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The Daily Word of Righteousness
De Jure and De Facto Salvation, continued
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. (II Corinthians 5:10)
Don't be deluded. The Western nations are sowing sin and they are about to reap judgment. I have no doubt that even now there are many nations preparing the destruction of America and eventually Europe. The Gospel has been preached for hundreds of years but the American people are not keeping the commandments of Christ and His Apostles.
Do not count on a "rapture" to deliver you. The teaching of the "rapture" is part of the humanistic package, of the "amnesty" that Satan hopes will somehow extend to him. The product of the "pre-tribulation rapture" teaching is believers who are not preparing themselves to stand in the evil day that is ahead.
God will bring you and your loved ones safely through the coming fires if you will look each moment toward the Lord Jesus.
God's wrath is as terrible as His love is wonderful. We all are going to stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ and receive the things done in our body. Divine grace does not alter the direct force of Paul's words. He trembled at the thought. We also should learn to fear God and to tremble lest we be led astray by the lies so prevalent in our day.
Live righteously in Jesus each day as He enables you and you need have no fear of the Day of Judgment.
De facto salvation includes the receiving of the fullness of eternal life in our spirit, in our soul, and in our body. It includes total deliverance from "the body of this death." This is resurrection to eternal life.
In order to be raised and revealed with Christ at His coming we must be judged and found worthy beforehand (Revelation 3:4). We must, through Christ's grace, make ourselves ready by practicing righteousness (Revelation 19:7,8). There will be no time for preparation when the Lord comes (Matthew 25:10).
It may be noted that Divine grace and mercy will not, in the Day of Christ, do away with the Kingdom law of sowing and reaping; although current Christian teaching contends they will. Rather, grace works in this present life when the sinner comes to God and seeks His mercy and help.
The resurrection from the dead will be a revealing of what we have done in the body. The Scriptures speak of this fact in several passages.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. (Daniel 12:2)
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:29)
Paul addressed the "churches of Galatia" concerning the Kingdom law of sowing and reaping:
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. (Galatians 6:7)
The context of Galatians 6:7 reveals clearly that Paul is testifying to the members of the Christian churches, warning them that they will reap what they have sown in this world.
To be continued.