Jesus Will Have Reward for Those Who Live for Him
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I. We Lose Rewards for:
I. We Lose Rewards for:
A. If We Give Our Money for Be Seen of Men
Matt 6:3-4 “3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.”
B. If We Fast to Show Men We Are Fasting
Matt 6:16-18 “16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.”
C. If Pray Like the Hypocrites to Be Seen of Men
Matt 6:5 “5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.”
II. We Are Rewarded for:
A. If Our Works Abide That We Have Built Thereupon
I Cor 3:14 “14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.”
B. If We Are Persecuted
Matt 5:11-12 “11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”
C. If We Do Not Cast Away Our Confidence
Heb 10:34-35 “34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. 35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.”
D. If We Serve the Lord Christ
Col 3:24 “24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”
E. If We Gave a Cup of Cold Water to Little Ones
Matt 10:42 “42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.”
F. If We Labor, Plant and Water, We Will Receive a Reward
III. Jesus the One Who Has the Reward for Us
A. When Jesus Returns, He Has His Rewards for Us With Him
Rev 22:12 “12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.”
B. If We Endure to the End, We Will Receive a Crown
James 1:12 “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.”
I Pet 5:4 “4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.”
C. Jesus is Preparing a Mansion for Us
John 14:2 “2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”