What We Think About In Secret Matters (TMF:517)

Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Peace to Live By: What We Think About In Secret Matters (TMF:517) - Daniel Litton
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       When Jesus talked about giving away money secretly in the Sermon on the Mount, he said, “And your Father who sees in secret will reward you” (Matthew 6:4, ESV). Well, God is always watching, and he will reward us for our obedience to him. And we will give account to God, at the end our lives, for our thoughts. The Apostle Paul told us in Romans chapter 2 that God will judge our secrets, as men, on the day of Christ Jesus, at the judgment (see Romans 2:16). Now, why is this significant? One might say, “Oh, well. I'll just worry about that later.” It's significant because our disobedience to God could cause, and will cause, the loss of reward in our lives after this one. Whether we are in the Millennial Kingdom—or the New Heaven and New Earth, this loss of reward will make us have a lesser experience in the future than what we could have had if we had been obedient. I don't think a lot of us think about this as much as we should. But we need to think about our rewards in the future. If you're a business-minded person, think of your rewards as your 401k. You don't want to have little when you really go into rest, do you?