The Reward of Grace

The truth that God rewards us according to our works does not contradict the truth that salvation is entirely of God's grace. We must not be afraid to confess that God does indeed reward us for the good works that we perform. We simply must go on and state, as we do in Lord's Day 24 of the Heidelberg Catechism, that "This reward is not of merit, but of grace." God does reward us, but this reward is entirely of His sovereign and particular grace. Although this subject is closely related to the...