Rewards???

[Picture.Of.Obedience]

My pastor preached on rewards..... you know like when we die and go to heaven our rewards (crowns)
Can ya'll tell me a little bit more about them?

 

[sandman]

Stacy

There are five crowns; I won’t go into to much detail but here they are.

• Crown of Life - James 1:12…For all those who believe and stood on his Word; those who love Him

12: Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

• Crown Incorruptible – I Corinthians 9:24 &5…Self discipline in training yourself in the doing of the Word

24: Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25: And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

• Crown of Rejoicing – I Thessalonians 2:19…For witnessing to people and getting them to the point of receiving the holy spirit

19: For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

• Crown of Righteousness – II Timothy 4:7 &8`…to stand and to fight, to serve the household of believers; in the context of those who look forward to His appearing.

7: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
8: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

• Crown of Glory – I Peter 5:4…Responsibility of overseeing the body of believers

4: And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

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God bless

sandman

 

[Hidden in Christ]

1 Corinthians 3:11-15:

11) For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12) Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13) Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14) If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15) If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Hello,

As Christians, our faith is laid upon the foundation of Christ. Every single thing we do after we have been born again is building on that foundation. It is possible for us to do things that will pass God's approval test or things that will not pass the test.

Now the only way we can do things that please him is as we let Jesus live and work through us. In John 15, we are told that without Jesus we can do nothing. But as we abide in Christ, who in that chapter is spoken of as the Vine, then we as branches bring forth much fruit. In other words, the things we say and do will be useful and pleasing to God.

If we do not abide in Christ and let him live through us, things we do will be unacceptable to God, even if they are "good" things, because if we do not do them for the right reasons and with the right spirit, they are worthless to the cause of our Lord.

We will give account to God someday for all that we have done as Christians. This should cause us to be fearful and diligent to do the things we should. Though these verses do not specify what the "rewards" will be for those who serve Him nor the "losses" for those who do not, just the words themselves should be enough. If the Creator of heaven and earth rewards someone, they will be rewarded indeed. If he causes them to suffer loss, that is something to be feared and avoided.

The comforting aspect of all this is that even the Christian who builds some wood, hay and stubble upon the foundation will still be saved. I am glad that the good Shepherd takes care of His sheep and "they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of [his] hand." (John 10:28)

I hope this was helpful.

 

[SH89]

Hello mstodd919,


First of all, our works do not determine our crown; because our works are like dirty rags. What determines our crown is if we truly did love God and if we are faithfull untill death.

First of all lets look at revelation 21:24

revelation 21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

The holy city in heaven, is where God himself is at. There will be some people who will never see God but only his glory. Only the kings of the earth will enter in.
And what makes you a king? A crown.

The crown of life is given to the faithfull and to those who truly LOVE God.
Not because of our works, or the sin in our lifes, or our knowlegde on the word of God.
James 1
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Revelation 2
10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Being faithful is trusting and believeing in Jesus for the rest of your life.

Hebrews 11
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.