What happens when Christians stand before the Lord Jesus?
When Christians stand before the Lord Jesus, He personally examines their work with penetrating, fiery eyes. Their works are tested by fire: wood, hay, and stubble burn up, while gold, silver, and precious stone remain. If their work abides, they receive a reward; if burned, they suffer loss but are still saved.
Les explains that we will come before the Lord Jesus personally, and He will examine our work with His fiery eye. The fire is not literal flames; it is the penetrating eyes of the Lord Jesus described in Revelation as eyes of fire. Les compares it to someone who seems able to look right through you, but that is nothing compared to His eyes as He looks at our life and reward status. The wood, hay, and stubble will go up in a puff of smoke, leaving only the gold, silver, and precious stone. If a man's work abides, he shall receive a reward; if his work is burned, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved. Les also notes that when we step out of time into eternity, there is no sixty-second clock; it is all now.
Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.