REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS.
By Max Hill
WORK.—'Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening.' Ps. 104:23. 'Son, go work to-day in my vineyard.' Matt. 21:28. 'Work . . . while it is day; the night cometh, when no man can work.' John 9:24. 'For there is no work . . . in the grave.' Eccl. 9:10. 'Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness.' Eph. 5:11. 'For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.' Eccl. 12:14. JUDGMENT.—'God is judge Himself.' Ps. 50:6. 'He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained.' Acts 17:31. 'Who will render to every man according to his works.' Rom. 2:6. 'Who shall give account to Him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.' 1 Peter 4:5. REWARDS.—'There is a reward for the righteous.' Ps. 58:11. 'The righteous shall be recompensed in the earth.' Prov. 11:31. 'The meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.' Ps. 37:11. 'Their inheritance shall be forever.' Ps. 37:18. 'And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.' Rev. 21:1-4. PUNISHMENTS.—'But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs; they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.' Ps. 37:20. 'The strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.' Isa. 1:31. 'They shall be as tho they had not been.' Obadiah 16. 'For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.' Mal. 4:1. 'At the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of His power in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus; who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of His might.' 2 Thess. 1:7-9. 'Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.' Isa. 13:9. ADMONITION.—'Godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.' 1 Tim. 4:8. 'Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt thee to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.' Ps. 37:34. 'With thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.' Ps. 91:8. 'Those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.' Ps. 37:9. 'Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.' Rev. 22:14.