The Judgment Seat Of Christ

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

Today we’re going to look at a long-standing doctrine in the Church of Jesus Christ: The Judgment Seat Of Christ. Let’s look first at the main scriptures that those who teach this doctrine refer to. Before we go there, there’s something which is so important that every one of us should consider. Whenever a scripture is used to support a doctrine, go to the scripture; take a look at the other scriptures that are there and consider carefully the context of that scripture. Also we must always consider the whole counsel of God’s written Word on the subject at hand. Search the scriptures to see if what is being taught is really true. Our trust must be in what is written in God’s Word above what any man is saying, or has said in the past. So let’s look at the scriptures as they are usually quoted to support the judgment seat of Christ doctrine.  Let’s turn to Rom 14:10, But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Ok, let’s go to 2 Cor 5:10, For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Let’s go to John 5:24, Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My Word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. Now let’s consider the main aspects of this doctrine as it is presented in the Church today. First: the bema seat. The judgment seat of Christ: the word is bema. It’s a judgment only for believers in Heaven after the rapture. Number two: a judgment, not for any condemnation nor for any sin, as all our sins were already dealt with through Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross. They say, Jesus took our punishment, once-and-for-all. Number Three: It’s a judgment only for rewards; for service; rewards meaning only good things, like metals of honor or crowns. Those who have not been faithful in their service will receive loss of rewards, even punishment, but no one will be damned. And they quote Rom 8:1, the modern version,  There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, period. John 5:24, Whoever hears my Word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and will not come into condemnation, but is crossed over from death unto life. Number four: The judgment seat of Christ, they say, is different from the Great White Throne judgment. That will be the final judgment of the wicked: only unbelievers. Number five: They say, believers are secure in Christ, but they must still appear before the judgment seat of Christ. It will be a time of examination and a time of rewards. 

Now let’s look at the scriptures that they use again, only in their context. John 5:24, Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My Word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. Then, just go down to verses 28&29, Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. The judgment seat mentioned in these scriptures is just that: a judgment seat. The Greek word used here is bema. It means a step, foot breath, a rostrum, tribunal, judgment seat, or a throne. Rom 14:10, …For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. That word “all” means the whole, or every kind of. So every kind of person is going to stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Verse 11, …every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. Verse 12, So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 2 Cor 5:10, For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive, that’s everyone, the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Verse 9, Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him. Verse 11, Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men… Clearly these verses say

that those who have done good will be there, as well as those who have done evil; that is the righteous and the wicked. There is nothing in these verses that says this is a separate judgment only for Christians. Everyone shall receive from the Lord according to what he has done; good or bad.  

Let’s look at Rom 2:4-11, Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, notice: the day, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to every man according to his deeds: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God. In Mat 7:21-23, Jesus said, Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, notice: in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness! These are Christians, standing before Jesus, being judged for what they have done, both good and evil. Those who practice evil will be cast out; they shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Those who have done good will enter in; those who have kept Jesus’ Words in the Sermon on the Mount; those who denied themselves every day, took up their cross and followed Jesus every day to do the will of the Father, being led by the Holy Spirit; being sons and daughters of God. It’s not “believers” and “non-believers”. It’s the righteous: those that keep Jesus’ Words and do the Father’s will; those that do good to the least of Jesus’ brethren, and the wicked: those who practice iniquity, and do not do good to the least of Jesus’ brethren. This false doctrine: the judgment seat of Christ doctrine, is all about a separate judgment for “believers”. There is no scripture that actually says that there is a separate judgment for believers. They say, The believer’s judgment with respect to sin is long past. I recommend reading Heb 10:26-31. They say, Therefore the judgment seat of Christ is not designed to punish believers, but rather to reward them for their faithful service. It’s a judgment for believer’s works after salvation; only rewards. Either you receive a reward, or you miss out because of unfaithful service. Jesus said, Cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness. The Lord said He will cut asunder the evil servants, there are evil servants, and appoint them their portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  They say that the judgment seat of Christ is different from the great white throne judgment. That will be the final judgment of the wicked; only unbelievers. Where does it say that? They reference Rev 20:12-15, And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, and they were judged, verse 13, every man according to their works. Verse 15, And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Rev 3:5, He that overcomes, I will not blot out his name out of the Book of Life; he that overcomes. He that doesn’t overcome and remains a servant of sin, shall be blotted out of the Book of Life, and shall have his part in the lake of fire.

