Lord's Day: September 20, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: Second John Topic: Heaven Scripture: 2 John 8–9; Revelation 9:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22; 1 Timothy 3:14–15; Matthew 5:13–16; Psalm 127:1–2; 2 Thessalonians 1:5–10; Mark 10:28–31; James 3:1; 1 Corinthians 3:6–15; Romans 14:12; 2 Corinthians 5:10–11; 1 John 2:1; Luke 17:7–10; Revelation 3:17–18; 21:12, 14; Psalm 119:89; Luke 10:19–20

See to yourselves, that you do not lose what we accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. 2 John 8

I. Does this loss and reward refer primarily to an immediate context in this life, or a future context in the next life? Both?

II. What is the reward that this letter refers to?

• Losing and gaining rewards
• “When Protestants Err on the Side of Rome: John Piper, ‘Final Salvation,’ and the Decline and Fall of Sola Fide at the Last Day (Part I),” The Scripturalist, May 6, 2018, https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2018/5/6/john-piper-final-salvation-and-the-decline-and-fall-of-sola-fide-part-i
• “When Protestants Err on the Side of Rome: John Piper, ‘Final Salvation,’ and the Decline and Fall of Sola Fide at the Last Day (Part II),” The Scripturalist, September 16, 2018, https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2018/9/16/john-piper-final-salvation-and-the-decline-and-fall-of-sola-fide-part-ii
• Gordon Clark: “The rewards here are not said to be merited by the hard labor, for after we have done all that is commanded we are still unprofitable servants; but grace apportions the rewards to the work.” (First Corinthians: A Contemporary Commentary, Trinity Paper, 29, 2nd edition (The Trinity Foundation, 1991) )

III. God’s Gracious Rewards for Good Works—Rightly Understood

• A false view of rewards can stem from false views of other foundational doctrines.
• We must rebuke these false, antichrist deceptions, which make men delusional into thinking that they are better than they really are.

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