." This is akin to "works-based slavation." There are going to be two groups of people, those who have believed God and as a result are credited with righteousness and those who have not believed God. We are saved by GRACE, not by being "faithful and keeping the Lord as a high priority." The Lord God IS THE priority! The word careless in the Greek means idle or useless. As I read this passage and consider the Judgment Seat of Christ (which is only for believers) I suspect that these careless words are anything apart from Christ at work in our lives. It is like building with wood, hay and straw instead of with gold and precious stones 1 Cor 3:11-15. Jesus says, "apart from Me you can do nothing." John 15:5 In our "review" before Christ, I suspect that we will be saddened when we realize how many opportunities we missed because we chose not to work with Jesus in us. Yet, here comes that Grace you mentioned in your first post. We have no fear of condemnation because our sins are covered by His blood, they are rmembered no more: John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Rom 8:1 "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Isa 43:25 "Thus saith the Lord … “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins”. 2 Cor 5:10 "After we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad." At the Bema Seat, believers are recompensed for the deeds done in the body, good or bad. The recompense is a reward, not a condemnation. Our sins were dealt with at the cross. IMO,those things that are "bad" are those done apart from Christ, (they are useless, idle, therefore implicit is that they are without the power of Christ) they will be burned up - our dross is removed - this, in a way is also a type of reward! We suffer loss, because we missed opportunities, in this we suffer the consequences of our sin. But our sin is not counted against us as it was placed on Christ, once and for all. Blessings, mommapbs |