The fruit of this false doctrine is that millions of Christians believe that they will never be condemned to the lake of fire, that they will, at the worst, only suffer loss of rewards or some varying degree of punishment, and so they don’t fear God as they should, as they would, if not for this lie, and they don’t overcome sin in their life. They continue to practice sin and they believe that it will be ok for them.  The scripture says, Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection, on such the second death has no power. There is nothing to fear if you pursue holiness; if you fear the Lord; if you walk after holiness; if you love Him and serve Him with all your heart, there is nothing to fear. But unholy Christians, as I said in a previous message, will not make it: holiness, without which, no one will see the Lord. It is a horrible deception of Satan, and they will end up being destroyed if they don’t repent and believe the truth of God’s Word. Just as Satan told Eve in the Garden of Eden, “You shall not surely die”, so he deceives Christians today. 

Also they reference Rev 22:12, And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. They stop there. Check out verse 14, Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. If we don’t keep His Word, we don’t love Him, and we won’t be able to enter into the City. Verse 15,  For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, or fornicators. How many fornicators are in the Church today? And murderers: how many mothers and fathers have murdered their babies through abortion and have not repented, in the Church!? And idolaters: how many people worship their pastor or their church; how many are involved in idolatry? And whosoever loves and makes a lie: do you think that there are any believers who practice lying? All liars are going into the lake of fire. No, people of God! It is not the “believers” and the “unbelievers”; it is the righteous and the wicked. 1 John 3:7&8, Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins, or practices sin, is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning… Both shall be rewarded by Jesus Christ, our Savior, and our judge, in that day: every man and every woman, according to their works.

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen.

 A Doer Of The Work

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. 

Thank you Lord God! We thank you Lord for this day. We praise you Lord; we thank you for this program: A Doer Of The Work. Let’s turn to Psalm 103:1-22, Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. The Lord executes righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. He will not always strive with us, nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and it’s place remembers it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, to such as keep His covenant, and to those who remember His commandments to do them. The Lord has established His throne in Heaven, and His Kingdom rules over all. Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His Word, heeding the voice of His Word. Bless the Lord, all you His hosts, you ministers of His, who do His pleasure. Bless the Lord, all His works, in all places of His dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul! Verses 17&18, But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, to such as keep His covenant, and to those who remember His commandments to do them. Jesus said, If you love Me, keep My commandments. In 1 John 5:3, the Apostle John said, For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, or do His commandments, and His commandments are not grievous.

Let’s turn to James 1:21-25, Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 

But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. Amen. 

Chapter 4, verse 17, Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.  Jesus said, I only do what I see My Father doing. So He leads us by His Spirit, and as He is leading us, if we know what He wants us to do and do not do it, then it is sin; we are resisting the Holy Spirit. When we are in a situation, we remember His Words, as the Holy Spirit brings it up in our hearts; we yield to Him to keep the Word of God, and we do that work, and we shall be blessed. 

As I was receiving this program, I was reminded of Corrie Ten Boom. Corrie Ten Boom and her family: her father and her brother and sisters and their families, helped to save over 800 Jews from the Nazis during World War Two. And they ended up being betrayed and sent to the concentration camps in Germany. And while Corrie was in the concentration camp Ravensbruck, they forced the women to strip naked and take showers in front of the male guards. This was extremely grievous for them. It is a long and very important story of what happened to Corrie and her family, and I recommend that you read about it in the book The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom. Also they produced a movie based on the book, The Hiding Place. Years later, as Corrie was traveling around the world and speaking for Jesus, she was speaking at a church in Germany about forgiveness, and after the meeting, one of those men who was a guard at Ravensbruck came up to her and reached out his hand and said to her, “A fine message! How good it is to know that, as you say, all our sins are at the bottom of the sea! You mentioned Ravensbrück in your talk,” he was saying. “I was a guard in there. But since that time, I have become a Christian. I know that God has forgiven me for the cruel things I did there, but I would like to hear it from your lips as well.”–again the hand came out–“will you forgive me?” Corrie looked at him, and she recognized him, and she could not shake his hand. So in her heart, she asked the Lord to help her, to help her to forgive that man, and as she reached out her hand, the Holy Spirit came upon her and the love of God filled her heart, and she forgave that man. As she took his hand she said to him, with tears in her eyes, “I forgive you Brother, with all my heart!” By the time she took his hand, she had forgiven him. If she had hardened her heart, and refused to forgive him, she would not have been forgiven herself. She remembered Jesus’ Word, Forgive, and you shall be forgiven, and she did it, and the mercy of God came upon her and that man, and they were both filled with His love.

