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The starting point is that God has put His seed, His life in you.
             That seed will produce after its own kind.  The process is that
             we come with an unveiled face and we look in the Bible and we
             see how God sees us.  How wonderful is the way God sees us!
             But will I ever become like what God sees?

             1 John 3:2, “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has
             not appeared as yet what we shall be.  We know that, when He
             appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as
             He is.”  When we see Him, we’ll be like Him.  That’s not only
             true down the road; that’s true now!  I gave illustrations.  The
             starting point is the seed.  The process is a mirror.  Let me give
             you the consummation.

             2  Corinthians  5:10,  “For  we  must  all  appear  before  the
             judgment seat of Christ, that each one may be recompensed for
             his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether
             good or bad.”  I’d like to illustrate it with the judgment seat of
             Christ.  To many Christians this is a frightening prospect.  They
             don’t like to think about the judgment seat of Christ.  They often
             miss God’s heart about the judgment seat of Christ.  I know
             some Christians who dread of the judgment seat of Christ.


             Many books are written about it.  I want to pass by the technical
             side.  I studied the Bema (Judgment) Seat and perhaps you have,
             too.  I know it’s not about God judging sin.  God is honest and
             He will not collect the same debt twice.  Jesus paid for all you
             sins on the cross.  You’ll never have to pay again for that.  What
             is the Judgment Seat of Christ?

             1  Corinthians  3:13-15,  “…each  man’s  work  will  become
             evident, for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed
             with fire; and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s
             work.  If any man’s work which he has built upon it remains,
             he shall receive a reward.  If any man’s work is burned up, he
             shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as through
             fire.”  A day is coming when everything will be tested by fire.
             The  deepest  thoughts  of  my  heart  will  be  examined  by  fire.
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