Ephesians

However hard we try there is always a pestilential, nagging doubt that somehow we are missing the mark. It is not so much that we are second guessing ourselves on anything and everything we do or that we are not confident in our own skin. No, it seems to be something more elusive, something we can't see and put our fingers on but something there nevertheless and it's totally discomfiting because we can't rationalize a reason why it should be there and yet we are sure it is registering in our consciousness.
Is this, we wonder, that caused the Apostle Paul to cry out, "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" (Romans 7:24) and for the apostles to respond to Jesus' pronouncement on the rich man with amazement,

What you get for being saved is eternal life and eternal life is not a reward; it's a gift from God for being saved. Here is how the Bible puts it, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23) and "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. (Ephesians 2:8)
The Bible refers to four crowns of salvation and many people confuse these crowns with rewards and clearly they are not. They are many crowns mentioned in the Bible; crown of pure gold (King David's), holy crown of pure gold (the High Priest's), crown of gold (Mordecai's), crowns of gold (the 24 Elders'), etc but just four are related specifically to salvation and in every case they relate to being saved/salvation/eternal life and is the gift of God. Here are the four.
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So if the crowns are nor rewards what are the rewards and who gets them?
The distinction here that must be recognized is that the crowns, eternal life, is based on the sole efforts of Jesus Christ and not on any effort on man's part. Man has nothing to boast about, nothing merited or earned in the slightest with respect to his salvation. However with respect to rewards the situation is totally different. Heaven's rewards are based solely on the efforts of believers and nothing else. Here are some scriptures confirming this.
" For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works." (Matthew 16:27)
"For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward." (Mark