Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with your reward

from God as we pick up in Matthew chapter 6 verse 1 and now with today's

message here's pastor Chuck.

Jesus speaks many times here about rewards and how that we should be concerned for rewards.

Those rewards that come from our Heavenly Father.

And so there is a place of reward in the Christian experience.

Now, salvation is not a reward.

Salvation is a gift of God through his grace towards us in Christ Jesus.

And salvation is something that God gives to me through my faith in Jesus

Christ. And it's nothing to do with my works or my effort or anything else.

It only has to do with my simply believing on Jesus Christ and God gives to me

that glorious gift of eternal life.

God doesn't reward me with eternal life.

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