Whether if you're rich or poor and if you have God and Jesus in your heart would God reward everybody the same when we enter the gates of Heaven as long as we perform alot of good deeds in life and we're living our lives on the right track?
Will the rich people get the same amount of rewards as the poor people or would the poor people get more rewards and blessings than the rich people?
I like to think that everybody is equal and I always try to treat everybody with the respect they deserve.
2006-12-17 15:18:38 · 15 answers · asked by Fell In Love 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Eternal life is a gift from God. It cannot be earned. "For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is God's gift. It is not by works so that no one may boast; for we are His handiwork created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God previously prepared for us, so that we should live in them." (Ephesians 2:8-10)
Jesus said "Truly I assure you, unless a person is born from above (or born again), he cannot see the Kingdom of God" (John 3:3)
That being said, once a person becomes a born of God, a true child of God, he is still subject to the judgment seat of Christ "For we (believers) must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive good or evil, according to what he has done in the body" (II Corinthians 5:10)
"For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones; wood, hay, straw - each man's work will become evident; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, THOUGH HE HIMSELF WILL BE SAVED, but only as through fire" (I Corinthians 3:12-15)
2006-12-17 15:41:45 · answer #1 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, because it would not be fair for god to force decent people to have to be in the same place as conservative Christians. That would a punishment and not a reward.
A reward would be spending the first thousand years at St. Peter's Topless bar and Casino partying with America's Founding Fathers and some babes.
2006-12-17 15:25:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can`t buy your way into Heaven by what you do.Only Salvation will get you in.As far as what we wil do or what order we will serve,that has to do with our walk here on earth.God knows the heart.If we do something to be seen of men and makes us feel like we`re something special then that's not going to count as what we do for the glory of man or ourselves will be glorified here on earth by men and that will be your reward.What we do for others with out wanting everyone to know and do it out from the goodness of the heart,then God will reward you openly.We will have different stations of service in Heaven,it will be appointed by our Lord.
2006-12-17 15:28:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is something only God would be able to answer, I would like to think that both of your friends will be rewarded equally, the key to enter the Kingdom of Heaven is accepting Christ as your saviour and it looks like something your female friend has done. I hope your male friend will find alot of great wonderful friends who'll love him for who he is.
2016-05-23 03:31:49 · answer #4 · answered by Marcia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, the pay is the same and the benefits are out of this world.
Your clothing might be a bit skimpy.
Rev 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
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2006-12-17 15:25:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
every Christian will be judged according to their works. having accepted Christ as your personal Savior and Lord gets you in the door. your works done on earth reflects your reward. read the parable of the talents. the man who was given several talents (measure in weight of gold) and invested them pleased his master. the man who received one talent, and hid it did not. another parable that applies is the parable of the poor widow who threw in the last of her life savings (two mites). Christ said that her giving would be rewarded more than the scribes and pharisees because they only gave what they had to.
the bottom line is we need to use what God has given us for His glory, not ours.
Possum
2006-12-17 15:27:29 · answer #6 · answered by hillbilly named Possum 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is a God of justice and love. You will get what is appropriate.
I Cr 13;8a 12-17-6
2006-12-17 15:22:17 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the way I understand it--is that we will be rewarded according to our works. That is NOT what gets us into Heaven. JESUS is the Only Way To Heaven.
But according to how well we handle what ALL God has TOLD us to do----Love thy neighbor--visit widows--tell people about Christ, and more--you know,................
2006-12-17 15:22:00 · answer #8 · answered by bettyboop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Our glory in heaven would differ from one another according to the measure of how we loved God here. "One is the glory of the sun, another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars. For star differeth from star in glory" (1 Cor 15.41).
2006-12-17 15:33:22 · answer #9 · answered by Marlowe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that our reward will be in direct proportion to how obedient we were to God during our time on earth.
2006-12-17 15:27:59 · answer #10 · answered by tas211 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