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 manifest in your consciences.
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.
1 Corinthians 3:10-15 According to the grace of 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 shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
The Bema
“ Living life for what will outlast it ”
A Pious Attitude Regarding Self
A Overstated Attitude Regarding Sin
A Non-Chalant Attitude Regarding Service
(WORKS)
The Bema
“ The Incredible
Accounting of our
Stewardship”
The Stewardship of:
The LIFE of God
The GOSPEL of God
The GIFTS of God
The RESOURCES of God
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)
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
Her Biblical Identity
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? …
Proverbs 31:10-31 … Hebrew Acrostic “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.
Rubies are:
RARE
COSTLY
RED
Her Biblical Identity
Her Beautiful Character
Proverbs 31:11-15
Her Beautiful Character:
She is TRUSTED
She is RESPONSIBLE
She is INITATIVE
Proverbs 31:11-15
Proverbs 31:10-31
Part 3
Her Biblical Identity
Her Beautiful Character
Her Boundless Responsibilities
Proverbs 31:16-23
Proverbs 31:16(a) - She considereth a field,
and buyeth it: …” .
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
Matthew 13:38(a) The field is the world;
Mark 16:15 And He said unto them, Go ye
into all the world, and preach the gospel to
every creature.
Proverbs 31:16(a) - She considereth a field,
and buyeth it: …” .
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
Matthew 13:44 Again, the kingdom of
heaven is like unto treasure hid in a
field; the which when a man hath found, he
hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and
selleth all that he hath, and buyeth
that field.
Proverbs 31:16(a) - She considereth a field,
and buyeth it: …” .
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
Proverbs 31:16- She considereth a field, and
buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she
planteth a vineyard.
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
Luke 8:11(b) …: The
seed is the
word of God.
Proverbs 31:17 She girdeth her loins with
strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having
your loins girt about with truth, and
having on the breastplate of righteousness
Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having
your loins girt about with truth, and
having on the breastplate of righteousness
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth:
thy word is truth.
Proverbs 31:16-17 She considereth a field, and
buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she
planteth a vineyard. She girdeth her loins with
strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
Proverbs 31:18 (a) She perceiveth that her
merchandise is good :… .
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
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 31:18 She perceiveth that her
merchandise is good : her
candle goeth not out by night.
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
1 Thessalonians 5:4-7 But ye, brethren, are not in
darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children
of the day: we are not of the night, nor of
darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do
others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that
sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are
drunken in the night.
Proverbs 31:19-20 She layeth her hands to the
spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She
stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she
reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to preach the
gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal
the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to
the captives, and recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised
Proverbs 31:19-20 She layeth her hands to the
spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She
stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she
reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
Philippians 2:15-16 That ye may be blameless
and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke,
in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,
among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Holding forth the word of life; that I
may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not
run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
Proverbs 31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for
her household: for all her household are
clothed with scarlet.
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
To her Family
Job 38:22 Hast thou entered into the
treasures of the snow? or hast thou
seen the treasures of the hail
Revelation 16:7 And I heard another out of the
altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and
righteous are thy judgments.
Proverbs 31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for
her household: for all her household are
clothed with scarlet.
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
To her Family
Romans 5:9 Much more then, being now
justified by his blood, we shall be saved
from wrath through Him.
Proverbs 31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for
her household: for all her household are
clothed with scarlet.
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
To her Family
Proverbs 31:22 (a) She maketh herself coverings
of tapestry;… .
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
To her Family
To Herself
James 1:2-4 My brethren, count it all joy
when ye fall into divers temptations;
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith
worketh patience. But let patience have her
perfect work, that ye may be perfect and
entire, wanting nothing.
1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being
much more precious than of gold that
perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be
found unto praise and honour and glory
at the appearing of Jesus Christ
Romans 8:28-29 And we know that all things
work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are the called according to
his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he
also did predestinate to be conformed to the
image of his Son, that he might be the
firstborn among many brethren.
2 Corinthians 4:10 Always bearing about in the
body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life
also of Jesus might be made manifest in
our body.
Proverbs 31:22 She maketh herself coverings of
tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
To her Family
To Herself
Proverbs 31:22 She maketh herself coverings of
tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. (WHO
HE IS-WHAT HE DOES)
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
To her Family
To Herself
Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been
baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Colossians 3:8-10 But now ye also put off all
these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy
communication out of your mouth. Lie not one
to another, seeing that ye have put off the old
man with his deeds; And have put on the
new man, which is renewed in knowledge after
the image of him that created him
Colossians 3:12-14 Put on therefore, as the
elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of
mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,
meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another,
and forgiving one another, if any man have a
quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you,
so also do ye. And above all these things put on
charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Proverbs 31:22 She maketh herself coverings of
tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. (WHO
HE IS-WHAT HE DOES)
Her Boundless
Responsibilities:
To the World
To her Family
To Herself
1 Corinthians 15:31 I protest by your rejoicing
which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die
daily.
2 Corinthians 5:15 And that he died for all, that
they which live should not henceforth live
unto themselves, but unto him which died
for them, and rose again.
1 Peter 4:2 That he no longer should live
the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of
men, but to the will of God.
Proverbs 31:23 Her husband is known in the
gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the
land.
Her Boundless Responsibilities:
To the World
To her Family
To Herself
To Her Husband
Matthew 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I
say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in
the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in
the throne of His glory, ye also shall sit upon
twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel.
Proverbs 31:23 Her husband is known in the
gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the
land.
Her Boundless Responsibilities:
To the World
To her Family
To Herself
To Her Husband
2 Timothy 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me
a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and
not to me only, but unto all them also that love
his appearing.
Proverbs 31:23 Her husband is known in the
gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the
land.
Her Boundless Responsibilities:
To the World
To her Family
To Herself
To Her Husband
Her Biblical Identity
Her Beautiful Character
Her Boundless Responsibilities
Her Bountiful Reward
Proverbs 31:24-31
Proverbs 31:25 Strength and honour are her
clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Her Bountiful Reward:
SHE will REJOICE
2 Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the
things which are seen, but at the things
which are not seen: for the things which are
seen are temporal; but the things which are not
seen are eternal.
1 Thessalonians 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy,
or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the
presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?
Proverbs 31:28(a) Her children arise up, and
call her blessed; … .
Her Bountiful Reward:
SHE will REJOICE
HER CHILDREN will
REJOICE
Proverbs 31:28 Her children arise up, and call
her blessed; her husband also, and he
praiseth her.
Her Bountiful Reward:
SHE will REJOICE
HER CHILDREN will
REJOICE
HER HUSBAND will REJOICE
Matthew 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well
done, thou good and faithful servant:
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will
make thee ruler over many things: enter thou
into the joy of thy lord.
Her Biblical Identity
Her Beautiful Character
Her Boundless Responsibilities
Her Bountiful Reward
Proverbs 31:24-31
Proverbs 31:29-31 Many daughters have done
virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is
deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that
feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. Give her of
the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise
her in the gates.
Proverbs 31:10-31
Proverbs 31:10 (a) – “Who can find a virtuous
woman? …
Her Biblical Identity
Her Beautiful Character
Her Boundless Responsibilities
Her Bountiful Reward
Proverbs 31:24-31