“Christ will come to judge the works of believers and to bestow the rewards. The believer will not be judged with regard to his sins; he was judged for them in the Person and Cross of Jesus Christ, and will not again be called into account for them at the return of Christ. During this life, however, he is chastened for the sins he commits that he may not be condemned with the world. But when Christ returns the believer will be judged as to the use he has made of the talents, the pounds, and the opportunities that have been entrusted to him. Salvation is a free gift of God and originates in the grace of God. When James says that we are saved by works, he means by a faith that produces works. Paul indicates that while we are saved by grace, we are yet saved unto good works. In other words, the Lord has given His people an opportunity to lay up treasures in heaven, now that they are saved, and so to have an abundant entrance into the everlasting Kingdom.”

Romans 14:9.  For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.                                                                                                      

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.                                                                   

11.  For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.                                                                                                                

12.  So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

II 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.                                                                                                                                     

I John 1:9.  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

Exodus 34:6.  And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

 7.  Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Revelation 12:10.  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

• not for salvation
• to give an account for ourselves -

Romans 14:12.  So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

• to receive the things done in our bodies -

II 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.

• rewards
• crowns
• those bad things
• to be cleared, Ex 34:6-7, of accusations