A Workman

"If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire." It is not a question of salvation here. This man is saved, but his work is lost. I think I can say though, according to 1 Cor. 4:5, speaking of that same Day of Judgment, "and then shall every man have praise of God." For every true believer there will be something that will abide for that day. I really believe it, even as it applies to that thief who died on the cross beside the Lord Jesus. His hands were fastened to that cross; he could do nothing, but still he had a tongue that was loose and he confessed that Jesus was Lord. He said, "Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom.”
How many souls have been saved through the testimony of that dying thief. There was something in his dying moments that is going to last through all eternity. So I really think we can say there is going to be something that will remain for every believer. But it is something to exercise us that our lives be spent on things that will not go up in smoke in that day.