The
Bema
The
Bema
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ; that every
one may receive the things done in his body,
according to that he hath done, whether it be
good or bad.
2 Corinthians 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror
of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made
manifest unto God; and I trust also are made
The
Bema
“ Living life for what will
outlast it ”
A Pious Attitude Regarding Self
A Overstated Attitude
Regarding Sin
A Non-Chalant Attitude
The
Bema
“ The Incredible Accounting of
our Stewardship”
The
Bema
Romans 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy
brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy
brother? for we shall all stand before the
judgment seat of Christ.
Romans 14:12 So then every one
of us shall give account of
himself to God.
The Bema
The Stewardship of:
The LIFE of God
The GOSPEL of God
The GIFTS of God
The RESOURCES of God
God which is given unto me, as a wise
masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and
another buildeth thereon. But let every man take
heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other
foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which
is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this
foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood,
hay, stubble; 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. If any man's
work abide which he hath built thereupon, he
shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall
be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself
The Bema
REWARD # 1:
VERBAL COMMENDATION
(For Being Counted Worthy)
REWARD # 2:
ROYAL CLOTHES
(For Living Righteously)
REWARD # 3:
ACTUAL CROWNS
(For Investing In His Kingdom)
The
Bema
2 John 1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose
not those things which we have wrought, but
that we receive a full reward.
Proverbs
31:10-31
Proverbs
31:10
Her Biblical Identity
Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Who can
find a virtuous woman? …
• 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 But as it is written, Eye
hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things
which God hath prepared for them that love
him. But God hath revealed them unto us by
his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things,
yea, the deep things of God.
• 1 Corinthians 2:11-12 For what man knoweth
the things of a man, save the spirit of man
which is in him? even so the things of God
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now
we have received, not the spirit of the
world, but the spirit which is of God; that
we might know the things that are freely
given to us of God.
• 1 Corinthians 2:13 Which things also we
speak, not in the words which man's
wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost
teacheth; comparing spiritual things with
spiritual.
Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Who can
find a virtuous woman? …
Ruth 3:11 And now, my
daughter, fear not; I will do to
thee all that thou requirest: for all
the city of my people doth know
that thou art a virtuous
woman.
• Ruth is a Gentile from a cursed race (Moab)
• She finds herself in a time of famine
• She hears good news from a far land that the
Lord had visited His people in Bethlehem in
giving them bread.
• She turned from everything she knew and the
gods she had served and went to Bethlehem to
partake of that bread.
• She took of it and went to work in the field
• A Jewish Kinsman Redeemer, from Bethlehem
called her out of the field & made her his bride
Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Who can
find a virtuous woman? …
Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your
own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as
Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak
concerning Christ and the church.
2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with
godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one
husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin
to Christ.
Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Who can
find a virtuous woman? …
Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Proverbs
31:10 Who can find a virtuous
woman? for her price is far
above rubies.
Proverbs 31:1 The words of king
Lemuel, the prophecy that his
mother taught him.
1 Kings 11:3 And he had seven
hundred wives, princesses, and
three hundred concubines: and
his wives turned away his heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:26-28 And I find more
bitter than death the woman, whose
heart is snares and nets, and her
hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God
shall escape from her; but the sinner
shall be taken by her. Behold, this
have I found, saith the preacher,
counting one by one, to find out the
account: Which yet my soul seeketh,
but I find not: one man among a
• Solomon… Son of David
Matthew 1:1 The book of the generation of
Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of
Abraham.
• Solomon: Early in his Kingship was a
Picture of Christ
1 Kings 10:4,6-7 And when the queen of
Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom,
and the house that he had built, And she
said to the king, It was a true report that I
heard in mine own land of thy acts and of
thy wisdom. Howbeit I believed not the
Song of Solomon 6:13 Return, return, O
Shulamite; return, return, that we may look
upon thee. What will ye see in the
Shulamite? As it were the company of two
armies.
I am my
beloved's, and my beloved is
mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 6:3
Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Proverbs
31:10 Who can find a virtuous
woman? for her price is far
above rubies.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 What? know ye not that your
body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Proverbs
31:10 Who can find a virtuous
woman? for her price is far
above rubies
.
