"34 Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in:"
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The point that you miss over and over again is that the works we do are not for payment, but because we are "a new man in CHRIST" and they reflect our FAITH.
I don't disagree with this spin, but what matters to me is that Matthew 25 (and Apocalypse 20) explains how Christ will judge me, and so I obey the gospel.