(goldy;50710)
YOu said, "We will all go before His thrown and be judged according to the good or evil we have done". What we "have done" is our WORKS, isn't it? But if our works have nothing to do with our salvation, how can we be judged according to what we have done? Does that make sense? What we have done shouldn't play into any of this.....according to your past posts.
I'll say it again. Works do not save. We are saved by grace through faith. Not of works, lest any man boast. You cannot and will not ever be justified by your works when it comes salvation. Jesus died and so All
SIN has been blotted out. It is sin, or our state of being *in sin that keeps us from heaven. When God looks at us, he will see us sinless, not in sin, but perfect and without blemish--He will see Christ. For all those who are IN CHRIST, are new creation. All things have become new.
Romans 5:12-16 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
We are not longer in sin. We have passed from death to life by the gift of God in Christ. It's over, it is finished... it's a done deal. Can't go to hell. We are given the free gift from God, in Christ's work on the cross.We will though, however, be judged by our works on whatever is not a matter of sin, in heaven. Our good and bad will be weighed, and each will be given accordingly. However, at this point, we already have salvation. We are in heaven, it's a done deal. Christ has paid our sin debt. Now on to getting even more gifts from God, according to our works.
Revelation 2:23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Whenever we are told that we will be judged by works, it is always a matter of what God will give us, in His mercy, according to our works. Some will be rich, and some will be found lacking. It is never a matter of salvation.We are saved by grace through faith. Not of works, lest any man boast.