Rewards and Crowns at the Judgment Seat of Christ Week 6

right. Um I'm gonna set these down here so I don't knock them off. And we are in our study. Somebody have where I stopped at. Did you have that number four under what letter? D E under E. Okay, that's what I thought. Okay, I had the general right area. All right. Um, we're talking about the judgment seat of Christ. And as we talk about that, this is talking to you and I. This has nothing to do with the unsaved. the onsave. What they need to worry about is the the great white throne judgment, which we'll talk about later on. But you and I are going to stand before Jesus Christ and be judged. Not whether we go to heaven or hell.

That's already decided, but we would judge as we talked about last week on our works, our words, our thoughts, our motivation. And it's supposed to be a positive thing that we're there to receive reward. That's the the beimma seat was talking about Olympics when they came and stood before the judgment seat and received their crown of laurels. and as the winner and it's like watching the Olympics and they get the gold medals, you know, it's supposed to be something great, but it also is a time of judgment and it's time of loss as well. Uh and uh and so we need to understand that. Now, there are specific things that are rewarded at the beacy.

Uh those that are prayer warriors, I believe there's a special crown for them. Also, there's a special crown for the um the acts that we do. uh the specific acts and and in in Matthew 10:42 we looked at that and then faithful at thoughts um and and and and then look at number four there is the crowns these are things that he's talked about he would reward uh he's talked about go in your closet and you'll be rewarded by God in heaven if you do the right actions you'll be rewarded but then there's specific crowns look at 1 Corinthians chapter 9 and verse number 25 1 Corinthians chapter nine and verse number 25 1 Corinthians 9:25.

And every man that striveth with a master is tempered in all things. Now they do obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. And so we're striving for an incorruptible crown. Now when we think of crowns, we think of uh gold and jewelry and all the points on them. Uh very likely that that could be the type of crown referred to, but it also very likely could be the Olympic crowns. Remember back in the early days Olympics, they didn't give out gold medals. They gave out laurel reefs to the winners. Uh it's it's a reward to show that you finished the course that you you uh you you accomplish what you went out to accomplish.

And so it talks about the crowns. And so we're getting a an incorrupt that laurel reef would die like lays do but the crown that we get is an incorruptible crown. Then look at Revelation chapter 4 and verse number 10. Revelation chapter 4 and verse number 10. The four and 20 elders fell down before him that sat on the throne and worship him that liveth forever and ever and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, So, we're going to get the crowns and then we're going to lay them at Jesus' feet. And so it's not something we're going to walk around for the next thousand years with all these crowns piled up on our head, but it's it's something we can give back to the Lord who sacrificed himself for us.

Something we can get back to honor him and glorify him. And so the crowns are important from that perspective. And so there's specific crowns that are mentioned. We don't know if this is all of them, but we we have specific ones mentioned in 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse number 19. 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse number 19. For what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye at the presence of our Lord's Christ is coming. So we call this the soul winner's crown. If you've led somebody to the Lord, if you led people to the Lord, you're going to receive a crown for that, recognition for that at the beac seat of Christ.

Now again, we don't know if this is all the crowns, but the fact that he specifically names these crowns, it means these these things are really important. What you reward is what you get. Isn't that true? And so if I want my kids to do something, I'm going to let them know this, you know, especially this is going to get you reward. I want people to know about that. There's that. And so if he specifically mentions these things, saying if you're a soul winner, that's something that I am going to uh give you a crown for. That's something that I am and you know going to acknowledge there. And then uh in James chapter 1 and verse number 12.

James chapter 1 and verse number 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he's tried he should receive the crown of life which the Lord had promised him to love him. So the crown of life is to endure temptation. Now when temptation is not just the idea well I didn't you know do that wrong thing. The temptation here is talking about trials. And so I believe a Christian that goes through trials not of their own making but trials that have come in their life uh that the Lord has allowed in their life. It may be a disease. It may be the persecution. Uh it may be some other uh difficulties we go through.

But here's the key is that blessed man that endureth that we don't just you know I got through this. I had cancer so I get a crown. But we endured it with grace that we endured it with with glorifying God. You remember I mentioned these verses in the sermon. Um you remember how that those guys were, you know, he said, "Why is this guy blind? Is it because he sinned because his parents sin?" And God said, "No, it's for for God's glory." And and and so