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NASB | Romans 14:10 ¶ But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 14:10 ¶ But you, why do you criticize your brother? Or you again, why do you look down on your [believing] brother or regard him with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God [who alone is judge]. |
Subject: last judgement sins |
Bible Note: This response was mentioned by mommapbs on 5/9/04, and I have been thinking about it. I think Makarios may want to take another look at it as well. Some judgment and receiving of rewards take place in this life. For example: Luke 18:28ff. Peter said, “Lo, we have left all, and followed you”. And Jesus said unto them, “Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, who shall not receive manifold more in this present time …” See Psalm 37: “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed”. It is good to read the entire psalm. See also Psalm 73. Even “their end” (verse 17) is described in terms of a turn of events in this life. God judges the heart, in this life, and in Psalm 139 is a model prayer that we should ask the Lord to give us the results so we can adjust our lives and so he can lead us in the way everlasting. In 1 Corinthians 11 and elsewhere were are asked to judge ourselves, to examine ourselves, to repent, to amend our ways. We are encouraged to confess our sins and to receive forgiveness. But what of the next life? Revelation 21 describes a scene before the Great White Throne where people are judged “out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works”. We get the impression that individual sins will be brought back before the unbelieving so they can properly understand their sentence and the reason for their fate. But will a believer be confronted in the next life with the sins he committed in this life? Will he have to give account for the sins that Jesus paid for? I would like to suggest a No. Our deeds will be judged by fire. The picture I get is that all will be cast into some sort of fire. The picture I do not get is that we will be confronted and embarrassed by our sins. So, the response is filled with good references. There is no doubt that we will give account to God. We need to decide, perhaps, to understand, whether the particular judgments are for believers or unbelievers, and whether they are meted out in this life or the next. It seems to me that the original question is a very good one still needing an answer. Do we, believers, whose sins have been forgiven, do we need to fear being confronted with those again, in heaven? 1 John 1:9 is a well-known verse, and a song based on it reminds us that God will seem unable to recall our sins. I suspect if the subject of personal sins is brought up in heaven God will ask, “What sin?” Another song encourages us to return to God. It says he’ll forgive our transgressions, and remember them no more. I believe it is based on Isa 43:16,25 Thus saith the Lord … “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins”. And to us he says, “Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old” (Isaiah 43:18). To someone who is worried about being confronted with their sins in heaven, "all our sins brought up for judgment", I hope we can say, “Forget it”. |
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