December 09, 2014
Give an Accounting
Each January my church
treasurer hands out a white legal size envelope that contains a record of a
person’s financial support and tithes during the last year. The first of
December I visited an LDS church and a man handed out a couple of white
envelopes to members prior to the service beginning. Announcements were first
on the agenda and the speaker said, “The Tithing Settlement is happening, so see
what day works for you and take time to sign up for one of the available days
to meet with the Bishop.” I feel confident that the white envelope also contained
a tithing record — a record of unpaid and past due tithes. Makes me think we
should be grateful that the Lord expects an accounting of our life at the
Judgment Seat of Christ — and not before the end of each year! “For we must all
appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is
due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad” (2 Cor 5:10
NIV).
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Gail;
-----God sits at that seat. He is there then as much as He is here now. Worse than havening to give account every year, then, we must give account every moment. For the Judge watches. We may as well be judged for what we do as we are yet doing it.
-----And that’s just the small down side. The up side of being before the judgment seat as we do what we do, the Judge there then watching us here now, is tremendous. It is like the only courtroom wherein we can change the case before it by changing our behavior, our habits, our plans, and our doings now for the better. Since we are not perfect, our judgment will still have to sum up there then. But by His being in all times at all times, the Judge Himself graciously gives us opportunity to correct our cases even before we’ve made them. The dimensions of His grace never end.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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