In the previous post we talked about what followers of Jesus are to DO. Jesus gave instruction to His disciples when He was on earth. Then Jesus gave them more instructions right before He was taken up to heaven.
It says that we will all stand before God and give an account of our deeds and our words.
Matthew 12:36 - "But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.
Romans 14:12 - So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.
1 Peter 4:5 - but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
So each of us is going to give an account before Jesus who is going to judge the living and the dead on the day of judgment. A lot of people use this to scare people. And it could be scary unless you have your name written down in the Book of Life.
Revelation 20:11-15
Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
So ALL are going to be before Jesus, even the dead. And there are going to be books and the dead will be judged from them, according to their DEEDS. It then says death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire = second death. AND IF ANYONES NAME WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, HE WAS THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
God wants no man to perish but all to come to repentance. Repentance or changing your mind away from dead works. The deeds that are going to lead to the lake of fire. God is looking for man to do deeds that lead to life. We will go into these next.
Something to chew on: Did you know that there are going to be TWO Resurrections? And those who are of the first resurrection will not be effected by the second death = lake of fire.
Read it for yourselves: Revelation 20:4-6