Come, Lord Jesus My Reward is With Me

 

Come, Lord Jesus

My Reward is With Me

Jesus is coming soon and He will reward everyone

He will pay each one of us from the beginning to the end of time

According to what we have done

Our service matters

God is just and must reward right and wrong

If this is not what you wanted to hear than turn to God, make Him Lord of your life

Because a servant worships and dedicates their life to Him

Part of His justice is to forgive

John writes this to believers, not unbelievers

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

All of us struggle with our servanthood to our Lord Jesus Christ 

If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives. 1 John 1:10

How are we doing as servants?

What have we done and what will be our reward?

 

 

My Reward is With Me

 

The second time Jesus says

 “I am coming soon”…

 

 He tells us what He is bringing.

 

When Jesus came 2000 years ago He

came to bring redemption and salvation…

 

For God did not send his Son into the

 world to condemn the world,

but to save the world through him.

John 3:17

 

This time Jesus says,

 “My Reward is with Me”.

 

The word “reward” means

“pay for services”, “good or bad”

 

Jesus tells us who will be rewarded…

 

“I will give to everyone”

 

Everyone will receive

payment for their services…

 

“According to what he has done”.

 

Jesus also tells us how far back His records go…

 

 I am the Alpha and the Omega,

the First and the Last,

the Beginning and the End.  

 

Jesus will pay for services

from the beginning to the end.

 

Verses 14 and 15 show

us a division of rewards…

 

"Blessed are those who wash their robes,

 that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.  Revelation 22:14,15

 

The dialog between John and the Angel before

Jesus speaks, “I am coming soon”, is very

much a part of Jesus’ coming with rewards.

 

First thing we see is the proper direction of worship…

 

I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all who keep the words of this book. Worship God!"

 

The angel says I am a fellow servant…

 

 We all are called to be servants of God.

 

This is our duty to serve

and worship our Creator.

 

There are a lot of great people

and things in our lives…

 

 But they are all created by God.

"You are worthy, our Lord and God,

to receive glory and honor and power,

for you created all things,

and by your will they were created

and have their being."

Revelation 4:11

 

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,

and worshiped and served created

things rather than the Creator

— who is forever praised. Amen.

Romans 1:25

 

The Angel tells John…

 

Then he told me, "Do not seal up the words

of the prophecy of this book,

 because the time is near.

 Revelation 22:10

 

“Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book”

 

The words of the Book of Revelation are

to remind us of Christ’s second coming.

 

To remind us He will be coming

with His reward to “pay for services”.

 

John is told something very interesting…

 

Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong;

let him who is vile continue to be vile;

let him who does right continue to do right;

and let him who is holy continue to be holy.

Revelation 22:11

 

He is not told to stop people

from what they are doing.

 

He is not to be the policeman.

 

The Gospel has never been

about stopping wrong doers.

 

It has been about following Jesus.

 

Following Jesus changes the heart…

 

 Which changes what and how we do things.

 

We sometimes wonder why God

allows people to do wrong and

wonder why they get away with it.

 

The Angel says…

 

 “Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong”  

 

John, like you and I, are to

point people to their Creator.

 

You can teach right and wrong…

 

And never save a soul.

 

 (Look at our schools and colleges and

what they are teaching as right and wrong.)

 

 But if you teach and preach of a loving God…

 

 Who is just and righteous

 Who also does not want anyone

excluded from being saved.

 

The person who accepts Jesus and follows Him

will not only change their ways, but be rewarded.

 

Jesus is coming soon and

He will reward everyone.

 

He will pay each one of us from

the beginning to the end of time

according to what we have done.

 

Our service matters.

 

God is just and must reward right and wrong.

 

If this is not what you wanted to hear than

turn to God and make Him Lord of your life…

 

Because a servant worships

and dedicates their life to Him.

 

Part of His justice is to forgive.

 

John writes this to believers, not unbelievers…

 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just

 and will forgive us our sins and

purify us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9

 

All of us struggle with our servant-

hood to our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

If we claim we have not sinned,

we make him out to be a liar and

his word has no place in our lives.

1 John 1:10

 

How are we doing as servants?

 

What have we done and what will be our reward?

 

 

 

Scripture Reading

 

Revelation 22:8-16 NIV

 

8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. 9 But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all who keep the words of this book. Worship God!"

 

10 Then he told me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near. 11 Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy."

 

12 "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 

 

14 "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 

 

16 "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star."