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If salvation is a free gift, why are there rewards in heaven?

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Chuck Smith kept the two apart: "God doesn't reward me with eternal life; that is a gift of God," while the believer will still "be rewarded according to my faithfulness." Life is "the gift of God" (Romans 6:23); reward is for work that abides (1 Corinthians 3:14). Read Chuck on Matthew 6:1 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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