By Jack Zavada
The Judgment Seat of Christ is not judgment over a person's salvation. The Bible is clear that our salvation is by grace through faith in the sacrificial death of Christ on the cross, not through our works:
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. (John 3:18, NIV)
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, (Romans 8:1, NIV)
For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more. (Hebrews 8:12, NIV)
At the Judgment Seat of Christ, only Christians will appear before Jesus, to be rewarded for their works done in his name while they were on earth. Any references to loss at this judgment concerns loss of rewards, not salvation. Salvation has already been settled through Jesus'redeeming work.
