The Devotional – 1089 – Foot Steps in Second Corinthians, On Going

The Devotional – 1089 – Foot Steps in Second Corinthians, On Going

Dawson Earle Trotman (March 25, 1906, Bisbee, Arizona –June 18, 1956, Schroon Lake, New York) was an evangelist and founder of The Navigators. Trotman founded The Navigators in 1933 and through this worldwide Christian organization supported various Christian ideals: maintaining the basic disciplines of the Christ-centered Spirit-filled life, abiding in the Word of God, the importance of personal follow-up, one-on-one discipleship training, scripture memorization, and principles for multiplying Christian disciples, laborers, and equippers around the world. He gave up his own life on June 18, 1956 while rescuing a girl, Allene Beck, from drowning during water-skiing in Schroon Lake, New York. Dr. Billy Graham said: "I think Daws has personally touched more lives than anybody I have ever known." His work and writings were instrumental in the creation of the Campus Outreach ministry, which focuses on discipleship as a method of building up the community of Christians on college campuses. (Source of information – Wikipedia).

CHALLENGES & COMMENTS – 2 Corinthians 5:9-11

Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to the LORD. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, and each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the LORD, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences (2 Cor 5:9-11).

The men and women who are God’s chosen disciples; that is those whom God has made known to you and me are known to us because these folks are testimonies of the mercies of God. People like; the apostle Paul, J. Vernon McGee, Paul Harvey, Adrian Rogers and the list is very long. We think godliness about these people of the past as we should, yet they were human with the same nature as you and me – 1 Corinthians 10:13.

If these folks aimed for the opportunity to present their faith at the Bema Seat of the LORD Jesus Christ, should you and I be thinking differently? Is it not necessary for us to do the same? Some of us live as though there is no future “judgment”. Some of us saved believe that since we have been excluded from the Great White Throne judgment of God (Rev 20:4-6) and are of the first resurrection that we have escaped judgment.

Be careful of this unwise thinking and remember that the judgment of God over His saints is called an evaluation of one’s mind, purpose and will. The Greek word is “gnome” (gin-o-my) in the Greek, primarily meaning that God is fully aware of our mind and purpose. This thought alone should form terror in our way of life before God. But let us not forget that there is another word assigned to this. The word “seat” which is the Greek word – “Bema” this word too, means judgment like a tribunal. It is the same judgment referred to by the apostle in (1 Cor 3:13-17) therefore we must hold fast to our confession of faith outlined by the writer of Hebrews in Hebrews 10:19-25.