The Bishop’s Mind: Christian Wisdom, Daily Devotionals & Empowering Messages for Kingdom Living

  A Kingdom Perspective on Growth, Grace, and Accountability ( 2 Corinthians 5:10 ) “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.”        In his second letter to the church at Corinth, Paul introduces the concept of the Judgment Seat of Christ. In chapter five, he expands on this idea—but for many of us, the notion of judgment and God can feel unsettling. The thought of being judged by God often stirs fear and discomfort.      Let’s take a fresh look at the Judgment Seat of Christ from a kingdom perspective. Growing up in church, I was taught that the saints would go before the Judgment Seat of Christ, while the world would appear before the Great White Throne Judgment. If you made it to the Judgment Seat of Christ, you at least knew you were going to heaven. That judgment, I was told, determined the crowns you would receive ...