The reward of eternal life. Man also earns his reward of eternal damnation..Man earns his own just reward, Matt. 16-27
However, we do receive different rewards in this life time which are blessings from God..Matt. 6-4, 6-6, 6-18.
Matthew 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven:(the reward of eternal life) for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
. Matthew 5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? (how can eternal life be gained in this manner of respecter of[persons) do not even the publicans the same?
Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. (no eternal life)
Matthew 10:42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, (earnestly dispense the gospel)verily I say unto you,he shall in no wise lose his reward (if so done he will not lose eternal life)
Matthew 16:27 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. (righteousness unto eternal life, 'the worthy", and iniquity unto eternal damnation, the unworthy)
Luke 6:23Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: (eternal life)for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets
Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, (great is the reward of eternal life) and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Luke 23:41And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: (rewarded eternal life, or eternal damnation, according to the works done in the flesh) but this man hath done nothing amiss.
Acts 1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; (the reward of eternal damnation) and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
to be continued
However, we do receive different rewards in this life time which are blessings from God..Matt. 6-4, 6-6, 6-18.
Matthew 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven:(the reward of eternal life) for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
. Matthew 5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? (how can eternal life be gained in this manner of respecter of[persons) do not even the publicans the same?
Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. (no eternal life)
Matthew 10:42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, (earnestly dispense the gospel)verily I say unto you,he shall in no wise lose his reward (if so done he will not lose eternal life)
Matthew 16:27 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. (righteousness unto eternal life, 'the worthy", and iniquity unto eternal damnation, the unworthy)
Luke 6:23Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: (eternal life)for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets
Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, (great is the reward of eternal life) and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Luke 23:41And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: (rewarded eternal life, or eternal damnation, according to the works done in the flesh) but this man hath done nothing amiss.
Acts 1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; (the reward of eternal damnation) and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
to be continued
There is some validity to this proposition.
Let us think of the opposite to the statement.
To be unrighteous, is to be under Gods judgement.
To be impure, is to be under Gods judgement.
To not mourn over sin and be grieved at the damage done, is to be under Gods judgement.
To not love your neighbour, is to be under Gods judgement
There is a tension between the concept of knowing Christ through the cross changes us
in our hearts, so the outflow of our hearts is righteousness and good deeds, so the reward
for this reality is life eternal, but it is not the reason we are like this but the consequence of
Gods work in our hearts.
For those who do not look on Jesus with love and see the law and His commands as such
wisdom and blessing, none of this makes sense. But this is unfortunately a judgement on
their experience of Christ, and the hardness of their hearts rather than anything else.
And they will react with rejection of such sentiments, because truly for them it feels wrong
and like condemnation, because that is where they are. We cannot escape our position, and
our current perspective, but we can choose to sow to the Spirit or to the flesh.
Repentance, confession and exercising faith is sowing to the Spirit, rejection and rebellion is
sowing to the flesh and to judgement.