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GEN 15:1 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.
Most of the Abrahamic belief systems are "reward and punishment" beliefs, this is why allot of non-belivers have a hard time with this type of God. They profess a God of unconditional love, but the gotcha is, there are conditions, this creates an oxymoron about Gods love. If love is unconditional then there is no reward or punishment, all peoples fall under the love of God. There are a number of oxymorons in the Abrahamic beliefs systems, God is Omnipresent, however, allot of those who follow Christanity will then begin to tell you where God is and where God isn't, if God is Omnipresent then there is "no where" you can go to separate yourself from God. Even those who choose to believe that there is no God at all, can not separate themselves from God if God is truely Omnipresent.
Most of the Abrahamic belief systems are "reward and punishment" beliefs, this is why allot of non-belivers have a hard time with this type of God. They profess a God of unconditional love, but the gotcha is, there are conditions, this creates an oxymoron about Gods love. If love is unconditional then there is no reward or punishment, all peoples fall under the love of God. There are a number of oxymorons in the Abrahamic beliefs systems, God is Omnipresent, however, allot of those who follow Christanity will then begin to tell you where God is and where God isn't, if God is Omnipresent then there is "no where" you can go to separate yourself from God. Even those who choose to believe that there is no God at all, can not separate themselves from God if God is truely Omnipresent.
I have to agree.
The real God would not play games. Religion tries to estimate God, but we really have no idea. The reward, punishment system makes no sense with how I see God. I think we humans underestimate the greatness of God.
In many other threads I have mentioned the concept of Christian hate and how that is an oxymoron. I agree with your concept that God is present in every single atom of the entire universe.
The reward of Christianity is more life as believers can live longer and have all their days on the earth if they obey and have faith .... Then believers have Jesus which He gives us His spirit which will give us all the freedom from hard times and freedom from hard dark spirits to help us in our walk with Jesus and develop our spirit in good fruit .... Then believers who have the faith can be a blessing with the Help of Jesus spirit to bless others and have a reward in the permanent life to come and alway have money in their pocket to give and to spend through out their lives By Jesus plan .... then there is protection to know the plan of Jesus and be one step ahead of the devil and His plans for securities in Christ for their lives and ministries ..... Then there can be help to be one step ahead in their jobs in the world With Jesus spirit telling us things before they happen for gain and prevention of accidents ..Bonas!..... God give good gifts..... Glory to God .....
One defintion of reward is: reward - benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"
Hi, I don't believe that there is anything wrong about being rewarded for faithfulness, for living for Jesus (which is really the result of God operating in our lives). I believe that the overcomers will be rewarded but it isn't a selfish kind of benefit. It isn't about doing something to get something in return for selfish reasons. God is making us into something beautiful and glorious, for HIs purposes. The overcomers are blessed to be a blessing to others. God is developing traits and characteristics in us that will be to our benefit so that others will be benefited. Jesus was elevated/exalted for what He did and suffered for us and He will see the fruit of His travail and be satisfied. All will be blessed as a result. It will not be in vain. He will be rewarded by receiving the children that God has given to Him and who ultimately belong to the Father. God bless.
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