From the Elder's Pen "God Will Repay" 08/11/02 Past/Future Articles

 In Hebrews 10:30 Paul said, “...vengeance belongeth to me, I will recompense saith the Lord…”   God will see to it that in this life, and in the life to come, that we will get back what we have put into life.
 For our first consideration think of the fact that we will reap exactly what we have been sowing!  Galatians 6:7-8, “Be not deceived, God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.  For he that soweth to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”  Everyone is sowing something and everyone will reap the consequences, if in this life their interests have been primarily fleshly in nature!
 Secondly, we will receive exactly as we have given.  In II Corinthians 9:6 Paul said, “But I say unto you, he that soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and he that soweth bountifully shall also reap bountifully.”  You never truly possess anything in this life until you use it for others!  You can only lose what you have by hoarding it up for yourselves.
 Thirdly, you will be judged exactly as you have judged others.  Jesus in Matthew 7:1-2 said, “Judge not that ye be not judged, for with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you again.”  Jesus also said, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”  (Matthew 5:7).  James 2:13 warns, “For he shall have judgement without mercy, that hath showed no mercy…”
 Finally, Christ will treat us one day, exactly as we have treated Him in this life.  In Matthew 10:32 Jesus said, “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.”  In the next verse Christ says, “But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.”
 Someday you will stand before the great paymaster to receive from the storehouse of heaven what you have put into it in this life.  What will you receive?