Burke Devlin
Puritan Board Freshman
How do you interpret Romans 14:12/2 Corinthians 5:10? How do you see the context of each passage influence your interpretation? They both more or less say the same thing.
“So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.”
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.”
A member was explaining that to him these passages refer to judgment in this life and not the next. I was explaining to him that there is a Final judgment based on grace not merit. Christ will reward His people according to the fruits of his grace in their lives. He had difficulty understanding what loss we would experience if Christ is our righteousness, and all our sins are forgiven.
Another member made reference to some discussion regarding purgatory in Reformed circles, which I’ve never heard of.
“So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.”
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.”
A member was explaining that to him these passages refer to judgment in this life and not the next. I was explaining to him that there is a Final judgment based on grace not merit. Christ will reward His people according to the fruits of his grace in their lives. He had difficulty understanding what loss we would experience if Christ is our righteousness, and all our sins are forgiven.
Another member made reference to some discussion regarding purgatory in Reformed circles, which I’ve never heard of.
Chapter 33 - Of the Last Judgment
- God hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in righteousness, by Jesus Christ; to whom all power and judgment is given of the Father; in which day, not only the apostate angels shall be judged, but likewise all persons that have lived upon the earth shall appear before the tribunal of Christ, to give an account of their thoughts, words, and deeds, and to receive according to what they have done in the body, whether good or evil.
Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew 12:36,37; John 5:22,27; Acts 17:31; Romans 2:16; Romans 14:10,12; 1 Corinthians 6:3; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6.