FRIDAY January 30, 2026

Jesus Died Once for Sin

And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
Hebrews 9:27-28

May God help us to understand what Paul the Apostle is teaching us in this one important verse. Most people are too busy living their lives to stop and think about a day of judgment coming. Listen, a day of judgment will come for the non-believer and the believer, alike.

When a believer stands before God’s Judgment Seat, it will not be for the sins they have committed. Their sin was taken care of on the Cross. The Bible teaches that at the Judgment Seat of Christ, believers will be judged for the things they did or did not do for the Lord while here on earth:

1 Corinthians 3:11-15: For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.  Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; ...  because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.  If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

2 Corinthians 5:9-10: Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

As a Christian, whatever you have done for Christ will go into the fire to discover its value. Were your motive for God’s glory or your own? In the fire, it could be that nothing will be left. But know this: You will still be saved because salvation is a free gift of God. I find the best way to live your life is in the constant anticipation of the return of Jesus Christ!

If we could live every day as though it may be the very last one before the final judgment, what a difference it would make here on earth!
~Billy Graham~

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