The Judgment Seat of Christ

Of the many errors in current Christian theology, one of the gravest, the most displeasing to the Lord, may be the doctrine that no Christian will be punished at the Judgment Seat of Christ. How upsetting and frustrating it must be to God to see His Word being mutilated in this manner! How grievous an error it is that leaves multitudes of believers unprepared for what they will be facing in the Day of the Lord!
Because of this error concerning the Judgment Seat, the fear of the Lord has been removed from the believers. The truth is, appearing before the Judgment Seat of Christ will prove to be a terrifying experience for all except those believers who are totally consecrated and obedient to God (and a sobering experience even for them although they have gained some degree of boldness).
The Spirit of God intends that the terror of the Judgment Seat be one of the motivations that cause the believers to serve Christ with diligence.
The sufferings of the Christian, if he is following the Lord as he should, are God's judgments on his life: not a judgment of condemnation and wrath but a judgment of discipline to salvation. We are saved by the judgment of discipline. Apart from Divine judgment we remain sinful, self-centered, and otherwise spiritually immature and subject to the authority of the Lake of Fire.
We Christians have termed the judgment that takes place after the thousand-year Kingdom Age the "white-throne" judgment. However, the white-throne judgment is but one aspect of the Judgment Seat of Christ. It is not a judgment separate from the Judgment Seat of Christ of II Corinthians 5:10. The Judgment Seat of Christ is a white throne. The Father judges no man. All judgment has been committed to the Son.