1 JOHN - #71, Will you be shamed at the judgment seat of Christ? (12-2-25)

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Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

Some believers are going to be embarrassed at the Judgment Seat of Christ, and that is what John refers to in:

1 John 2:28 …so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.

There will be shame because they have wasted their lives, their time, and the opportunities that God gave them to advance to spiritual maturity.

After the Rapture of the Church, there is going to be an assembly of thousands and thousands and thousands of born-again believers who are going to be ashamed during the evaluation period of the Judgment Seat of Christ. It will be too late to do anything about what was done in the past.

It means that many will be faced with the real and genuine standards of Bible doctrine and truth, which they didn’t care about when they were on earth.

Principle: When they are standing at the Judgement Seat of Christ and they have no rewards, then, they will have a complete understanding of what was required of them to follow God’s plan and to live the Christian way of life. Sadly, there is nothing they can do to about it.

They probably will remember how magnificently God supported them and graciously gave them every opportunity to make right decisions that would open even greater options. The key to life is making good decisions.

Good decisions open the door for more options, or you can make bad decisions that destroy future options. Learning Bible doctrine is the best way to make good decisions.

1 John 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.

Righteousness is going to be developed consistently throughout the next ten verses. Down through 3:10 we have the importance of righteousness contrasted with continuous sin. For example, 1 John 3:6 “No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him.” This is not saying that Christians don’t sin but that if we are in fellowship we are not sinning.

So v.6 is going to tie us back to the main commandment which is to abide in Him. What John is saying is that if we continue in a lifestyle of carnality, then obviously we haven’t come to the point where we really know God. That comes through doctrinal orientation and grace orientation.

Then in v. 7 he says: “Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.”

What he is saying here is that we are Gods children, part of the Royal Family and we need to grow up and act like it. He is teaching us that there are certain things that should never characterize the life of a mature believer nor an advancing believer who is growing spiritually. Because of his position In Christ and because of his position in the Royal Family, We should not be deceived by false doctrines and lies. Bible doctrine teaches us to practice righteousness which shields us being duped by anything that is false. The righteousness in v.7 is not imputed righteousness; it has to do with the right application of Bible doctrine.

John says we are to practice righteousness. We are not to practice self-righteousness, nor arrogance, nor legalism, which are the opposite of practicing righteousness.

Then in 3:9, he contrasts this and says: “No one who is born of God practices sin…” 2:29 says the one who is born of God practices righteousness. The theme here is that the believer who is abiding in Christ, develops righteousness.

Extended verse

1 John 3:9 And at the moment when anyone is born from God (at salvation), he is not sinning (at the point of entering the Divine Dynasphere (DD) because His seed (God the Holy Spirit) keeps residing in it (the DD). Furthermore, he is not able to sin (inside the DD), because he has been born from God.

Note: At the moment of salvation you are not able to sin because you are in the Divine Dynasphere. When from your own volition you decide to sin, you immediately are in the Cosmic System.}