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TAKE TIME TO READ Mt 6:19-21
"...For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also"
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ and Crowns
We who love our Lord wait with the sure hope of His coming for us in fulfillment of His promise in Jn.14:1-3:
"I will come again and receive you unto myself so that where I am there you also will be".
Furthermore in Jn.16:22 he said "I will see you again and your
heart shall rejoice".
This is our greatest joy to be with Jesus Christ forever. We want to please Him now for this life is the foundation
of our eternity with Him. And when we come before Him at His judgment seat (See 2Cor.5:10),
right after the rapture and before the start of His 1000 year rule on the earth, we want to be full of works of faith that
will be recorded on our page in the "Book of Life".
"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may recieve the things
done in his body, according to that he has done,whether it be good or bad" 2Cor.5:10).
RAPTURE AND REWARDS
It is at this time, see 2Tim.4:8, we receive our rewards. At the rapture. If we love Him
we will serve Him and in so doing earn rewards that will be ours forever. And the standards will be simple:
(1)Our present life of faith (1Cor.4:3-5).
(2)Our conduct towards believers (Rom.14:10).
(3)Our service through the love of Christ (1Cor.3:11-15).
So lets run the race of faith, to the very end without falling back, without thought of gain, with the joy, peace
and love we have inside us. And when we see Him we will not hear bad news that we lost our rewards(See Rev.3:11) but will hear The Lord say"Well done my good and faithful servant".
SEE HEBREWS, CHAPTER 11, FOR A REVIEW OF FAITHFUL PEOPLE OF SCRIPTURE AND THEIR WORKS.
WILL YOU HAVE A GOOD BALANCE SHEET WHEN YOU GET HOME?
THE CROWN OF GLORY
1Pet.5:3-4; Heb.6:10; Mk.9:41; Jer.31:16
AN INCORRUPTIBLE CROWN
1Cor.9:25
A CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
2Tim.4:8
A CROWN OF REJOICING
1Thess.2:19
A CROWN OF LIFE
Rev.2:10; Jas.1:12
The essence of faith consists in believing and receiving what God has revealed.The gospel is God's message of salvation. It
may be defined as that trust in the God of the scriptures and in Jesus Christ whom He has sent, which receives Him as Lord
and Savior and impels to loving obedience and good works (Jn.1:12; Jas.2:14-2).
We are victorious through Christ. That we fail in conduct becoming of a saint is why one of the ministries of The Holy Spirit
is to intervene on our behalf with God and by Christ's blood we are always kept clean. There is no one who will not need
that blood in their "born again" lifetime. But it is worthy of all of us to come clean with our Father and confess our
sins to restore our fellowship and allow His Spirit to work through us. We are victors and will never fail if we rely on Jesus.(Rom.8:37; Luke10:19; 1Samuel 17:47; 1Jn.5:4,18; Rev.12:11; Prov.21:31).
GOD MEASURES WEALTH BY FAITHFUL WORKS AND REWARDS US ACCORDINGLY. FAITH PRODUCES WORKS. TO LABOR FOR GOD'S GLORY IS THE BEST
JOB WE CAN HAVE HERE ON EARTH. WE DO IT WISELY WITH THE LOVE OF JESUS IN OUR HEARTS. SEE MATTHEW 6:19-21
"Even so faith, if it does not have works is dead, being alone.
A man may say, you have faith, and I have works; show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my
works"(Jas.2:17-18).
What is it that could rob a Christian of a crown? "Hold fast that which you have" (Rev.3:11). Do not step back in the truths we are to witness to; the virgin birth, diety of Jesus,
His sacrificial death, physical resurrection, second advent, infallibility of scripture, separation of the believer, a holy
life, and a good witness in a world of need. Be rich in God's Kingdom forevermore.
Without the love of Jesus Christ in our hearts and the forgiveness of God in our relationship with other's we should
pray that our Father forgive us and deliver us into The Holy Spirit who is waiting patiently for us to return from our carnal
death state we were saved from.
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