SURFING WITH JESUS
Pastor Gene A. Dasher, Sr.
Web Site: http://SurfingwithJesus.Blogspot.com
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REWARDS
As we continue our Christian Life Study at
Union Grove, I thought I’d share a little of this study by Porter Barrington
with you today.
There is a vast difference in the doctrine of
Salvation for the lost, and the doctrine of rewards for the saved. Salvation is
“the gift of god: not of works” Read with me Ephesians 2:8-9: 8 For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift
of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Salvation is received in the finished work of
the Lord Jesus Christ. John said (John 3:36), 36 He that
believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son
shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Rewards are according to the works of the
believer. Matthew 16:27
27 For
the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then
he shall reward every man according to his works.
A most revealing scripture on rewards is seen
in I Cor. 3:8-15
8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and
every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's
husbandry, ye are God's building.
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as
a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon.
But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
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.
First, every believer will be rewarded
according to his own labor. We do not labor for Salvation.
Second, we are labourers together with God
not for salvation but for rewards.
Third, the believer is to build on the Lord
Jesus Christ, the only foundation.
Fourth, the believer has a choice of two
kinds of building materials: “gold, silver, precious stones” this is building
with eternal materials; or “wood, hay, stubble” this is building with temporal
materials.”
Space will not allow me to go on but I ask myself
the question today? What kind of works am I doing for my rewards when I see
Jesus? My hope is gold, silver and precious stones and not wood, hay, and
stubble. Lord lead us today to greater depths in you I pray.
I close with 2Cor 4:18: 18 While
we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen:
for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen
are eternal.
REMEMBER
“If we confess our sins he is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.” 1John 1:9
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