110. REWARDS     --page 866--

         He shall reward every man according to his works (Mat.16:27).

         1. Your labour of love is not wasted--not one tear you've shed, not one smile you've shared, not one kiss you've given--God's going to give you credit for every bit of it!
         2. You get salvation as a free gift by His mercy & grace & love, but it's your service & good works for Him that He especially commends!
         3. If you don't get the credit here, you'll get the credit there.
         4. You give everything you've got, but you're going to find out that that was a pretty cheap price to pay for the reward you're going to get!
         5. God does not always pay His servants in Earth's currency.
         6. We give everything, but what we get in return is worth more than everything we can possibly give.
         7. Those who don't know what the Truth is, will be judged accordingly. If they're trying to do the right thing & are good sweet people, it shall be accounted unto them for righteousness!
         8. He never takes one thing away from you without giving you something better.
         9. The greatest crowns will go to those who are faithful, loyal & obedient each step of the way.
         10. Everybody's going to get what they deserve--whether contempt or reward!
         11. The front-line soldiers are the guys that are really face-to-face with the Enemy! They're the infantry, they're in the front-line trenches, & God is probably going to give them the biggest reward & the biggest crown!
         12. If your motive is right & your intentions are pure, God will bless you for giving, & honor & prosper you for it.
         13. For they that bear the cross shall wear the crown, & God shall be their reward!
         14. Although now you may be hidden & your ministry in secret, someday the Lord is going to reward you openly & crown you before all!
         15. Victory without spoils is a very empty victory.
         16. The crown is not your salvation! The crown is you reward, given only to winners!
         17. Salvation is a gift, but healing, finances & other extra blessings are special rewards which must be earned by diligent obedience, faith, service & hard work!
         18. Both I & the Lord believe in special rewards for those who really do a good job with their talents, & neither of us believe in supporting the lousy loafers who bury theirs!
         19. God's financial & material rewards are tops in every field, whether it be finances or material things or protection or spiritual gifts of souls or sex or what have you!--100-fold!
         20. I believe every one will get the kind of reward that he really appreciates & desires.
         21. Live for self, you live in vain.
         Live for Christ, you live again.
         Live for Him, with Him you reign.
         22. With big jobs & big responsibilities come big rewards & big benefits.
         23. You can't give without getting; you can't reward without receiving in return.
         24. If you won't plow in the cold, you won't eat at the harvest.
         25. There are no crown-wearers in Heaven who were not cross-bearers here.
         26. To receive a reward is good, to deserve it is much better.
         27. The greater the sacrifice, the greater the reward!
         28. Those who live it up may also have to live it down.
         29. Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.
         30. Do your best & you will receive a star-studded crown, studded with stars of the souls that you won for Jesus!
         31. What we're accomplishing is going to last forever!--And what we're not accomplishing is also going to last forever & will be forever to our shame & to our contempt for our failures!
         32. You can't count God's "hundredfold" all in dollars & cents.
         33. When a man dies, they who survive him ask what property he has left behind. The angel who bends over the dying man asks what good deeds he has sent before him.
         34. Jesus promised even 100-fold if you give all! Think of it!--100-fold! It may not all be in dollars & cents, it may be in protection, maybe saving you from accidents & sicknesses that would have cost you a hundred times more!
         35. God seems to give everybody some light, & God is going to judge you according to how you follow the light he gives you.
         36. God's society is very class-conscious! Some shall shine as the stars forever, & some shall be raised to everlasting shame & contempt!
         37. We can't count all His blessings in dollars & cents, because most of it is His wonderful glorious faithful blessings of spiritual salvation & inspiration & His love & the love of others & good health & wealth of witnessing & souls for His Kingdom!
         38. You'll get eternal dividends from investment in God's work that you will never lose but keep forever.
         39. For greater rewards, you have to keep making greater sacrifices.
         40. God will judge you by your words! They are your message, your communication, the expression of your thoughts & convictions & will either save you or damn you, one or the other!
         41. If you give God the glory, He'll give you the credit.

         (See also No.31, 75, 551, 612, 727, 928, 959, 962, 974, 991, 997, 1028, 1372, 1374, 1441, 1460, 1465, 1499, 1515.)

         42. RUT.2:12 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under Whose wings thou art come to trust.
         43. 1SA.30:24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as His part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
         44. 2SA.22:25-28 Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in His eye sight. With the merciful Thou wilt shew Thyself merciful, and with the upright man Thou wilt shew Thyself upright. With the pure Thou wilt shew Thyself pure; and with the froward Thou wilt shew Thyself unsavory. And the afflicted people Thou wilt save: but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest bring them down.
         45. 2CH.15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
         46. PSA.19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
         47. PSA.58:11a So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous.
         48. PSA.103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
         49. PRO.15:6a In the house of the righteous is much treasure.
         50. JER.32:19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for Thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
         51. DAN.12:2,3 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the Earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
         52. MAT.5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in Heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
         53. MAT.6:20,21 But lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
         54. MAT.10:41,42 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 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.
         55. MAT.13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
         56. MAT.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.
         57. MAT.25.21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
         58. MAR.9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in My Name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
         59. LUK.12:37 Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that He shall gird Himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
         60. LUK.12:47,48 And that servant, which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to His will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
         61. LUK.16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
         62. LUK.18:29,30 And He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the World to come life everlasting.
         63. 1CO.2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love Him.
         64. 1CO.3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
         65. 1CO.3:11-15 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 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. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
         66. GAL.6:7b For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
         67. EPH.6:8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
         68. 2TI.4:7,8 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.
         69. HEB.6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward His Name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
         70. HEB.10:34 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.
         71. 1PE.5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
         72. REV.2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
         73. REV.2:10b Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
         74. REV.2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
         75. REV.2:23b And all the churches shall know that I am He which searcheth the reigns and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
         76. REV.2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations.
         77. REV.3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels.
         78. REV.3:11,12 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of Heaven from My God: and I will write upon him My new name.
         79. REV.3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.
         80. REV.11:18 And the nations were angry, and Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that Thou shouldest give reward unto Thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear Thy Name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the Earth.
         81. REV.20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
         82. REV.22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be.


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