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But the reward, once more, has been merited for the believers by Christ, and therefore is not of merit but of grace. It could not be anything else, considering that the believers are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that they should walk in t
A glorious incentive! We must understand that this compensation that God gives for our sacrifice is a reward for faithfulness. And it is a reward of grace. There are two kinds of rewards. The one is of merit. This is a reward that you have earned and thus deserve. The other is of grace. This is a re
And the idea of that reward is simply the payment of wages. The Old Testament word, one of them, clearly gives that meaning. Rewards are sometimes evil. Bad rewards. The recompense of justice is spoken of in terms of reward. Deuteronomy 32, God says, I will render vengeance to mine enemies and
The catechism does not overreact and say, well, if the reward even gives you that suggestion or even gives a hint of that, we don't want the reward. And that can be a temptation for us. We don't want to overreact. We need to affirm the reward for our good works. The second part of it is to clar
What? What? Really? He rewards? My good works? He rewards? Me? How can that be? When my best works, even my best works, are so soiled by the flesh? The only answer to that question will then be this reward is not of merit, but of grace. Now to understand properly what that means, we have to under
But the idea rather of a reward, and you can understand this, is something that enriches your life, that brings happiness, that brings joy, be like someone saying I'm going to give you a membership to a wine club or a coffee club or some other thing where once a month you get to have this bottle