Will It Be a Public Exposure Before All the Saints?

When I was younger, I held bad doctrine on the subject of the judgment seat of Christ. I used to think that it would be a public exposure of our lives before all the saints in heaven. I took some comfort in the fact that we would all be glorified at that moment, and would not have the flesh. So it really would not worry us. But I was always a little troubled by it. When brother Clark heard me say something about this, he showed me six or seven references from the written ministry of respected writers, showing that it would be a private review between the Lord and us, individually. Since these men had far more knowledge about these matters than I did, I submitted to their better judgments. In fact, I was quite happy to receive that correction. I did not like my doctrine anyway! My concern was that if it were a public exposure before everyone, who would go first? Would it be in alphabetical order? With my name, I was a little worried. I used to think, "Why couldn't my name be Zaharik or Zacchaeus?"

Brincadeiras à parte, eu pessoalmente penso que a revisão de nossas vidas, provavelmente, acontecerá todas ao mesmo tempo. Eu não acredito que passaremos por isso um de cada vez de acordo com a idade, ordem alfabética ou algo parecido. Sr. Hayhoe costumava nos dizer que será uma sessão íntima com o Senhor pessoalmente. Ele disse que o Senhor irá colocar os braços ao nosso redor, por assim dizer, levar-nos através de nossas vidas e explicar os "porquês" de tudo para nós.