Everyone will give account of himself to God

Everyone will give account of himself to God (Rom. 14:12). Give more attention to living a life of holiness and obedience. Think of it. How will you stand in that day? Will you approach Him with confidence or will you stand before Him red-faced and embarrassed over a life of waste and neglect? It is something that you as Christian will have to do. Are you ready to appear before the judgment seat? "For you must appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to what you have done, whether it be good or bad." 2 Corinthians 5:10:  The basis of this judgment will be the believer’s works.

"Although your sins have been judged at the cross and will not be brought up again, at the judgment seat of Christ your works or service will be judged." Therefore, you can see that in your life of as a believer there is a threefold judgment: (1) as a sinner, your judgment at the cross is past (Rom. 8:1); (2) as saved, you as a believer must judge yourself and confess your sins, or else expect discipline (1 Cor. 11:31-32; Heb. 12:7); and (3) as a servant, a future judgment awaits you at the judgment seat of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10; 1 Cor. 3:9-15; Rom. 14:10).

The judgment seat of Christ will be a time when the true character of your works will be able to be seen; your true character will be revealed." The examination of your works will bring to light whether they were good or "bad”, the true makeup of your service (1 Cor. 3:13), as well as your motives (1 Cor. 4:5) will be revealed.

The results of this examination as a believer you will either receive a reward (1 Cor. 3:8a), or forfeit reward (1 Cor. 3:15). As Gods follower you must build on the proper foundation, and build on that foundation, which is Christ (1 Cor. 3:10-11). Two types of builders. The spiritual believer and the worldly believer (1 Cor. 3:12-15), The spiritual believer has results from the Spirit of God working through their life, while the worldly believer represents the fleshly works of the old nature. No one builds completely from spiritual belief, or with worldly belief. In this life your achievements may seem huge and impressive, yet at the judgment seat they will be revealed for what they are: spiritual belief or worldly belief. "The day shall declare it" (1 Cor. 3:13). All works produced through self-confidence, self-conceit, and some other words that begin with the prefix self- (and there are many), will be examined at the judgment seat only to be found worldly. The worldly builder will find his works destroyed by fire, yet he himself will be saved.  (1 Cor. 3:15). As a builder whose building was consumed would escape with personal safety, but with the loss of his work.