i meant that it is clear there are rewards at all. of course most christians have a bleak understanding at best of the concept. i copied the term 'grades' from randy alcorn who cited rev 2-3. he has a book on it. faithful and sincere work will be rewarded more than self-seeking work. if you really allow the Lord to work in your life the work should follow. he also talks about sacrifice and crowns.
http://www.epm.org/articles/rewards2.htmlAlso. i would not totally agree with the idea that where one goes on sunday does not matter. the church i go to is a large and somewhat active church but it is also considered a 'beginners' church. at least thats what a lot of people who have been there from the berginning say. the recovery ministry is quite large and there are some very dear but ignorant people there. it is more active than most other churches (at least thats i'm told) but the prayer meeting is almost nonexistent and there is very little evangelical outreach.
I try not to be too venal about rewards but i think my service would be much enhanced if there was an active group that did as much outreaching as did the assembly.
I like my church, at least for now, becase that are a lot of people to serve. its not really dysfunctiuonal just a lot of recovery people and new believers. its almost an outreach place itself. But i am increasingly led to the idea that being around so many weak believers will hinder my growth.
also, in terms of whether groups continue after the grave i think is an open question. there is no indication that every family or group survives the grave, but perhaps functional ones that truly served the Lord do or can be recomposed.