Last Days Ready – Part 3: A Rewards Event!

Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT)
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. ⁷ Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:10 (NIV)
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

[1] The “Judgement Seat of Christ” is a Rewards Event to !

Romans 8:1 (NLT)

So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

• The heavenly “Bema Event” tells us that God is a !

Hebrews 11:6 (TLB)
… Anyone who wants to come to God must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely look for him.

Revelation 22:12 (NIV)

Jesus says — “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me,

and I will give to each person according to what they have done.”

• The heavenly “Bema Event” is designed to be !

Hebrews 6:10 (MSG)

God doesn’t miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you’ve shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it.

[2] The “Judgement Seat of Christ” is a Rewards Event to For!

The teachings of Jesus show us that there are two keys that determine everything about your eternity. The first key is your belief. This key unlocks the door to eternal life and determines where you will spend eternity. The second key is your behavior. It unlocks the door to rewards and determines how you will spend eternity.

(Bruce Wilkinson)

1 Corinthians 3:13-15 (NLT)
On the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value. ¹⁴ If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward. ¹⁵ But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.

• We get ready for a great “Bema event” by getting our priorities right!

Matthew 22:37-40 (NLT)
“You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹ A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

• We get ready for a great “Bema event” by always doing !

2 Timothy 2:15 (GW)
Do your best to present yourself to God as a tried-and-true worker …

1 Corinthians 9:26 (MSG)
I don’t know about you, but I’m running hard for the finish line. I’m giving it everything I’ve got. No sloppy living for me!

• We get ready for a great “Bema Event” by living for the right !

2 Corinthians 5:9 (TLB)

Our aim is to please God always in everything we do, whether we are here in this body or away from this body and with him in heaven.