8月29日
标 题：审判席
经 节：因为我们众人必要在基督台前显露出来，叫各人按著本身所行的，或善或恶受报。（哥林多后书五章10节）
基督徒行事背后有许多动机。其中一个动机是，觉悟到自己有一天会站在基督审判宝座前，为自己的一生交帐。虽然另一种较舒服的看法是，相信基督徒不会面对关于地上作为的任何询问，就被迎进天堂，但圣经上不是这样说的。
保罗告诫我们，在末日的审判时，每个基督徒将为自己一生的所作所为，交代得一清二楚。这件可预见的事令保罗很害怕，激励他在所做的每一件事情上，要努力讨神的喜悦（哥林多后书五：9～11）。保罗知道，自己在地上的日子有可能不理会圣灵轻微的声音，然而，到那交帐的日子，他必须解释自己为什么不听从神的指示。保罗从不草率地假设，神会因着他为神国所立的功劳，而宽容他所犯的罪。他了解，多给谁就向谁多取的道理（路加福音十二：48）。
神并没有强逼我们遵行祂的旨意。我们对祂的回应方式，祂会要求我们交代清楚。基督徒因为耶稣的牺牲而罪得赦免，我们不被定罪。但是，因为神是绝对公义的，我们会被召唤，交代自己的所作所为。基督徒的生活有极大的自由，然而，对神与对自己周遭人的关系，我们有责任交代清楚。我们由保罗身上学习到，为自己的行为负责是健康的，它激励我们积极地讨神欢喜。
The Judgment Seat
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to
what he has done, whether good or bad. (2 Corinthians 5:10)
There are many motivations in the Christian’s life.
One is our awareness that one day we will give an account of our lives to
Christ, as He sits in judgment upon humanity. It is much more comforting to
believe that Christians will be ushered into heaven with no questions asked
about our faithfulness upon earth, but that is not what Scripture says will
happen.
Paul cautioned that in the final day of judgment
every Christian will give an account for his or her actions. This expectation
terrified Paul and motivated him to strive to please God in everything he did
(2 Cor. 5:9–11). Paul knew that although he might ignore the Spirit’s quiet
voice during His life on earth, a time of accounting would come when he would
have to explain why he had rejected God’s instructions. Paul never carelessly
assumed that, because of all he had done for God’s kingdom, God would overlook
his sin. Instead, he understood that to whom much is given, much is required
(Luke 12:48).
God does not force His will upon us. He will ask us
to answer for the way we responded to Him. Christians have been pardoned by the
sacrifice of Jesus. We are not condemned. But because God is absolutely just,
we will be called on to give an account of our actions. The Christian life
gives a tremendous freedom, but it also brings a pervasive sense of our
accountability to God and to others. We can learn from Paul that accountability
is healthy; it gives us a powerful motivation to please God.
