“If we walk in the light as He is in the light…” (1 John 1:7). For many of us, walking in the light means walking according to the standard we have set up for another person. The deadliest attitude of the Pharisees that we exhibit today is not hypocrisy but that which comes from unconsciously living a lie.

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March 16 2016

Journal Entry for Today-JDV

Good morning Lord. For years, as a boy and young Christian, I wondered and worried about the judgement seat of Christ. Would I measure up, would Jesus be disappointed in me? Would I hear, “well done my good and faithful servant?” But then You taught me: Believers will not be judged for sin at the judgment seat of Christ. Every sin of every believer was judged at the Cross, when God “made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor. 5:21). At the cross “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us” (Gal. 3:13). As our substitute, “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness” (1 Peter 2:24); “He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God” (Heb. 10:12; cf. Eph. 1:7; 4:32; 1 John 2:1–2). Because of His atoning sacrifice on our behalf, “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.… Who is the one who condemns?

So God if this is true, then why is 2 Corinthians 5:10 so explicit? Why do we face the thought of being judged for what we do on earth? Why is it still even a discussion?

And God says…”The judgement is and will always be; “not guilty”. You are not called to live under the threat of judgement, but under the promise of love, grace, and reward. When you surrendered your life to Jesus, you began to live under grace. And as you continue to surrender all your days and issues of your life to Me, you continue to live the abundant life. And in heaven, there is no condemnation for those that are in Christ Jesus. There is only reward.”