Cheryl Schatz

Craig,
I would just like to make it clear that point we are “debating” is a very minor point and in the end we are saying the same thing.

As far as 1 Cor. 3 the person standing before the judge is alive even if he/she was dead since the resurrection would have happened. The future is stated as a future time past his works being tested. The person is a Christian since they are standing at the judgment of the believer and they are alive since the resurrection has happened (or they never died). They are already in a position of completed salvation but their works are now tested. So for that person the future “will be saved” is nothing in addition to what they already are before their works are tested. They were, they are and they will be saved without any addition or change. i.e. They are saved from the wrath of God no differently before they came to the judgment, they are saved from the wrath of God at the judgment and we are confident that all Christians after the judgment has been made will be saved from the wrath of God. Is there any difference at all one moment before the fire is set to the works and one minute after? No. Because a saved person is always saved from God’s wrath.