“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.(Luke 6:32-36 ESV)
A reward is something you get back for something you do... or... for someone you are. Even as followers of Christ we can sometimes fall into doing good for what we will get back - thinking that if we do good now, God will pay us off later. What is the big payoff we are to seek? Being like our Father in heaven, who is merciful and loving.
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