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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
This may be a little off topic, but here goes . . . why is it that most Christians see little to nothing regarding believers' accountability for their works after being reborn? At least that's my perception, as one's I'm familiar with (radio, TV preachers, many Christian's I meet, etc.) seem to be quite binary. That is, either one is saved (and thereby gets all rewards) or not. There rarely appears to be much in they way of obeying His speaking and doing His will after being saved, and being held accountable for that. Am I accurate in that perception?
Of course I hear preachers saying, "We must love God/others and obey and give and don't be proud, be sincere, don't sin, etc.," but again next to nothing about any future accountability for things done in this body, perhaps other than it doesn't please God or there may be consequences in this life.
Why is that?
Once I saw the matter of accountability for His children in the word, now I see the principle everywhere in the bible . . .
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That is the biggie question, isn't it? And I think your observations about most Christians are correct, as they are the same as mine
If I were to boil it down to one root cause, it is that most churches and their preachers teach that once you die, you go to heaven to be with Jesus forever.
This much over-simplified description of the afterlife leads to an emphasis on being saved by faith and not by works, and the related over-emphasis on the associated "assurance of salvation" doctrine.
Because "judgement" does not make sense in a straight-to-heaven-or-hell, binary, gospel