What is your situation? Is there someone that hurt you, or did you wrong, and you know you need to forgive them, but you feel like you can’t? Do you love Jesus? Are you thankful for what He did for you that you might be forgiven? If you will love Him and keep His commandment to forgive, and ask Him for grace to help you to forgive that person, and then take that step and reach out your hand or speak that word, “Father, I forgive them for what they did to me…”, God will help you; His mercy will be with you, and you will be forgiven; you will be freed from your sin of not doing His Word, what you know to do. So it is with all His commandments: Give, and it shall be given, show mercy, and you will receive mercy. If you will not show mercy, as God is leading you in various situations, the time will come when you need mercy, and you will not receive it.  

If you seek after righteousness, you shall be filled. But if you refuse to do His Word; if you willfully forget His work, you will reap the consequences. 

Let’s turn to Mat 18: 21-35,  Then Peter came to Him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times? Jesus said to him, I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all. 

Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe! So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you all. And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done. Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you? And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses. Consider all that Jesus suffered for you upon the Cross for your sins, not for His sins; He didn’t have any; for your sins. He loved you and suffered for you that you might be forgiven and He died for your sins. Will you then refuse to forgive your brother, your sister, your mom, your dad, your teacher, or your friend? It doesn’t matter how much they hurt you or did you wrong, Jesus has suffered much more for all of us. And if you want to save yourself, you better humble yourself now and ask God to help you to forgive that person. If you will be a doer of the Word, in this and every other matter, you will overcome. And if you refuse, to you it is sin, and you will suffer for it. 

Psalm 103:17&18, But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, to such as keep His covenant, (remembering His sacrifice on the Cross; the forgiveness of their sins), and to those who remember His commandments to do them. This is love, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not grievous. Greater love has no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friends. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Lay down your hurt at Jesus’ feet; lay down your pride; your pain; your resentment, and forgive them from your heart, and you shall be forgiven. Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.

Eph 4:29-32,  Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. In the King James Version it says, …even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. It is for Christ’s sake that we are forgiven. When we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us of all unrighteousness. The only reason that we have forgiveness of sins is because of the sacrifice of Himself that Jesus made upon the Cross: His suffering for our sins in His own body and the shedding of His precious, sinless Blood, for it is the blood that makes atonement for sin. 

Jesus was tempted in every way that we are, and yet He never sinned; He never yielded. He is the spotless Lamb that was offered upon the Cross at Calvary, and with His shed Blood He made atonement for the sins of the whole world, that whosoever will come to Him, believing in Him, and confessing their sins, shall receive forgiveness and shall be cleansed in His Blood, through faith in His Blood, from all unrighteousness. This is His Covenant in His Blood.  And then we must follow on to love Him and know Him and do His Words, being not forgetful hearers, but doers of the work, denying ourselves, taking up our cross, and following Him every day. Amen.

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen.

 Founded On The Rock 

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes with Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in my name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

 

Thank you Lord, Amen! We thank you Lord, Amen! Thank you Father! Father, I want to thank you for this program that you’ve given me this week: Founded On The Rock. 

I thank you for it. I pray that you would open our eyes; open our ears; help us to hear and understand what you are saying, in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Let’s turn to John chapter 3, verses 14-31, Jesus said,   And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.

Let’s turn to 1 John 1:1-10, That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life—the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us—that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full. This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us. 

1 John 2: 1-6, My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 

He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His Word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. Verses 15-17, Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. 

