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There is a courtroom at the end of the story. The Judge is not elected, but enthroned — the One whom the Psalms foresaw and whom the Gospel of Matthew portrays separating sheep from goats, whom the Epistles to the Romans and Second Corinthians declare will weigh every life. But what, exactly, is placed on the scales?

Are works the measure of reward but never the ground of salvation? Can a believer arrive saved, yet singed — secure in Christ yet emptied of treasure? Or do works function as the very criteria of destiny, as some traditions insist, grace enabling merit? Is faith alone the instrument, with works merely the pulse that proves the heart still beats — as the Epistle of James seems to press upon us? Between belief and behaviour, security and jeopardy, evidence and recompense, lies a tension as old as the gospel itself: Christ alone is enough — and yet nothing we do is forgotten.

In this episode, the Curious team seek to probe the difficult and somewhat unsettling question of will what I do determine where I’ll end up? Step into the conversation this week as the Curious team invite you to reconsider how your actions and behaviours come to bear on eternity!

Further Reading

Here’s a bit of homework for you….we’ve included a couple of articles that compliment this episode….

Four Views on the Roles of Works at the Final Judgement - TheGospelCoalition.org

Final Judgement According to Works - DesiringGod.org

A Future Justification Based on Works? - Ligonier.org

What we’re reading?

As a feature to our notes, we are adding the book or books that we’ve browsed related to this episode…enjoy!

Editor Stanley N. Gundry — Four Views on the Role of Works at the Final Judgement

John Piper — The Future of Justification

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