Jesus promises to reward you for every good thing you do. He says three times in the same chapter,
‘God sees what you do in secret and will reward you.’ (Matthew 6:4,6,18)
Every truly good thing you do is a spiritual deed. You are going against your natural desires of self, and being selfless. You are giving instead of taking. This honors God and Jesus says you will be rewarded.
‘If anyone gives even a cup of water to someone in need, they will be rewarded.’ (Matthew 10:42)
I’m not sure how all this works. You see, on the one hand we have a gospel message of Jesus that seems to be all-or-nothing. Saved or lost. In or out. Heaven or hell. But on the other hand, we have deep and consistent teaching of Jesus that all people will be judged separately, individually, and rewarded for good they have done.
We also have teaching, clear and undeniable, that every individual – Christians included – will be judged and punished for sin. We often overlook this, and speak and teach as if the only judgment on believers has been put on Jesus on the cross. But this is not biblical. In the same way good deeds will be rewarded, so too our sins will be judged – every sin, personally before Christ. No one gets away with hurting you, not even a Christian.
In this short book we will look at both the judgment and the forgiveness that is ours in Christ, and why both are good news.
‘God sees what you do in secret and will reward you.’ (Matthew 6:4,6,18)
Every truly good thing you do is a spiritual deed. You are going against your natural desires of self, and being selfless. You are giving instead of taking. This honors God and Jesus says you will be rewarded.
‘If anyone gives even a cup of water to someone in need, they will be rewarded.’ (Matthew 10:42)
I’m not sure how all this works. You see, on the one hand we have a gospel message of Jesus that seems to be all-or-nothing. Saved or lost. In or out. Heaven or hell. But on the other hand, we have deep and consistent teaching of Jesus that all people will be judged separately, individually, and rewarded for good they have done.
We also have teaching, clear and undeniable, that every individual – Christians included – will be judged and punished for sin. We often overlook this, and speak and teach as if the only judgment on believers has been put on Jesus on the cross. But this is not biblical. In the same way good deeds will be rewarded, so too our sins will be judged – every sin, personally before Christ. No one gets away with hurting you, not even a Christian.
In this short book we will look at both the judgment and the forgiveness that is ours in Christ, and why both are good news.
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