Narrow and Wide road

Post Reformation Christians need to realize that the Assurance of eternal redemption is NOT ... is NOT ... the assurance of REWARD or exemption from chastizement.

What do some of the PARABLES of the Lord's dealing with His servants indicate? They indicate that assurance of eternal life does not mean assurance of not being DEALT WITH by the Lord for a lack of sanctification.

The following words from Jesus are about His SERVANTS. They are not about the unbelievers who do not consider that they are SERVING the Lord Jesus.

Read IT.

"And that slave who knew his master's will and did not prepare or do according to his will, will receive many lashes.

But he who did not know, yet did things worthy of stripes, will receive few lashes. But to every one to whom much has been given, much will be required from him,

and to whom much has been committed they will ask of him all the more." (Luke 12:47,48)

"And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom the master will set over his service to give their portion of food at the proper time?

Blessed is that slave whom his master, WHEN HE COMES, will FIND so doing." (vs. 42,43)

Originally posted by @tom-wolsey
I'm having a hard time understanding this but I guess sonship can help me with it, since it's his belief anyway.

For the believing Christian the future is simple:

The eternal age of the new heaven and the new earth is assured.
It is a GIFT.

But before that age of the new heaven and the new earth the age of the thousand year kingdom he is not now assured he will be rewarded.

Many a Christian has undergone persecution, suffering, reproach, with sanctification in their soul. They will be rewarded to be co-kings with Christ for a thousand years.

Many other Christians for various reasons will suffer the loss which God's discipline will administer to them at that time. They must be worked on during that time because lessons of consecration to Jesus were neglected by them during the age of grace.

These too will be perfected, yet late. And they with the rewarded in the millennium will finally be altogether as one to inherit the eternal age of the GIFT of the eternal city New Jerusalem.

Others will inherit the millennial kingdom age which I will not elaborate on in this post.

The way to reign in divine life is a narrow way.
The way to be defeated in the old fallen Adamic life is wide.

The Father in His wisdom knew that if He gave a GIFT to forgiven sinners, SOME would appreciate and cooperate with GRACE, and some would under appreciate and procrastinate to cooperate with GRACE.

Therefor BEFORE the eternal age God set up the one thousand year millennial kingdom as an INCENTIVE for cooperation.

Eternal life is ASSURED to the receiver of Christ's grace.
REWARD in the preliminary age of the thousand year kingdom is not ASSURED to the receiver of Christ's grace.

It is not presumptuous to stand upon the assurance of the GIFT.
It may be presumptuous be assured of the reward.

Christian, you do not know yet if Christ will reward you during the millennium.

Originally posted by @sonship
For the believing Christian the future is simple:

The eternal age of the new heaven and the new earth is assured.
It is a GIFT.

But before that age of the new heaven and the new earth the age of the thousand year kingdom he is not now assured he will be rewarded.

Many a Christian has undergone persecution, suffering, reproach, with sanctificatio ...[text shortened]... ]

Others will inherit the millennial kingdom age which I will not elaborate on in this post.