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#I need judgment seat of christ in the bible full#

#I need judgment seat of christ in the bible full#

In that day, the full truth about their lives, character, and deeds will be made clear to each believer. Nor do believers’ hearts need to be made manifest to the omniscient God, who already knows every detail of their lives. Believers will be too preoccupied with the unveiling of their own deeds to pay attention to the revealing of others’. Others hold that the disclosure of which Paul writes will be to other believers, a view also without biblical support. Some have argued that believers’ secret motives and heart attitudes will be made manifest to the holy angels there is, however, no biblical support for such speculation. Hughes writes, “To be made manifest means not just to appear, but to be laid bare, stripped of every outward façade of respectability, and openly revealed in the full and true reality of one’s character” ( The Second Epistle to the Corinthians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament, 180). Phaneroo ( appear) means, “to make manifest,” “to make clear,” “to make visible,” or “to reveal.” Commenting on the meaning of phaneroo, Philip E. That knowledge produced in Paul strong motivation to please God in this life. The strong terms must and all stress the inevitability and comprehensiveness of this event. That will take place in the future when believers must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. (5:10)Driving Paul’s noble ambition was the knowledge that there would be a penetrating uncovering of the depths of his heart by the Lord Himself.

The following is an excerpt from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5.įor 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.