Let’s turn now to Mat 5:1-20, and read from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount,  And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 

Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in Heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. You are the salt of the Earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven. 

Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till Heaven and Earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the Kingdom of Heaven. 

After this statement Jesus taught us many things, which, if we will do them, our righteousness will exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, and we will be able to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. At the end He said, in Mat 7:12-14, Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. There is a way which leads to destruction, and most people are going that way, and there is a way which leads to life and few people even find it. Then Jesus spoke about false prophets who come in sheep’s clothing: they are speaking the Word of God, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. They don’t care about you; they come to devour you; to make merchandise of you, as the Apostle Peter said. Then Jesus said some very interesting things in verses 21-23 of Mat 7, Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness! These are Christian people who call Jesus Lord. Not only that, but they have the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives: doing wonderful works, prophesying, and casting out demons in Jesus’ name. These are Christian people, and yet they are practicing lawlessness in their lives. They have sin in their lives and they have not repented, and Jesus said that He will say to them in that Day, I never knew you, depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness. He said they that do the will of His Father in Heaven shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Then in Mat 7:24-27, He finished His message by saying, Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell, and great was its fall. Christians like to say that Jesus is their rock and they are going to make it through the storm because He is their rock. That is not what Jesus said here. He said if you hear what He said, and if you do what He said, then, and only then, is your house founded on the rock. Do you see Brothers and sisters? It’s what you do! What are you doing? Are you doing these things which Jesus spoke in His Sermon on the Mount? Do you want to? You can if you want to. Remember Jesus said, Blessed are they who seek after righteousness for they shall be filled. He said, Seek and you will find, knock and it shall be opened, ask and it shall be given, for everyone who asks receives!

Will you come out into the light? Will you come to Jesus and confess your sins? If you will confess your sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive you of your sins, and to cleanse you in His precious Blood of all your unrighteousness, if you will come to Him, like the woman who came weeping to Jesus and washed His feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair and kissed them and anointed them with precious ointment. Jesus said to Simon the Pharisee, who was judging her in his self righteousness, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much, but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. How much do you love Jesus? How much does He love you? Do you know how much He loves you; how much He suffered for your sins that you might be set free from them and be made righteous in Him? You who say you love Him, what are you doing? Are you keeping His Words and walking in His love, or are you trampling Him under your feet and doing despite to the Spirit of His grace by continuing in your wicked deeds and refusing to repent; believing the lies that the false prophets are telling you: that everything is going to be ok. If this is you, it is not going to be ok. 

To those who have repented of their sins and continued in the light with Jesus, being cleansed by His Blood, and led by the Holy Spirit in doing good: eternal life. To those who have been contentious and would not obey the truth, but obeyed unrighteousness: indignation and wrath. (Rom 2:5-12) Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that does evil, or practices sin, of the Jew first and also of the Gentile, but glory, honor, and peace to every man that works good, to the Jew first and also to the Gentile.

For there is no partiality with God. 

I want to encourage all of you to take time to read the Sermon on the Mount in Mat 5-7, and meditate on the things Jesus said, and ask yourself, “Am I doing these things?” “Do I really love my enemies?  Is there someone I need to forgive?” Ask the Lord to grant you grace to understand His Words and to do them in your own life, that you may truly be founded on the rock; that you may be able to endure the things that are coming on the Earth and that you may stand before Him in that Day with joy and confidence. Mat 7:24&25, Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:  and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was Founded On The Rock. 

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen.

 Lovingkindness, Judgment and Righteousness

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. 

Thank you Father! Blessed be your holy name! Thank you Father! We bless your holy name! Thank you Lord for this message that you’ve given me: Lovingkindness, Judgment and Righteousness. Lord, I pray you would open our hearts to receive the truth of your Word this day. Thank you Lord. I pray you would open hearts. I pray you would bless many people, by your Word and by your Spirit, for your Word with your Spirit is life. Amen, thank you Lord. 

Ok, let’s turn to Jer 9:23&24, Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the Earth. For in these I delight, says the Lord. …let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the Earth.  John 17:1, Jesus was praying to His Father right before He was crucified; He said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify You. As you have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as you have given Him. And this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. Let’s turn to Php 3:7-11, the Apostle Paul said, But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ; notice: righteousness is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith. So here we see already God working righteousness: exercising righteousness through faith, from God by faith. Righteousness is imputed to us when we believe on Jesus. Verse 10, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Amen. Paul said, Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. Amen.

