What will be given to the person who works good? He will receive glory, honor, and peace, whether he is a Jew, a Gentile, a Christian, or of any other race or creed.

Christians have ignored and perverted this clear teaching of the Apostle Paul. The result has been the moral destruction of the Christian churches. They are worthless as witnesses of the Person, will, way, eternal purpose, and Kingdom of Almighty God.

God will not have fellowship with the doer of evil works whether or not the individual professes faith in Christ.

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law. (Romans 2:12)

It appears we are in harmony with the Apostle Paul when we state that as many as have sinned in the Gospel will be judged by the Gospel. The Gospel of Christ states in many passages that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God (Galatians 5:21, for example).

Every person who is raised in the second resurrection will be judged according to his works. Those who have practiced righteousness will be permitted to live on the new earth. They will inherit the Kingdom of God. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the new Jerusalem and eat of the tree of life (Revelation 22:14).

The wicked never will be permitted past the walls of the new Jerusalem.

The judgment of the people of the sheep and goat nations is an example of how the Lord Jesus will judge people according to their works.

All nations will be gathered before the Lord Jesus. They will be raised from the dead and will stand before the white throne of Christ.

Some of the people Christ will place at His right hand. Some of them He will place at His left hand.

Those at His right hand have treated Christ's brothers with kindness. They have practiced righteousness.

Those at Christ's left hand did not treat the saints with kindness. They practiced wickedness during their life on the earth. They despised the elect, God's witnesses, and lived in pleasure.

To the righteous it is given to enter the Kingdom of God, into eternal life.

But the wicked shall be thrown into the Lake of Fire.

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: (Matthew 25:34)

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: (Matthew 25:41)

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (Matthew 25:46)

It is clear in the New Testament that those who practice righteousness will enter eternal life. Those who practice evil will be assigned to torment.

To be continued.