Salvation comes only by Grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and only in Him alone. Especially if you've been left behind, learn about "The Simplicity of Salvation" here:
https://basictraining.org/simplicity-of-salvation/
Now the Bible talks a lot about rewards, and I think we have to keep a balanced attitude to rewards. We never do what we do just to gain a reward. It can actually become sort of a self-centered, self-promoting idea. I simply do this in the hopes that it'll encourage you and that you'll realize some of what's available to you -- some of what God desires to give you.
Believers often question the mention of rewards as a basis for motivating us to live faithfully/ victoriously. However, remember in Revelation 4:4, 10–11, the twenty-four elders, who represent those believers who have gained crowns, cast them at the Savior’s feet. When they do, they say, “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power….” These crowns were not gained for the sake of the crown, but rather for the privilege of demonstrating gratitude for the great sacrifice of Jesus Christ on our behalf. It is not a question of being motivated by either the love of Christ or the desire for the crown. It is the desire, out of love for Christ, to have something to lay at His feet—a token of our thankfulness for all He has done for us.
“Behold, I come quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.” Revelation 3:11
Special crowns are offered for different kinds of service:
• The imperishable crown for self-control and discipline (1 Cor. 9:24–27),
• The crown of joy for effective witness (Phil. 4:1; 1 Thess. 2:19),
• The crown of life for enduring suffering (James 1:12; Rev. 2:10),
• The crown of righteousness for those who live in light of Christ’s coming (2 Tim. 4:6–8), and
• The crown of glory (1 Pet. 5:1–4), often called the pastor’s crown.
The disciples were always arguing over who was going to be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. When they entered into the upper room -- the last night that they would spend with the Lord Jesus Christ -- Luke tells us that the discussion that went on before they entered was, “Which of us is going to be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” (Luke 24). Jesus didn't rebuke their desire to be great. What He did rebuke was the wrong attitude about how it was going to be achieved. The wrong motive for achieving those things. He said if you want to be first, you have to make yourself last. And I am convinced that if we really believed that among Christians, there would be a race for last place. There would be a race to promote others before ourselves. As Paul says in Philippians 2:3, to think of others more highly than we think of ourselves.
In 1st Peter 5:4, it's often called “the Pastors Crown.” I'm not so sure that it's only reserved for pastors. In the context, that's what Paul is talking about, but he says that if these two serve faithfully in their ministry, when the chief shepherd appeared, they would receive the crown of glory.
Since all of us have ministries, all of us are gifted. I would have to say that this is simply for faithful ministry in doing what God has given us to do in the life that we live.
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