Let’s turn to Psa 107:1-22, Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses. And He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city for a dwelling place. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness. Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in affliction and irons—because they rebelled against the Words of God, and despised the counsel of the Most High, therefore He brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their chains in pieces. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron in two. Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted. Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near to the gates of death. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. I recommend this to you: those of you who are reading this who are in trouble; who are in darkness, who are in desperation, I recommend, cry out to the Lord in your trouble, and He will save you out of your distresses! If you will come to Him in humility and repentance, and call upon Him, He will save you out of your distresses. He sent His Word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with rejoicing. I’m not going to quote all of this psalm. Let’s go to verse 43, Whoever is wise will observe these things, and they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. His lovingkindness is with His judgment, as you can see in these things. Jesus said in Rev 3:19, As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. 

If you take away His judgment, you take away His fear, and all the blessings that come with His fear. If you fear Him, you don’t have to fear His judgment. Let’s turn to 1 Cor 11:31&32, For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. 

Do you see that? Do you see His lovingkindness with His judgment? It’s His lovingkindness to judge us; to chasten us, amen, that we may not be condemned with the world. The question is: how will we respond? Heb 12:1-14, Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 

looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin. And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; for whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives. Do you see that: the lovingkindness of the Lord with His chastisement; with His judgment? If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 

Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? 

For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Do you see that: the chastisement; the judgment of the Lord? It’s His love that He chastens us, ok, and afterwards it yields

the peaceable fruit of righteousness. So, right there in these verses, we God exercising lovingkindness, judgment and righteousness. Therefore, it says in verse 12,  strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. Amen,  Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. Amen, praise God! God is making a holy people. How’s He doing it? with His lovingkindness, His judgment and His righteousness. So you want to know Him! You want to glory in that you know Him; that He exercises all three of these things, not just His lovingkindness. His lovingkindness cannot be separated from His judgment and His righteousness. Hos 2:19&20,  I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and judgment, in lovingkindness and mercy; I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, and you shall know the Lord. Remember, Paul said, …that I may know Him: the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! God wants us to know Him, people! He wants us to know Him! He wants us to fellowship with Him! In 1 John it talks about our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son! In order to fellowship with the Father and with His Son, and with one another in truth, we need to walk in the light! We need to forsake the darkness! Forget those sins that you love! Repent of them! They’re only going to work destruction and eternal damnation in your life! Turn to the Lord with all your heart! Come to Him! He wants to make you righteous and holy, that you may commune with Him in His glory and in His joy forever! Hallelujah! Amen! Praise God! 2 Cor 5:10, For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. The judgment of God is in the Earth! If you do evil, you will bear your judgment. If you do good, you will be rewarded. We will all stand before Jesus in the end and give an account for our life. 

His lovingkindness is that God so loved us that He gave His only beloved Son on the Cross at Calvary to die for our sins and raised Him from the dead to justify us, just as though we had never sinned, to walk in Jesus; in the Holy Spirit, fulfilling the righteousness of the law; hearing His voice; denying ourselves; taking up our cross and following Him, Amen! Do you understand and know God: that He is exercising lovingkindness, judgment and righteousness in the Earth? Do you want to know Him? 

Or do you want only to know His lovingkindness, leaving out judgment and righteousness? It won’t work! And you won’t know Him. God so loved you that He gave His only begotten Son for you, that you may not be condemned in judgment, but that you may glory in Him that you know Him. Through His lovingkindness and His judgment and chastisement, God is working righteousness in His people, that they may stand in the final judgment and serve Him in righteousness, peace , and joy forever. Let us not glory in our wisdom, our strength, or our riches, but let us glory in the true knowledge of God Almighty, who exercises lovingkindness, judgment and righteousness in the Earth. He delights in these things, and through these things, and His great mercies all working together, He is making a holy people; a spotless bride for His beloved Son, to dwell with Him forever in His glorious Kingdom.

Thankyou for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com .

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen.