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The Bema

The Bema. The Bema. 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

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The Bema

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  1. The Bema

  2. The Bema 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must allappear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

  3. The Bema Romans 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall allstand before the judgment seat of Christ. Romans 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

  4. 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

  5. The Bema “ Living life for what will outlast it ” • A Pious Attitude Regarding Self • A Overstated Attitude Regarding Sin • A Non-Chalant Attitude Regarding Service (WORKS)

  6. The Bema “ The Incredible Accounting of our Stewardship” • TheStewardshipof: • The LIFE of God • The GOSPEL of God • The GIFTS of God • The RESOURCES of God

  7. The Bema 2 John 1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. REWARD # 1: VERBAL COMMENDATION (For Being CountedWorthy) REWARD # 2: ROYAL CLOTHES (For LivingRighteously) REWARD # 3: ACTUAL CROWNS (For Investing In His Kingdom)

  8. Proverbs 31:10 • Her BiblicalIdentity

  9. Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Who can find a virtuous woman? …

  10. Ruth 3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

  11. Ruth is a Gentile from a cursed race (Moab) • She finds herself in a time of famine • She hears good news from a far land that the Lord had visited His people in Bethlehem in giving them bread. • She turned from everything she knew and the gods she had served and went to Bethlehem to partake of that bread. • She took of it and went to work in the field • A Jewish Kinsman Redeemer, from Bethlehem called her out of the field & made her his bride

  12. Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Who can find a virtuous woman? …

  13. Proverbs 31:10-31 … Hebrew Acrostic“Who can find a virtuous woman?”

  14. Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. • Rubies are: • RARE • COSTLY • RED

  15. Her BiblicalIdentity • Her BeautifulCharacter Proverbs 31:11-15

  16. Her Beautiful Character: • She is TRUSTED • She is RESPONSIBLE • She is INITATIVE Proverbs 31:11-15

  17. Proverbs 31:10-31 Part 3

  18. Her BiblicalIdentity • Her BeautifulCharacter • Her BoundlessResponsibilities Proverbs 31:16-23

  19. Proverbs 31:16(a) - She considereth a field, andbuyeth it: …” . • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World

  20. Matthew 13:38(a) The field is the world;

  21. Mark 16:15 And He said unto them, Go ye into allthe world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

  22. Proverbs 31:16(a) - She considereth a field, andbuyeth it: …” . • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World

  23. Matthew 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

  24. Proverbs 31:16(a) - She considereth a field, andbuyeth it: …” . • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World

  25. Proverbs 31:16- She considereth a field, andbuyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World

  26. Luke 8:11(b) …: The seed is the word of God.

  27. Proverbs 31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength, andstrengtheneth her arms. • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World

  28. Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness

  29. Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

  30. Proverbs 31:16-17 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World

  31. Proverbs 31:18 (a) She perceiveth that her merchandise is good:… . • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World

  32. 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,unmoveable, alwaysaboundingin the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labouris not in vain in the Lord.

  33. Proverbs 31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World

  34. 1 Thessalonians 5:4-7 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Thereforelet us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

  35. Proverbs 31:19-20 She layeth her handsto the spindle, and her hands holdthe distaff. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World

  36. Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed meto preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised

  37. Proverbs 31:19-20 She layeth her handsto the spindle, and her hands holdthe distaff. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World

  38. Philippians 2:15-16 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

  39. Proverbs 31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World • To her Family

  40. Job 38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail

  41. Revelation 16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

  42. Proverbs 31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World • To her Family

  43. Romans 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

  44. Proverbs 31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: forallher household are clothed with scarlet. • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World • To her Family

  45. Proverbs 31:22 (a) She makethherself coverings of tapestry;… . • Her Boundless Responsibilities: • To the World • To her Family • To Herself

  46. James 1:2-4 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

  47. 1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ

  48. Romans 8:28-29 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

  49. 2 Corinthians 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

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