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Some people are under the impression that you will only lose rewards in heaven but you're
going to make it into heaven because you profess to believe in Jesus Christ. Dear friends heaven
is not like your university where you can just go and get 50% and just get a pass and
get in. that's not how it works in the kingdom of God. If we are not working in his kingdom
being faithful servants, doing our best, then we are not going to be pleasing to the Lord.
You see Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is like a man who went away on a long journey.
He sent his servants about doing their work and then he came back at an unexpected time
and he said blessed are the servants who were found doing the masters will. But he said
woe to the servants who was found being lazy, beating up the other servants, for he was
not found doing the work of the master. The kingdom of heaven is also like this; a man
went away and he set in charge of his estate three servants. To one he gave 10 talents
to one 5 and to the other, one. And then he came back and called them to account for what
they had done. The one who had 10 talents came forward and said look Lord I've got 10
more. The one who had five had five more. Jesus praised them both and he said to them
well done my good and faithful servants. But the one who has one he came forward and he
said Lord I knew you were a hard man I knew you reap where you didn't sow so I was afraid
and I hit your money. Dear friends we know what Jesus said to that servant, he said of
that servant, bind that lazy good for nothing servant and have him cast away into the outer
darkness. You see friends if you're just relying on a pass to get into heaven and you're just
being lazy and unfruitful and not doing anything at all for Jesus, if you're just going along
in the world just watching your movie and just following the ways of this entertainment
focused society, what makes you think that when the master returns he is going to find
you pleasing to him? Loose your rewards? Dear friends, people who are not focused on Jesus
and following him and obeying him, these people will have a very hard times before the Lord
as we read. Now I want to ask you; are you doing the Masters work? The masters work is
diverse; turning away from sin and during keeping faith, enduring prayer praise, witnessing.
These are the works of the kingdom of God. When Jesus abides in you, you'll stop sinning
and you will sin no more. So I want to ask you is Jesus abiding in you? Have you stopped
sinning? Dear friends the day that Jesus comes to live in us, he sets us free from our sin.
Then we go a new way and we follow him in joy and increase our talent and we are faithful
servants and then he comes and he rewards us. Which servant are you today? Jesus bless
you