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5500 reward, for God's people

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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

1 Corinthians 3:12-15; Colossians 3:23-24 See also Exodus 32:28-29; Numbers 14:30; Numbers 25:10-13; Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 62:11; Daniel 12:3; Matthew 10:41-42; Matthew 25:28-29; Mark 9:41

In and through self-denial

Matthew 19:29 pp Mark 10:29-30 See also Matthew 16:24-26; Matthew 19:21; Luke 18:28-30; 1 Corinthians 9:26-27; Hebrews 10:33-34; Hebrews 11:36-40

At the coming of Jesus Christ

Matthew 19:27-28 See also Matthew 16:27; Matthew 25:31-36; Luke 14:12-14; 2 Timothy 4:7-8; 1 Peter 5:4; Revelation 22:12

God himself is his people's greatest reward

Genesis 15:1 See also Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalm 73:26; Revelation 21:3

The certainty of future reward is an incentive to holiness

Philippians 3:12-14 See also Hebrews 10:35; Hebrews 11:6,24-26; 2Jn 8; Revelation 2:10