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JUNE 21
MEASURED TO HIS FOOTPRINT
“For we shall all stand
before the judgment seat of
Christ. For it is written,
“As I live, saith the Lord,
every knee shall bow to Me,
and every tongue shall
confess to God. So then
every one of us shall give
account of himself to God.”
(Rom. 14:10-12)
Judgment seat – from the
Greek word “bema,” meaning
footprint, or tribunal, as
it refers to the seat of a
judge, or, that which
decides or judges, as, the
tribunal of public opinion
as a standard which is
measured to.
While the word is used ten
times as “judgment seat,” in
Acts 7:5, “And He gave him
none inheritance in it, no,
not so much as TO SET his
foot ON.” These words “to
set on” come from the Greek
“bema” or “judgment seat”
doesn’t easily fit in this
verse, for Abraham was not
given so much as a FOOTPRINT
in the land, that is, no
lasting mark upon which to
look as a token of his
inheritance in the land,
there was nothing tangible
to measure by. It was a
FAITH WALK, and he had to
rest solely upon the
promises of God, that this
land would be his, and the
inheritance for his seed.
This verse also illustrates
how the word bema can
literally mean footprint,
thus a form, a standard to
be measured to.
Jesus Christ is “made unto
us wisdom, and
righteousness, and
sanctification, and
redemption.“ (1 Cor. 1:30).
HE IS THE STANDARD, we are
to measure up to HIS
FOOTPRINT, to His walk.
Being brought to the
“judgment seat of Christ” is
literally being measured to
His footprint.
Tradition gives the
impression that the
“judgment seat” is a fearful
place where God, as an
austere Judge, metes out the
sentence, there is no mercy,
no love, only awesome
judgment. But the truth of
the matter is that day by
day, we are now,
progressively, facing the
judgment seat of Christ. We
are experimentally being
measured to His footprint,
as the Holy Spirit leads us
into all truth, and purges
and purifies that we might
be conformed to His image.
Christ is our Example, “that
ye should follow in His
steps.” (1 Pet. 2:21). And
measured to His footprint,
we truly have peace with
God. |
