Judgement Day

Wesley Wright

Lighthouse Bible Church

Sunday, February 15, 2026

 

Judgment Day

 

2CO 5:9-12

 

“Only God can judge me” is a common retort from the unbelieving word. They are correct technically, but often don’t know it — God will judge the world via His Son.

 

Jesus Christ is the Judge of the world.

 

JOH 5:17-23; Acts 17:24-31; 2TI 4:1

 

We and all people should expect a judgment: HEB 9:24-28

 

We discussed the believer’s fate at the point of death last week. How do we square their entry into heaven with the coming judgment mentioned in 2CO 5:10?

 

The judgment we read about in 2CO 5:10 isn’t the judgment of sin. Sin was judged in full at the cross, so we believers have nothing to fear in the judgment to come.

 

Sin was judged in full at the cross: EPH 1:3-7

 

Sin was judged in full at the cross: COL 1:9-14

 

Not that we’ve discussed is not, what is this judgment? It refers to the general rewards we believers receive once our physical lives have ceased.

 

The works we do in these bodies have ramifications after death:

ROM 14:10-13

 

The works we do in these bodies have ramifications after death:

1CO 3:10-15; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5

 

The works we do in these bodies have ramifications after death: MAT 6:19-21

 

The works we do in these bodies have ramifications after death: JAM 1:12

 

2CO 5:11-12 — Paul’s opponents fall into the category of people who take pride in their appearance (external factors) and not their heart. Sound familiar?

 

Avoid self-commendation. Remember the Pharisees, and how strongly Jesus Christ spoke about them: MAT 23:23-28

 

Avoid self-commendation. Remember the Pharisees, and how strongly Jesus Christ spoke about them:

LUK 18:9-14

 

Paul referenced being proud earlier in this book: but in a much different way:

2CO 1:12-14

 

Anyone who boasts should do so in the Lord alone: 1CO 1:26-31

 

*Quoted from

JER 9:23-24

 

We shall be judged, but those in Christ (who will judge the world) need not be fearful. What we do here impacts our heavenly rewards, but not our salvation.

 

Be wary of those who are prideful in their appearance. Every bit of what we have, and what we are in Christ, is because of the bountiful blessings the Lord God has provided chiefly in His Son.