Rubies are:
RARE
Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Proverbs
31:10 Who can find a virtuous
woman? for her price is far
above rubies
.
Rubies are:
RARE
COSTLY
Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Proverbs
31:10 Who can find a virtuous
woman? for her price is far
above rubies
.
Rubies are:
RARE
COSTLY
RED
1 Peter 1:18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were
not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver
and gold, from your vain conversation received by
tradition from your fathers; But with the precious
blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot
Proverbs 31:10-31 … Hebrew
Acrostic “Who can find a
virtuous woman?”
Her Biblical Identity
Her Biblical Identity
Her Beautiful Character
Proverbs 31:1114
Proverbs 31:11 The heart of
her husband doth safely trust in
her, so that he shall have no
need of spoil.
Her Beautiful
Character:
She can be
TRUSTED
Ephesians 2:2-3 Wherein in time past ye walked
according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the
air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience: Among whom also we all had our
conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh,
fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and
were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians 2:4-6 But God, who is rich in mercy,
for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when
we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together
with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath
raised us up together, and made us sit together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus
Colossians 1:12-14 Giving thanks unto the Father,
which hath made us meet to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath
delivered us from the power of darkness, and
hath translated us into the kingdom of his
dear Son: In whom we have redemption
through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins
James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know
ye not that the friendship of the world is
enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a
friend of the world is the enemy of God.
John 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest
take them out of the world, but that thou
shouldest keep them from the evil.
Proverbs 31:11 The heart of
her husband doth safely trust in
her, so that he shall have no
need of spoil.
Her Beautiful
Character:
She can be
TRUSTED
Proverbs 31:11 The heart of
her husband doth safely trust in
her, so that he shall have no
need of spoil.
Her Beautiful
Character:
She can be
TRUSTED
Luke 11:22 But when a stronger than he shall
come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh
from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and
divideth his spoils.
Luke 16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful
in the unrighteous mammon, who will
commit to your trust the true riches?
Proverbs 31:11 The heart of
her husband doth safely trust in
her, so that he shall have no
need of spoil.
Her Beautiful
Character:
She is
TRUSTED
Proverbs 31:12 She will do
him good and not evil all the
days of her life.
Her Beautiful
Character:
She is TRUSTED
She is
RESPONSIBLE
1 John 2:1(a) “ My little children, these things
write I unto you, that ye sin not. …”
1 John 2:1 My little children, these things
write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any
man sin, we have an advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of
God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord
knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one
that nameth the name of Christ depart
from iniquity.
Proverbs 31:12 She will do
him good and not evil all the
days of her life.
Her Beautiful
Character:
She is TRUSTED
She is
RESPONSIBLE
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any
man should boast.
Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man
should boast. For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we
should walk in them.
Titus 3:3-7 For we ourselves also were
sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived,
serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in
malice and envy, hateful, and hating one
another. But after that the kindness and love
of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
Not by works of righteousness
which we have done, but
according to his mercy he saved
us, by the washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed
Titus 3:8 This is a faithful
saying, and these things I will
that thou affirm constantly,
that they which have
believed in God might
be careful to maintain
good works. These
Proverbs 31:12 She will do him
good and not evil all the days of
her life.
Her Beautiful
Character:
She is TRUSTED
She is
RESPONSIBLE
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in
vain in the Lord.
Proverbs 31:12 She will do him
good and not evil all the days of
her life.
Her Beautiful
Character:
She is TRUSTED
She is
RESPONSIBLE
Acts 13:25(a) And as
John fulfilled his
course…, .
Colossians 4:17 And say to Archippus,
Take heed to the ministry which
thou hast received in the Lord,
that thou fulfil it.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good
fight, I have finished my
course, I have kept the faith
Proverbs 31:12 She will do him
good and not evil all the days of
her life.
Her Beautiful
Character:
She is TRUSTED
She is
RESPONSIBLE
Her Biblical Identity
Her Beautiful Character
Proverbs 31:1114
Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Who can
find a virtuous woman? …