1st Corinthians 3:5-8, “Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.”
In his excellent series on 'Justice,' Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) said one of the things that he loves about God's justice is that whenever he does something to lose a reward, there is always something he can do to get it back. I fully agree with Brother Hyles.
That being said, even if you were to lose all your rewards in eternity at the Judgment Seat of Christ; so saved, yet as by fire (1st Corinthians 3:15)—the people whom you lead to faith in Jesus Christ during your time on earth, can never be taken away from you in Heaven, no matter what. That thought encourages me.
I sometimes wonder how many rewards I will receive in Heaven, when I am guilty of so many horrible things. And so are you dear friend! We're all wretched sinners in God's sight. But when I start wondering if I will receive many rewards, I am comforted in knowing that the people whom I have helped lead to faith in Jesus Christ are permanent. I humbly think this is what the inspired King James Bible means in Daniel 12:3, “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”
Evangelist Billy Sunday (1862-1935)

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