Why Christians Sometimes Lack Confidence about the Day of Judgement

There is... now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.Romans 8:1Every person, including every Christian, will stand before the judgement seat of Christ. But what can we expect to happen when that day actually comes? Some Christians lack confidence at this point, because they lack clarity about their own position.But the apostle Paul does not mince words. He is very clear about the position of believers on the day of judgement: “Everyone who believes in [Christ] will not be put to shame” (10:11). The other New Testament writers are equally clear about the status of Christians in the judgement: “Whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).If you are in Christ, you will stand before the Lord as His redeemed child. The Christian will never know or experience the wrath of God. Christ entered hell on the cross for you so that you should never know what that is like.Your home in heaven was not built with human hands. That means it cannot be dismantled by the failure of human hands. A person in Christ cannot lose his or her salvation at the judgement seat of Christ. It cannot happen and it will not happen. That’s why Paul can say plainly, “There is... now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:1).How confident are you about your own salvation? Are you afraid that you could lose it? How much clarity and certainty do you have about this today?