If our relationship with God is based on rewards, we’ll tend to focus on what “gets us saved” or “makes us lost.”
If our relationship is based on God himself, we’ll focus on what pleases God.
Saved and lost still exist, but they aren’t our focus. Because we love God, we’ll try to do what he wants. Not out of fear. Out of love.
Sometimes I think we’re too focused on what we can get from God instead of focusing on getting God himself. The rewards stem from the relationship; a healthy relationship isn’t based on the rewards you get out of it.
“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (John 17:3)