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To: bike800
Maybe I am missing something...so by doing works that we are commanded to do...we are scrambling for a better spot in heaven?

No. We are glorifying God with our bodies.

We are testifying to the work of redemption that God has worked in our lives for an unbelieving world to see.

What happened with me with an acquaintance of mine, was that I worked with him at one job, then took another job and found that he had started there just before I did. I knew him at the first job before he accepted Christ, and I saw the incredible change in him at the second job after accepting Christ (sometime between jobs).

I was stunned and I remember the people at work were all sneering about how he had *found religion*, and yet when I saw the change in him I remember thinking *I don't know what he's got but I sure want it.*

They will know we are followers of Christ by our love for one another. It's proof of the reality of the spiritual birth. That rewards are given for it is secondary.

Matter of fact, I'm not even sure what rewards I'll get if any. But one thing I'm feel pretty confident of, is if I'm doing the works to earn the reward, I WON'T get it because the motivation was not right.

38 posted on 02/07/2015 4:16:01 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom
Matter of fact, I'm not even sure what rewards I'll get if any.

What does it profit a man...

42 posted on 02/08/2015 3:56:19 AM PST by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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