Hence, to say to some one who is suffering from sorrow or affliction, "Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth," is often cruel and untrue. VI REWARDS--DEGREES IN HEAVEN "I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish."--John 10:28.--"Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven."--Matt. 6:20. "By grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any one should boast."--Eph. 2:8, 9.--"Each man shall receive his own reward _according to his own labor_."--1 Cor. 3:8. "Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved, yet so as through fire."--1 Cor. 3:11-15. "But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself and is not _rich_ toward God."--Luke 12:20, 21. "Whosoever would save his life shall lose _it_; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find _it_. For what shall a man be profited if he shall gain the whole world and forfeit his life, or what shall a man give in exchange for his life? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then shall he render unto every man _according to his deeds_."--Matt. 16:25-27 (R. V.) "Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give each one _according as his work shall be_."--Rev. 22:12. The teaching of God's word of degrees in future punishment ("These shall receive greater condemnation,"--Mark 12:40) according to heredity and environment ("It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you;" "it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee,"--Matt. 11:22, 24), and according to sin ("Every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward,"--Heb. 2:2), commends itself to the judgment, to the conscience, of every honest man. The companion teaching to this in God's word is that there will be different degrees, or rewards, in Heaven. Just as the degree of man's punishment in Hell will be determined by his life here; so the degree of a man's reward in Heaven will be determined by his life here. The dividing line is redemption.