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John,

There are several passages of Scripture that refer to rewards. I found a couple of links that discuss Biblical Facts about Rewards - I Corinthians 3:10-14 and have found some Bible teachers who teach Heavenly Rewards. You can read them for yourself and draw your own conclusions.

I agree with the conclusion Matt Perman draws in his message entitled The Joy of Heavenly Rewards. He writes, “Heavenly rewards are not something we earn through our own efforts. And they are never a case of God being put in our debt and required to repay our "service." Rather, as Augustine has said, it is a matter of "God crowning His own gifts." That is, our obedience which God graciously decides to reward is itself graciously given and worked by God (Philippians 2:12-13; Hebrews 13:21). God's promises of reward are not a job description where He makes us employees who, through our services, put Him in a debt to us which He must repay by giving us our rewards (or "paycheck"). On the contrary, His promises are like a doctor's prescription. When you follow a doctor's prescription you get well not because you earned it in a display of your own strength, but because the doctor's wise guidelines were the path to your health. We pursue heavenly rewards not to exalt ourselves, but to exalt God.”


Wes