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What Are "Rewards in Heaven" in the Bible?

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“When humans choose to live in the way of Jesus, they experience "rewards" in Heaven. These rewards are different from physical wealth or material goods. And they aren’t theoretical ideas, like future gold in the skies or mansions in the clouds. Instead, they are real benefits experienced in real time, gifts like peacefulness, fearless love, deeper wisdom, and all kinds of healing.”
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What Jesus Meant By “Turn the Other Cheek” in Matthew 5:39
Sermon on the Mount
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Divorce in the Bible: How Jesus Responded to the Debate
Sermon on the Mount
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How Does Jesus Fulfill the Law? (The Meaning of Matthew 5:17)
Sermon on the Mount
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What Does It Mean to Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness?
Sermon on the Mount
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What Is the Sermon on the Mount?
Sermon on the Mount
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What is the Definition of Grace? (According to the Bible)
Grace
Character of God
Exodus 34:6-7
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What Jesus Meant By “Turn the Other Cheek” in Matthew 5:39

After years of hiding bruises, a woman confides in a friend about her husband’s violent outbursts. Her friend advises her to submit to her husband, explaining that in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus teaches that we are to “turn the other cheek.” But is that Jesus’ meaning? Is he really teaching people to remain passive in situations of abuse?
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Rosh Hashanah: How the Jewish New Year Connects to Jesus
Creation
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What Matthew 6:33 (Seek First the Kingdom of God) Means
Sermon on the Mount
Matthew
Gospel of the Kingdom
7 min read
What Is Pentecost? And Why Is It Important?
Acts
Holy Spirit
Temple
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“Why Did Jesus Have To Die?” (A Question Worth Unpacking)
Sacrifice & Atonement
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What Are Sin, Iniquity, and Transgression in the Bible?
Bad Words
sin

Divorce in the Bible: How Jesus Responded to the Debate

“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?” The religious experts pressed Jesus for an answer (Matt. 19:3), and his response has fueled hot debate ever since. While his teaching seems to clearly prohibit almost all divorce and cast post-divorce remarriage as an act of adultery, there is good reason to look deeper into the larger biblical narrative.
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3 Love Stories in the Bible That Help Us Rethink Romance
loyal love
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Does a “Most-Accurate” Bible Translation Exist?
How to Read the Bible
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What Does the Bible Say about Angels and Cherubim?
Spiritual Beings
7 min read
Exile in the Bible: An Ethic of Loyalty and Subversion
Exile
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What Does the Book of Numbers Teach Us?
App Torah Journey
Numbers

How Does Jesus Fulfill the Law? (The Meaning of Matthew 5:17)

The command “Do not murder” seems achievable on the surface—just don’t murder people. But Jesus suggests this is not the law’s ultimate goal. Yes, the point was to end human violence, but even more it was to guide people into the attitudes and ways of loving one another. When we avoid murder, we partly fill the law. When we love, we fill it full.
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What Kind of Culture Shaped the Bible?
The Paradigm
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Why Leviticus Is Worth Your Time
App Torah Journey
Leviticus
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What Does the Bible Say About Blessing and Curse?
Blessing and Curse
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What Happens When We Read the Bible Together?
The Paradigm
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If God Remembers, Does He Also Forget?
Classroom
Genesis
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Can We Experience Eternal Life Today?
Eternal Life
Wisdom
Tree of Life
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How Does the Bible's Story Lead to Jesus?
The Paradigm
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The Larger Story of Exodus
App Torah Journey
Exodus
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What Makes the Bible Unified?
The Paradigm
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