Posts Tagged ‘2 corinthians 5’


Under Gods Command

Romans 14:10-12 You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before me, every tongue will confess to God.”

Each person is accountable to Christ, not to others. While the church must be uncompromising in its stand against activities that are expressly forbidden by Scripture (Adultery, homosexuality, murder, theft), It should not create additional rules and regulations and give them equal standing with God’s law. Many times Christians base their moral judgments on opinion, personal dislikes, or cultural bias rather than on the Word of God. When they do this, they show that their own faith is weak-they do not think that God is powerful enough to guide his children.

Lets Bring it home: When we stand before God’s court of justice (“judgment seat”), we won’t be worried about what our Christian neighbor has done (see 2 Corinthians 5:10)


Under Gods Command

Romans 4:25: He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.   

When we believe, an exchange takes place.  We give Christ our sins, and he gives us his righteousness and forgiveness (2 Corinthians 5:21God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God).  There is nothing we can do to earn this.  Only through Christ can we receive God’s righteousness.  What an incredible bargain this is for us!

Lets Bring it Home: But sadly, many still choose to pass up this gift to continue, “enjoying” their sin.