To the editor: There is a vast difference in doctrine of salvation for the lost and the doctrine of rewards for the saved. Salvation is \u201cthe gift of God: not of works\u201d Eph. 2 8-9. Salvation is received by faith in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ John 3-36. Rewards are according to the works of the believer Matt 16-27.
\nA most revealing Scripture concerning rewards is found I Cor 3-8-15. First every believer will be rewarded according to his own labor verse 8 We do not labor for salvation.
\nSecond \u201cWe are laborers together with God\u201d verse 9 not for salvation, but for rewards. Third, the believer is to build on the Lord Jesus Christ, the only foundation verse 11.
\nFourth, the believer has a choice of two kinds of building materials \u201cgold, silver, precious stones\u201d, this is building with eternal materials, or \u201cwood hay, stubble,\u201d this is building with temporal materials verse 12 II Cor. 4:18.
\nThe believer who builds on Christ with eternal materials, \u201cgold, silver, precious stones,\u201d shall receive a reward. Those who build on Christ with temporal materials \u201cwood, hay, stubble\u201d will receive no rewards. The works will be destroyed at the judgment seat of Christ \u201cand the believer will suffer loss not the loss of salvation, but the loss of eternal rewards.
\nSome believers will be ashamed at the judgment seas of Christ (1 John 2-28) ashamed of their works of \u201cwood, hay, and stubble\u201d
\nRewards are called \u201ccrowns\u201d in the new testament.
\n1. The crown of Life (James 1-12)
\n2. The crown incorruptible (1 Cor. 9 24-27)
\n3. The crown of Rejoicing (1 Thes. 2-19, 20)
\n4. The crown of Righteousness (II Tim 4-5-8)
\n5. The crown of Glory (I Peter 5-2-4)
\nMay God bless you all,
\nMayor James Bonsell
\nBellwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To the editor: There is a vast difference in doctrine of salvation for the lost and the doctrine of rewards for the saved. Salvation is \u201cthe gift of God: not of works\u201d Eph. 2 8-9. Salvation is received by faith in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ John 3-36. Rewards are according to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-interest-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}