Christians will one day stand before the Lord to have their works examined (Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 3:10-15; 2 Corinthians 5:10). How would you feel if He had not one good thing to say about your works?

In the fifth letter, written to the church at Sardis, Christ had nothing to commend them for. They had a reputation for being an “alive” church, but Christ said they were “dead” (Revelation 3:1). If they would not “wake up,” He would come in judgment “like a thief” at a time they would not suspect (verses 2-3, NIV). The church at Sardis could have benefitted from the words of Hebrews 10:24-25: “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” 

Are you part of a community of believers in which you are continually “stirred up to love and good works”? If not, begin searching for a local church today.

Good works are the fruit of saving faith.
R. B. Kuiper