Alexander Patterson waves together many strands of truth when he writes about the Judgment Seat of Christ,
“Not a service done for Christ loses its reward. ‘For his sake’ is the criterion by which everything is to be judged. The sacrifices of the believer are then shown and rewarded. It is then the Beatitudes are completely fulfilled. Then those who have laid up treasure in heaven receive it with manifold interest. All losses are made good. Then it is the promises are fulfilled. Then those who have laid up treasure in heaven receive it with manifold interest. All losses are made good. Then it is the promises are fulfilled, made ‘to him that overcometh.’ It is then the righteous ‘shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.’ At this time the faithful servants are rewarded for good use of their pounds and talents….The rewards are of glory, power, and privilege. The glory, as has been shown by Paul, differs as one star differs from another. The power, as the ruler over ten cities is superior to the ruler over one city. Among the privileges seems to be nearness to the person of Christ. There were two who asked that they might sit on his right hand and left. Christ said this was to be given to those for whom it was prepared… In the distribution of rewards it is not against one that he came in at the eleventh hour.” (Patterson, The Greater Life and Work of Christ, p. 316, 1896.)
