The PRETEST of the Judgment Seat of Christ The Judgment Seat of Job
2 Corinthians 5 10 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. 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. Gen 49:3,4
Job 27 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Job 29 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Psalm 49 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Job 26 1 But Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
“How hast thou HELPED him that is without POWER?” QUESTION #1 “How hast thou HELPED him that is without POWER?” Job 26 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
Psalm 62 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
Ephesians 2 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Colossians 1 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Acts 26 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
2 Timothy 2 26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Psalm 142 4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Romans 1 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
2 Corinthians 4 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Colossians 1 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Job 26 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
Acts 1 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
ISSUE: EVANGELISM
ISSUE: EVANGELISM POINT: Who is HERE because of YOU?
“How SAVEST thou the arm that hath no STRENGTH? QUESTION #2 “How SAVEST thou the arm that hath no STRENGTH? Job 26 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
1 Corinthians 12 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Job 26 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
2 Corinthians 4 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
2 Corinthians 5 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 2 Corinthians 6 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2 Corinthians 5 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
2 Timothy 3 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Acts 9 22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
1 Samuel 23 16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
ISSUE: DISCIPLESHIP
ISSUE: DISCIPLESHIP POINT: Who HERE is more LIKE ME because of YOU?
“How hast thou COUNSELLED him that hath no WISDOM? QUESTION #3 “How hast thou COUNSELLED him that hath no WISDOM? Job 26 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
1 Corinthians 2 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.
1 Peter 3 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Job 38 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
ISSUE: INFLUENCE
ISSUE: INFLUENCE POINT: Who was able to see that My MIND (My WISDOM) so dictated how you lived, that they sought your counsel?
“How hast thou plentifully DECLARED the thing AS IT IS? QUESTION #4 “How hast thou plentifully DECLARED the thing AS IT IS? Job 26 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
2 Timothy 4 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Job 26 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
John 14 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
1 John 4 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Job 26 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Ephesians 4 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Ephesians 4 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Ephesians 4 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
John 1 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Luke 4 22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
ISSUE: TRUTH–TELLING
ISSUE: TRUTH–TELLING POINT: Who had to face the reality of My TRUTH because you SPOKE the TRUTH to them in love?
“To whom hast thou UTTERED WORDS?” QUESTION #5 “To whom hast thou UTTERED WORDS?” Job 26 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
John 3 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
Matthew 12 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Proverbs 18 8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Romans 16 17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Philippians 2 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
Philippians 1 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
ISSUE: TESTIMONY (or Conversation)
ISSUE: TESTIMONY (or Conversation) POINT: Who is NOT HERE because of YOU?
“Whose SPIRIT came from THEE?” QUESTION #6 “Whose SPIRIT came from THEE?” Job 26 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
There are three possible answers to the question:
1. HUMAN Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:11) There are three possible answers to the question: 1. HUMAN Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:11)
1. HUMAN Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:11) There are three possible answers to the question: 1. HUMAN Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:11) 2. UNCLEAN Spirit (Revelation 16:13)
1. HUMAN Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:11) There are three possible answers to the question: 1. HUMAN Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:11) 2. UNCLEAN Spirit (Revelation 16:13) 3. HOLY Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)
2 Peter 1 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Ephesians 5 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Ephesians 5 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Galatians 5 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Job 26 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
ISSUE: SPIRIT–LIVING
ISSUE: SPIRIT–LIVING POINT: What POWER (SPIRIT) FUELED your EXISTENCE?