Answer: Jesus will reward each person according to what
he has done, (verse 27).
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
2 Chronicles 6:22-23: [Solomon speaking
to God said,] "When a man wrongs his neighbor and is required
to take an oath and he comes and swears the oath before Your altar
in this temple, then hear from heaven and act. Judge between Your
servants, repaying the guilty by bringing down on his own head what
he has done. Declare the innocent not guilty and so establish his
innocence."
Job 34:10-12: "So listen to me, you
men of understanding. Far be it from God to do evil, from the
Almighty to do wrong. He repays a man for what he has done;
He brings upon him what his conduct deserves. It is
unthinkable that God would do wrong, that the Almighty would
pervert justice."
Psalm 62:11-12: "One thing God has
spoken, two things have I heard: that You, O God, are strong,
and that You, O Lord, are loving. Surely You will reward each
person according to what he has done."
Jeremiah 17:10: "I the Lord search
the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his
conduct, according to what his deeds deserve."
Ezekiel 18:19-32: [God said,] "Yet
you ask, 'Why does the son not share the guilt of his
father?' Since the son has done what is just and right and
has been careful to keep all My decrees, he will surely live.
The soul who sins is the one who will die. The son will not share
the guilt of the father, nor will the father share the guilt of the
son. The righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to
him, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against
him.
"But if a wicked man turns away from all the sins he
has committed and keeps all My decrees and does what is just and
right, he will surely live; he will not die. None of the
offenses he has committed will be remembered against him. Because
of the righteous things he has done, he will live. Do I take
any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign
Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and
live?
"But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness
and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked man
does, will he live? None of the righteous things he has done will
be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness he is guilty of and
because of the sins he has committed, he will die.
"Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not
just.' Hear, O house of Israel: Is My way unjust? Is it not
your ways that are unjust? If a righteous man turns from his
righteousness and commits sin, he will die for it; because of the
sin he has committed he will die. But if a wicked man turns
away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and
right, he will save his life. Because he considers all the offenses
he has committed and turns away from them, he will surely live; he
will not die. Yet the house of Israel says, 'The way of
the Lord is not just.' Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel?
Is it not your ways that are unjust?
"Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each
one according to his ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent!
Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your
downfall. Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed,
and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, O house of
Israel? For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone,
declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!"
Acts 10:42: "He [Jesus] commanded
us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One Whom
God appointed as Judge of the living and the dead."
Romans 2:16: "This will take place
on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ,
as my Gospel declares."
Romans 14:12: "So then, each of us
will give an account of himself to God."
1 Corinthians 3:10-15: "By the
grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder,
and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful
how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than
the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man
builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood,
hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the
Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the
fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has
built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned
up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one
escaping through the flames."
2 Corinthians 5:10: "For we must
all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may
receive what is due him for the things done while in the body,
whether good or bad."
Ephesians 6:7-8: "Serve
wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because
you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he
does, whether he is slave or free."
Revelation 22:12: [Jesus said,]
"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with Me, and I will
give to everyone according to what he has done."
