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The way I look at these crowns or rewards we might earn is this....

...Our eternal pleasure and goal is worship. If you have ever experience even a moment of the great, overpowering love that comes in that second when you realize that everything you have ever done, or everything you are or ever will be is because of Him, and you absolutely want nothing more than His pleasure, then you might understand the feeling of eternal bliss that will come with eternal worship in His Kingdom.

And what can we offer him as worship, but our crowns. It will not increase HIS pleasure, it will increase ours in our ability to offer our “crowns” our own rewards we receive to Him in adulation. This is our reward, to increase His glory. That and that alone. Isn’t it enough?

5 crowns

Crown of Righteousness 2 Tim. 4:8 To all who have kept the faith and longed and loved for His return

Crown of Rejoicing 1Thes. 2:19 To all who have helped bring others to Christ

Crown of Life James 1:12 To all who endure temptation & are faithful through trials and to those that love Him

Crown of glory 1 Peter 5:1-4 To all that serve and shepherd God’s people

The imperishable or eternal crown 1 Cor. 9:25 To those who have had self-control in all things and subdued the old sinful nature.

Now these are not crowns that we will wear and parade around in. These crowns are going to be cast down at Jesus’ feet, to the one that is worthy to be praised. He is the one that made all these things possible. Rev 4:9-11.

We fall down
We lay our crowns
At the feet of Jesus
The greatness of mercy and love
At the feet of Jesus
We cry holy, holy, holy
We cry holy, holy, holy
We cry holy, holy, holy
Is the lamb