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The Gift of Eternal Life Berean Bible Study Course

Part II--The Process Of Reconciliation With God

F. Lesson 12--We Must Be Faithful In Serving The Lord

16. READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:58 AND 1 CORINTHIANS 16:13-14

b. What do we know about our labor in the Lord?

Answer: Christians know that their labor in the Lord is not in vain, (1 Corinthians, chapter 15, and verse 58).

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• God rewards His children who serve Him faithfully:

Psalms 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."

• Our work for the Lord is to spread His Word to the lost of the world. Our work for the Lord is never done in vain. It is never empty or useless work, for we serve the Lord, and not men:

Isaiah 55:10-11: [God said,] "As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is My Word that goes out from My mouth: It will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."

Colossians 3:23-24: "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."

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."