Are You Ready for Judgment? Psalm 1:4-6; Matthew 25:31-33, 41-46; Revelation 20:11-15

1.Do you feel that recent decisions by the Supreme Court reflect your beliefs? 2.How does politics play a role in the Supreme Court? 3.How much confidence do you have in the Supreme Court?

DISCUSSION GUIDE 1.Who will face a final judgment according to the following verses? a.(Psalms 1:4-6)Lost sinners and saved sinners b.(Hebrews 9:27)All people c.(Matt. 25:31-33)The sheep and the goats d.(2 Cor. 5:10)All people for reward or punishment

DISCUSSION GUIDE 2.What does the word “Bema” as in the Bema Seat of Christ mean? The Bema was the award seat at the Corinthian games. No one was ever punished for failure to achieve but they were rewarded for their achievements.

DISCUSSION GUIDE 3.According to (1 Corinthians 3:10-14) what happens at the Bema judgment? If a believer does God honoring works, not for the praise of men, he/she will be rewarded.

DISCUSSION GUIDE 4.When will the Bema take place? Immediately upon the return of Christ when we are caught up in the air to meet the Lord.

DISCUSSION GUIDE 5.What is the purpose of the Great White Throne Judgment? (Revelation 20:11-15) To judge those who are not Christ-followers and sentence them to hell.

DISCUSSION GUIDE 6.When will the Great White Throne Judgment take place? At the end of the millennium.

DISCUSSION GUIDE 7.How do you answer someone who says “I don’t believe a loving God would send anyone to hell?”

DISCUSSION GUIDE 8.Do you believe in a literal hell? Jesus did, consider these passages: a.(Matt. 18:8)Cast into eternal fire b.(Matt. 23:15)Jesus refers to hell c.(Matt. 25:46)Jesus refers to a place of eternal punishment d.(Mark 9:48)Jesus refers to a place where the worm does not die and the fire is not quenched

DISCUSSION GUIDE 9.How is this judgment different from the courtrooms of today? There will be no defense lawyer and no jury, only a judge. God will determine the degree of suffering that unbelievers will endure forever.

DISCUSSION GUIDE 10.As a Christ-follower how concerned are you about the fate of the lost? What can/will you do about it?

Invictus "Out of the night that covers me, black as a pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeoning’s of chance, my head is bloody but unbowed. Beyond this veil of wrath and tears clings but the harrow of the shading. Yet the menace of the years finds in self I meet unafraid; matters not how straight the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll. I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul." William Ernest Henley

"Out of the light that dazzles me, bright is the sun from pole to pole. I thank the God I know to be, for Christ the conqueror of my soul. Since he's the sway of circumstance, I would not wince nor cry aloud. Under that rule which men call chance, my head with joy is humbly bowed. Beyond this place of sin and tears, that life with him. And he's the aide That spite diminished of the years keeps and shall keep me unafraid. It matters not, though straight the gate, He cleared from punishments the scroll. Christ is the master of my fate. Christ the captain of my soul." Unknown