We will see sin and rebellion against God in a different light. But remember that in our redeemed, glorified bodies, we will also have redeemed minds. I don’t want anybody to see them.” Right. Second, maybe the bad things will be publicly broadcast, but they will no longer appear “bad.” Oh, I know… we all think of the terrible, evil things we have done and think, “That’s not possible. Sins at the Judgment Seat of Christ will remind us of God’s Grace Afterwards, it was never to be spoken of again.
It would be like in the movie, “The Chronicles of Narnia” Aslan takes Edmund off to the side to speak privately and quietly to Edmund about his betrayal. If this is the way of reading this verse, it would be like Jesus pulling Peter aside after Peter had denied Jesus six times, and having a personal one-on-one discussion (Luke 24:34 1 Cor 15:5). Note that 2 Corinthians 5:10 does not say the accounting will be public. The Judgment Seat of Christ might be Privateįirst, maybe the accounting of what we have done in the body will be an intensely personal and private discussion with Jesus. So what does a verse like 2 Corinthians 5:10 mean? I can think of three possible explanations. There is shame, for sure, but Jesus already bore all that on the cross into death. He has no desire to shame us in front of others. He is the best father and the proudest parent. He loves us more than we can ever imagine. I think that if there is some sort of public broadcast at the judgment seat of Christ, it will be similar. Proud parents show love by boasting about their children. The smiles, the joy, the beauty, the kindness, the fond memories, the vacation trips, the best of show. They show the winning shot at the buzzer. Good parents, parents who are proud of their children and who love them, show the highlights of their children’s lives. If you have friends over to your house for dinner, and you pull out some family videos about your children, are you going to show clips of all the times they misbehaved, threw fits, wrecked the car, got in fights, failed classes, came home drunk, and every other bad thing your children did while they were growing up? Thankfully, I don’t think this is the best way of understanding these sorts of texts, and more than that, I don’t think that this type of explanation fits well with the God revealed in Jesus Christ or everything else we know about how God treats us as our loving Father. this is NOT a good way to start eternity…
#Lutzer the judgment seat of christ movie
And since everyone else is going to be there too, well, they are going to overhear what Jesus says or be able to watch the movie of our life along with us.Īgain…. So the teaching is that at the judgment seat of Christ, Jesus is going to call us one by one before His throne and replay our life for us, pointing out in excruciating detail all the things we did–both good and bad–during our life. For example, 2 Corinthians 5:10 says that we will all appear before the judgment seat of Christ to give an answer for the things done in the body, whether good or evil.
There are even a few verses which seem to back up this idea. I suppose the idea is that since none of us want our deepest secrets and darkest sins revealed to the whole world, this sort of idea is to keep us from committing sins. We Must All Appear Before the Judgment Seat of Christ
I cannot imagine a worse way to start eternity….
Then you have all the violence, murders, anger, slander, gossip, greed, hate, jealousy, etc., etc., etc. Ultimately, when we all get to heaven, the first thing we have waiting for us is the worlds longest horror movie ever of everything bad we have ever said, done, or thought. Not every sin is sexual, but the sexual sins alone would make a XXX-Rated movie millions of hours long. So He tries to punish and shame us into obedience. He shouldn’t have done what he did, but at the same time, I am not sure that this is going to get him to love his girlfriend more… This guy cheats on his girlfriend, and so to teach him not to do this anymore, she makes him stand at the mall wearing this sign. I was reminded of this idea recently when I saw this picture: Have you ever heard something like this taught about the judgment seat of Christ? I have heard the judgment seat of Christ described as though there will be a big movie screen and as we are all gathered together on judgment day, God will show a movie of all our sins, mistakes, and failures for everybody to see. It is sometimes taught in Christian circles that when we stand before the judgment seat of Christ, God will replay all of our sins and mistakes before the entire mass of other Christians who are there as well.
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