WE WILL ALL STAND BEFORE THE LORD

When each of us Stands before the Lord

All of our Sin we have not Repented of will be shown to us.

And that Sin will Condemn us.

If we have Repented of our Sin,

Then, that Sin will not be remembered by the Lord,

It will be as if it had never existed,

And there will be nothing to Condemn us before Him.

What is Sin?

It is that which is Against God and His Word.

All Sin is Against God. (Psalm 51:4)

What is Evil?

It is that which is Against God and His Word.

All Evil is Against God.

Christ Jesus Died for the All the Sin of All the World

From the beginning of Time and Forever.

But His Purchase of Forgiveness

Is only made effective for each of us through Repentance.

Repentance is the beginning of Faith.

It is responding to the Conviction of the Holy Spirit

Who points out our Sin to us.

When we respond to His Conviction through Repentance,

We are Forgiven.

Then, we, in turn, must Forgive those who have Sinned against us,

Or the Father cannot Forgive us. (Matthew 6:15)

If we cannot Forgive those who have Sinned against us,

That, in itself, is Sin.

Further, the Lord tells us this:

18 When I say to a Wicked man, 'You will surely Die,'

And you do not speak out to Dissuade him from his Evil Ways

In order to Save his life,

That Wicked man will Die for his Sin,

And I will hold you Accountable for his blood.

19 But if you do warn the Wicked man

And he does not turn for his Wickedness

Or from his Evil Ways, He will Die for his Sin;

But you will have Saved yourself.

20 'Again, when a Righteous man turns from his Righteousness

And does Evil, and I put a Stumbling Block before him,

He will Die.

Since you Did Not Warn him, he will Die for his Sin.

The Righteous Things he did will Not Be Remembered,

And I will hold you Accountable for his blood.

21 But if you Do Warn the Righteous man Not To Sin

And he Does Not Sin,

He will surely live because he Took Warning,

And you will have Saved yourself.'

(Ezekiel 3:18-21)

Only In Christ Are We Made Alive

AS FOR YOU,

YOU WERE DEAD IN YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS AND SINS,

2 IN WHICH YOU USED TO LIVE

WHEN YOU FOLLOWED THE WAYS OF THIS WORLD

AND OF THE RULER OF THE KINGDOM OF THE AIR,

THE SPIRIT WHO IS NOW AT WORK I THOSE

WHO ARE DISOBEDIENT.

3 All of us lived among them at one time,

Gratifying the Cravings of our Sinful Nature

And following its Desires and Thoughts.

LIKE THE REST, WE WERE OBJECTS OF WRATH.

4 But because of His Great Love for us,

God, Who is Rich in Mercy,

MADE US ALIVE WITH CHRIST

EVEN WHEN WE WERE DEAD IN TRANSGRESSIONS--

IT IS BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED.

6 And God raised us up with Christ

And Seated us with Him in Heavenly Realms in Christ Jesus.

7 In order that in the Coming Ages

He might show the Incomparable Riches of His Grace,

Expressed in His Kindness to us IN CHRIST JESUS.

8 FOR IT IS BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED, THROUGH FAITH--

And this is Not from yourselves,

IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD—

9 NOT BY WORKS, so that No One can Boast.

10 FOR WE ARE GOD'S WORKMANSHIP,

CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS TO DO GOOD WORKS,

WHICH GOD PREPARED IN ADVANCE FOR US TO DO.

(Ephesians 2:1-10)