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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Appearing of Christ, #8
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Galatians 6:8)
Perhaps it depends on the individual as to the time and place of his judgment.
The faithful and purified remnant of Christians who are alive on the earth when the Lord appears will not have the opportunity to be judged in the spirit realm, for they will be changed and glorified when the Lord appears. Therefore they will be required to complete their judgment while living in the flesh on the earth. They indeed shall be prepared while yet alive in the body, according to the Scriptures.
If we Christians sow to our flesh instead of to the Spirit of God we will not be like the Lord, seeing Him as He is, when He appears in glory. It is not scriptural that our participation can take place by "grace," by imputation (ascribed righteousness), by the forgiveness of the Lord, by the application of de jure righteousness.
The above was written to the "churches of Galatia," not to unbelievers.
The resurrection from the dead of the purified royal priesthood will be the greatest of the fulfillments of the Kingdom law of sowing and reaping. This is why Paul spoke of "attaining" the resurrection from the dead.
The Christian believers of today are relying on "grace" to take care of all aspects of their resurrection and glorification. The believers are under the impression they suddenly will be made like Jesus when He appears.
If they would read the entire Book of First John and learn how strictly John defines the true follower of Christ they might come to understand one cannot lift "key" verses from their contexts, deduce theology from them, and discover the mind of God through this process.
If we would "attain" the glory of Christ's appearing we must, through God's grace, serve the Lord in faith, in holiness, and in union with His Person and will. Eternal life is given to those who perform the will of God (I John 2:17).
Living a righteous, holy life by Christ's grace brings us into eternal life.
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. (Romans 6:22)
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. (Romans 8:13)
Living in total consecration and in faith in God brings us into the power of the first resurrection.
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. (Philippians 3:10,11)
Eating Christ's flesh and drinking His blood, living always in union with Him as He lives in union with the Father, bring us to a state of eligibility and readiness for participation in the glory of His appearing.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. (John 6:56,57)
To be continued.