Do you obey to receive a reward? Yes or no?
I obeyed to become a child of God.
You are trying to make 'reward' a bad word.
Do you want to go against God?
God says He rewards those who have faith, faith that is alive with obedience.
Hebrews 11:6 But where there is no faith it is impossible truly to please Him; for the man who draws near to God must believe that there is a God and that He proves Himself a rewarder of those who earnestly try to find Him.
What does this say:
Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.
Romans 2:6 6 God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”
2 John 1:8 Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.
Revelation 14:13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."
Revelation 22:12
[ Epilogue: Invitation and Warning ] “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.
Now let's see if you judge rightly.
Tell me, JR, do you want to keep kicking against the goad?
Acts 26:14 We all fell to the ground; and I heard a voice which said to me in Hebrew, "'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? You are finding it painful to kick against the ox-goad.'
