Question;
Anonymous said...
The saved will be judged for their sins committed after salvation or those they committed before and after accepting Christ? And since they are saved, what punishment can they be given if they are with the Father in Heaven? Does it not say there will be no sorrow in heaven? Yet here it clearly reads that believers (the Saved) will face the judgement and wrath of God.

ANSWER
All sins committed before salvation are cleansed by the blood of Christ in the new birth.
Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Sins after salvation are cleansed by the blood when repented of and confessed.1 John 1:7-10 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Sins not repented of, or wilfully rebellious sins are punished in this life. Though David repented of his sin with Bathsheba and the death of her husband, he spent his entire life being punished for it.
Ps 51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
The saved, though subject to the chastisement of God in this life and facing judgement in the next, will NEVER face the wrath of God.
Rom 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
This judgment is of our works and those not pleasing to Him are burned. Our punishment will be the loss of our life’s work and having to face our Lord with empty hands. 1 Cor 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 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.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
It is true that there will come a time when all tears are wiped away but it is AFTER the one thousand year reign is finished and we enter the new heaven and the new earth.. Isa 25:8 He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken.
Rev 21:4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
5 Then He who sat on the throne said,"Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful."