Sermon Notes from Sunday, 10.20.13

Here are the sermon notes from Sunday, 10.20.13, on 2 Corinthians 5.9-10.  You can get these notes in PDF and the sermon audio at sermons.heritagepark.org.  You can also download the sermon audio via our podcast on iTunes.

Let’s Talk about Rewards 

2 Cor 5.9-10

Paul’s goal: to please God

• We are not appeasing God – getting Him off our back or on our side
  
• We are living to please God – to reflect the relationship we have with Him
  
  Every person will stand before Christ
  

• For unbelievers, it’s a terrifying pronouncement of judgment
  
• For believers, it’s a gracious announcement
  
  Every Christian will give an account to Christ
  

• Bema seat – the place of judgment, settling accounts
  
• The accounting of what is due is based on our obedience
  
• There will not be punishment but there might be loss
  
• Two losses: what you brought with you and the opportunity cost
  
• That which is worthless will not remain – what is worthwhile will be purified
  
  Every Christian will receive rewards
  

• Don’t worry about essence but intent, not material but meaning
  
• The rewards will bestow recognition (Crowns)
  
• The rewards will bestow responsibility (Luke 19 Parable)
  
  2 Pastoral Pleas
  

1. Stop disobeying, delaying, being distracted
   
2. Don’t skip obedience in the small things