SERVING GOD AFTER SALVATION IS MORE THAN WORTH IT IN ETERNITY!
HEAVENLY BODY WILL SHOW SOUL RESPONSE TO GOD AFTER SALVATION IN THIS LIFE – SOME BODIES & GARMENTS WILL APPEAR MORE GLORIOUS!
Matthew 16:27 to 17:2 – For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man accord-ing to his works. [28] Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. [1] And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, [2] And was transfigured before them: and his FACE DID SHINE AS THE SUN, and HIS RAIMENT WAS WHITE AS THE LIGHT.
I John 3:2 – Beloved, NOW are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM: for we shall see him as he is.
Daniel 12:3 –And they that be wise SHALL SHINE AS THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT; and they that turn many to righteousness AS THE STARS forever and ever.
Revelation 3:3,4 – Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. [4] Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; AND THEY SHALL WALK WITH ME IN WHITE: for they are worthy.
Revelation 6:9-11 – And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: [10] And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? [11] AND WHITE ROBES WERE GIVEN unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Revelation 7:13-15 – And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? [14] And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and HAVE WASHED THEIR ROBES, AND MADE THEM WHITE in the blood of the Lamb. [15] Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne SHALL DWELL AMONG THEM.
Revelation 16:15-16 – Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and KEEPETH HIS GARMENTS, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. [16] And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
I Corinthians 15:35-42 –But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? AND WITH WHAT BODY DO THEY COME? [36] Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: [37] And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: [38] BUT GOD GIVETH IT A BODY AS IT HATH PLEASED HIM, and to every seed his own body. [39] All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. [40] There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but THE GLORY of the celestial is one, and THE GLORY of the terrestrial is another. [41] There is ONE GLORY of the sun, and ANOTHER GLORY of the moon, and ANOTHER GLORY of the stars: for one star DIFFERETH from another star IN GLORY. [42] SO ALSO IS THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD,
Galatians 6:7 – Be not deceived; God is not mocked: FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN A MAN SOWETH, THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP.
II Corinthians 5:10 – For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one MAY RECEIVE THE THINGS DONE IN HIS BODY, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
I Corinthians 3:11-15 – For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. [12] Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; [13] Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. [14] If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. [15] If any man’s work shall be burned, HE SHALL SUFFER LOSS: BUT HE HIMSELF SHALL BE SAVED: yet so as by (through) fire.
Colossians 3:23-25 – And whatsoever ye do, do it HEARTILY, AS TO THE LORD, AND NOT UNTO MEN: [24] Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. [25] But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
“HEARTILY” in the original language is “FROM THE SOUL”
TOM MCELMURRY