For Sunday School this week at SCBC we will be looking at the Final Judgment. Many Christians struggle with the truth that there will be rewards for Christians based off of what they do for Christ in this life. I thought this quote from Grudem was very good at getting to the root of this struggle.
“Even though there will be degrees of reward in heaven, the joy of each person will be full and complete for eternity. If we ask how this can be when there are different degrees of reward, it simply shows that our perception of happiness is based on the assumption that happiness depends on what we possess or the status or power that we have. In actuality, however, our true happiness consists in delighting in God and rejoicing in the status and recognition that he has given us. The foolishness of thinking that only those who have been highly rewarded and given great status will be fully happy in heaven is seen when we realize that no matter how great a reward we are given, there will always be those with greater rewards, or who have higher status and authority, including the apostles, the heavenly creatures, and Jesus Christ and God himself. Therefore if highest status were essential for people to be fully happy, no one but God would be fully happy in heaven, which is certainly and incorrect idea.” Grudem Systematic Theology p, 1145 (emphasis mine)
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