5500 reward, for God’s people

God gives blessings to his people who serve him faithfully and who suffer for him. God himself is his people’s greatest reward. The fulness will be theirs at the coming of Jesus Christ.

God promises to reward his people

For faithful service 1Co 3:12-15; Col 3:23-24 See also Ex 32:28-29; Nu 14:30; Nu 25:10-13; Isa 40:10; Isa 62:11; Da 12:3; Mt 10:41-42; Mt 25:28-29; Mk 9:41

In and through self-denial Mt 19:29 pp Mk 10:29-30 See also Mt 16:24-26; Mt 19:21; Lk 18:28-30; 1Co 9:26-27; Heb 10:33-34; Heb 11:36-40

At the coming of Jesus Christ Mt 19:27-28 See also Mt 16:27; Mt 25:31-36; Lk 14:12-14; 2Ti 4:7-8; 1Pe 5:4; Rev 22:12

God himself is his people’s greatest reward

Ge 15:1 See also Dt 32:9; Ps 73:26; Rev 21:3

The certainty of future reward is an incentive to holiness

Php 3:12-14 See also Heb 10:35; Heb 11:6,24-26; 2Jn 8; Rev 2:10

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