Bible Questions Answered:
“...that's when we will be rewarded
for all our good deeds?...”
Howard/
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Not All Good Deeds Will Be Rewarded!
This is the teaching of our Lord.
Matthew 5:46 KJV
For if ye love them which love you,
what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Matthew 6:1-8,16-18 NLT
1 Watch out! Don’t do your good
deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the
reward from your Father in heaven.
2 When you give to someone in need,
don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues
and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell
you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever
get.
3 But when you give to someone in
need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.
4 Give your gifts in private, and
your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
(Teaching about Prayer and Fasting)
5 “When you pray, don’t
be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners
and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you The
Truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.
6 But when
you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to
your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will
reward you.
7 “When you pray, don’t
babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are
answered merely by repeating their words again and again.
8 Don’t be like them, for
your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask Him!
16 “And when you fast,
don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look
miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their
fasting. I tell you The Truth, that is the only reward they will
ever get.
17 But when you fast, comb your hair
and wash your face.
18 Then no one will notice that you
are fasting, except your Father, who knows what you do in private.
And your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
Luke 6:35,36 NLT
35 “Love your enemies! Do
good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be
repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you
will truly be acting as children of The Most High, for He is kind to
those who are unthankful and wicked.
36 You must be compassionate, just
as your Father is compassionate.
II John 1:7-9 NLT
7 I say this because many deceivers
have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came in a
real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an Antichrist.
8 Watch
out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be
diligent so that you receive your full reward.
9 Anyone who wanders away from
this teaching has no relationship with God. But anyone who
remains in the teaching of Christ has a relationship with both The
Father and The Son.
Rewards Based On
Motives:
Matthew 10:26
KJV
"...for
there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that
shall not be known.
I Corinthians
4:5 KJV
Therefore judge
nothing before the time, until The Lord come, who both will bring to Light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the
counsels of the hearts..."
I Corinthians
3:13-15 KJV
13 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.
14 If any man's work abide which he
hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be
burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet
so as by fire.
Revelation
21:10,11,27 KJV
10 And he
carried me away in The Spirit to a great and high mountain, and
shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of
heaven from God,
11 Having the
glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even
like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
27 And there shall in no wise
enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh
abomination, or maketh a lie..."
Revelation 3:11
KJV
Behold, I come quickly: hold that
fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Revelation 22:12
KJV
And, behold, I come quickly; and My
reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Prayer:
I
John 1:8-10 KJV
8 If we say that we
have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and The Truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our
sins, He is Faithful and Just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we
have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.
