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have a wonderful Shepherd.” We’re conformed to Christ and
that conforming is by gazing. Brothers and sisters in Christ,
don’t stop gazing at Jesus in the Bible.
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 your 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.