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\u201cFor we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every\none may receive the things done<\/em> in his<\/em> body, according to that he\nhath done, whether it be<\/em> good or bad<\/strong>\u201d           (2 Corinthians 5:10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpt from \u201cThe\nBiblical Path of Life, Year Three Quarter Three\u201d Lesson 5:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRead Paul\u2019s\nconflict of continuing to work for the Lord here on earth, many times in\ntribulation, desiring to be in heaven. \u201c6.\nTherefore we are<\/em> always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home\nin the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7. (For we walk by faith, not by\nsight:) 8. We are confident, I say<\/em>, and willing rather to be absent from\nthe body, and to be present with the Lord. 9. Wherefore we labour, that,\nwhether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10. For we must all\nappear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the\nthings done<\/em> in his<\/em> body, according to that he hath done, whether it\nbe<\/em> good or bad. 11. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade\nmen; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in\nyour consciences.<\/strong>\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:6-11) Terror<\/em> means \u201cthe fear of God as in a deep and reverential sense of\naccountability to God or Christ.\u201d Paul\u2019s conflict was resolved when he\nunderstood that God had much work for Christians to do here on earth: teaching\nJesus. And that each Christian would stand before the Lord one day to give an\naccounting of their faithfulness in their Christian walk, \u201cwhether it be<\/em> good or bad.\u201d As we understand\nthat, remember something important that we have already learned. God knows\neverything, even the things done in secret (see Ecclesiastes 12:14: \u201cFor God shall bring every work into\njudgment, with every secret thing, whether it be<\/em> good, or whether it\nbe<\/em> evil<\/strong>\u201d). We are to understand that each Christian will stand before\nGod and be accountable for what they have done with his or her life. What are\nwe to do? We are to \u201cpersuade men.\u201d Not only tell about Jesus, but to live for Him,\nfaithfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why live for Christ? \u201c14. For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15. And that<\/em> he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 16. Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him<\/em> no more. 17. Therefore if any man be<\/em> in Christ, he is<\/em> a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new<\/strong>\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:14-17). Jesus died on the cross for man\u2019s sin. Once He gave His life, He gave the ability for any who would believe in Him to have life instead of death. Once a Christian receives that gift of life, he must understand that he is now \u201cin Christ, he is<\/em> a new creature.\u201d No longer what he once was, a sinner doomed for eternal separation from God. Now, all things are become new. There is a new life to live in Christ; for Christ. \u201c20. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you<\/em> by us: we pray you<\/em> in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21. For he hath made him to be<\/em> sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him<\/strong>\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:20-21). Because God took man\u2019s sin, placed it upon Jesus (\u201cmade him to be<\/em> sin for us, who knew no sin\u201d), it made those who believe able to stand righteous before God. Each Christian must understand that he represents Christ here in this world. According to the dictionary, ambassador<\/em> means \u201ca minister of the highest rank, representing the power and dignity of his sovereign. They are ordinary when they reside permanently at a foreign court, but extraordinary when they are sent on a special occasion.\u201d Christians must be considered extraordinary for they do not permanently reside on the earth, but were sent especially by Jesus to represent Him, living right and telling others about Him, until He returns.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul lived as an ambassador for Christ.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor 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\u201d           (2 Corinthians 5:10) Excerpt from \u201cThe Biblical Path of Life, Year Three Quarter Three\u201d Lesson 5: \u201cRead Paul\u2019s conflict of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[319],"tags":[328,331,326,201,248,80,325,330,277,327,329],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excerpt-from-the-biblical-path-of-life","tag-2-corinthians","tag-ambassador","tag-bad","tag-faithfulness","tag-good","tag-jesus","tag-judgment","tag-new-creature","tag-paul","tag-walk","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":767,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions\/767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}