The Rewards of The Christian

Text: Rev. 22:12

INTRO: According to Eph. 2:8-10, salvation is a  gift  of God. One is  saved  if  he or she  obeys the Gospel. We cannot work our way into  heaven, but  after we are  saved we  should be the  best  workers the Lord Jesus has.  Reward are given  to Christians at the Judgment Seat of Christ based  on  how they  worked for the Lord while here on earth. (Matt. 16:27) 

• A most revealing  scripture on rewards is  found in 1 Cor. 3:8-15.
  1. Gold, silver, precious stones. This is  building with eternal material
  2. Wood, hay and  stubble. This is building with earthly  materials.
  3. The believer who builds on Christ with eternal materials shall receive a reward. Those  who build with temporal materials will see their works burned  up at the  Judgment Seat of Christ.  The believer will suffer  loss-not the loss of salvation, but the loss of rewards.
  4. First of all, every believer will be   rewarded according to his/her own labor. I Cor. 3:8; we do not  labor for our  own  salvation.
  5. “We are laborers together with God.” Not  for  salvation but for  rewards.
  6. I Cor. 3:11; The believer is to build on the Lord Jesus Christ, the only true foundation.
  7. The believer has a choice of  2  kinds of  building material.

Rewards are called “Crowns” in the Word of God.  We will have more  to say about “Crowns” in another article/message.

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