Building for Eternity: Stewardship and Eternal Rewards

Rewards are not about earning his love. It's out of his love that he chooses to give good gifts to his children. It it it's important that we understand this concept because it honestly, it takes maturity because we think about this with our own kids. I love my kids. That's not gonna change. Nothing is gonna change that that Nathan is my son. Nothing's gonna change that. Nothing's gonna that they do will make me stop loving them. However, their actions can bring favor or disfavor, can bring reward or discipline. [00:48:34] (35 seconds)  #LovedNotEarned

We have to know the difference between salvation and eternal rewards. We have to know. Don't mix the two up. Now, we might know it in our heads. Yes. Yes. I know there's a difference, but some of us don't feel it in our hearts. We think we're trying to earn God's love. We're trying to earn a reward in heaven or or or a reward or search, not reward in heaven, but earn our place or salvation. [00:46:25] (23 seconds)  #SalvationVsRewards

We think that if we man, I gotta get mine. I gotta make sure I'm taking care of all this. And and God's saying, no, if you'll just I'll tell you in a second. When you when you think differently about the kingdom, you get a reward. It's not about multiplying what I have. It's about constantly with the mindset. Heaven, kingdom, what am I supposed to do? Every day you should wake up thinking, how do I build the kingdom of God in my life? How am I building people up? How am I helping steward the relationships? Every day should be a mindset. [00:54:58] (30 seconds)  #KingdomMindsetDaily

there is what was called the judgment seat. There there will be a judgment seat of Christ, and this will not be a judgment seat of heaven or hell. That's already been decided. When you die either when you died before Christ comes or if you're still alive, hey, we say, Lord Jesus, come quickly. It will already be decided heaven or hell based upon the decision to follow Christ, to surrender your life to Jesus, to let his blood cover you and cleanse you, give you eternal life, and you're born again. That that's already been decided. [00:43:33] (33 seconds)  #JudgmentSeatTruth

If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw, each one's work will become obvious. Obvious. That's a that's an interesting word there. Everybody's gonna it's gonna be very clear. What you whether you did what you did on this earth for your own selfish gain or you did it for the kingdom and for God, to please God. For the day, we'll disclose it. What is that day? That's the judgment day [00:51:14] (27 seconds)  #WorksRevealedAtJudgment

does an orphan do? I I don't don't mess up because what if they don't like me this time? What if this family doesn't like me this time and they won't want me in the family? Don't mess up. Don't make a mess. Don't do anything to to really mess this thing up because and we walk around in our Christian life sometime like that. Don't mess up. God's gonna get angry at me. You're not an orphan. God loves you with an everlasting love. Nothing will change that. Your past doesn't scare him or change that. What you do in the future will not change that or his love for you. [00:47:57] (36 seconds)  #NotAnOrphanLoved

And so my hope with this message is that you will begin to think eternally. You know, we save up a lot of we we think a lot about our retirement, making sure I'm putting enough money aside, all this kind of stuff. Are you thinking about your eternal retirement, which won't be retirement? It'll be just doing something else. But are you thinking that way? I mean, we we scrimp and we save and we put aside money. Hopefully, you're doing that for your retirement for one day. [00:38:47] (25 seconds)  #ThinkEternally

How am I working with alongside with the Holy Spirit, Jesus, to fulfill your will and to please you, God? Every day. Woodrow Crowells wrote a book called Your Final Job Review. I like that. About the judgment seat. And he says, have you ever as a Christian stopped to think of what a solemn thing will be when your life's work is ended, when all further opportunity for witness witnessing for Christ on earth will have gone by forever? [00:55:28] (28 seconds)  #FinalJobReview