0054. Rewarded According to Works

Rewarded According to Works

"Every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour" (1Co_3:8).

When we stand before the throne of Christ, we are to be rewarded, not according to our good intentions and our holy ambitions, and our large promises, but we are to be rewarded strictly upon the basis of what we did.

Rev_22:12–"My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be".

1Co_3:8–"Every one shall receive his own reward according to his own labour".

Gal_6:7-8–As you sow, so shall you reap.

Our Lord will be just in rendering wages to those who have served Him in this life. Let not that believer who is living carelessly and negligently, think that he shall receive anything of the Lord. He shall be saved by grace. Certainly. But he shall be rewarded according to his works.

Those who sow sparingly shall reap also sparingly; those who sow bountifully shall reap bountifully. Some will be saved so as by fire–they will suffer loss; some will have an abundant entrance–they will be richly rewarded.

Each of the five crowns mentioned in the Bible are rewards for specific service rendered. All rewards are proportioned according to what we have done.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR