! But all will know, and which is still a tragic thought, which ought to makes us diligent to cleave to the Lord and work while it is still day.
I know that they’ll know then, when it’s too late.
Jesus said, “It is FINISHED”.
There is some bizarre twist in human nature that just seems to compel us to feel that we have to do something ourselves, that somehow we have to make restitution for wrongs done.
That’s what makes faith alone so hard for some people and yet Scripture is so very clear that it’s by grace, through faith in Christ and that is ALL.
Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.
God doesn’t need our *good works* but it is an honor to ANYONE to be taken at their word and I don’t doubt that it pleases God immensely that people simply believe Him and trust Him. The Pharisees were full of good works and kept the Law flawlessly and what good did it do them? Jesus had some pretty harsh condemnation for them. Whitewashed tombs, I believe was the phrase.