If we are doing good it will show in what we inherit in the Day of the Lord. If we are practicing evil it will be revealed in the Day of the Lord.

We shall be revealed before the Judgment Seat of Christ. The Day of the Lord will not be one of the transformation of our moral nature but a revelation of our moral nature. Our moral nature will be revealed by the kind of house, or robe, that covers us.

Now think about the verse above. The Bride makes herself ready. How does she do this? By following the Lord Jesus each day, confessing her sins and turning away from them, washing herself in the blood of the Lamb.

What is the result of her preparations? She is clothed in fine linen, bright and clean.

What is the fine linen? Notice carefully: "Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints."

If the believer does not act righteously, what then?

We are not speaking merely of ascribed righteousness here, but righteous acts.

Can you see what we mean when we say if you do good you will be raised to life but if you practice evil you will be raised to condemnation? This is true whether or not you are a Christian. Of course, if you have had an opportunity to receive Christ and do not do so you will be under condemnation no matter how righteously you behave.

The problem in America today is not primarily that of people who reject Christ because they believe they can please God by practicing righteousness, but of millions of Evangelical believers who think they can live as they choose and still please God by "grace." There is little love for God in them. They imagine they have found a way to live their own life in their own way and still be accepted by Jesus Christ. They suppose "accepting Christ" is their ticket to Heaven. They are horribly mistaken.

God is looking for those who love Him, who seek His face all the day and night, who are being recreated in the moral image of Jesus, who are confessing their sins and turning away from them.

Christ wants disciples—those who deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow Him.

"Believers" who make their profession of faith (which is really a statement about their acceptance of the facts concerning Christ) and then go about their own business as usual are not disciples by any stretch of the imagination. They have no hope of being raised when the Lord comes. They are not prepared to work with Him in establishing the Kingdom of God on the earth. They have not created a white robe with which to clothe themselves in the day of resurrection.

They are really not Christians but members of a religion that calls itself by the name of Christ.

God is moving in a wonderful way today and restoring truth. The Lord is seeking those who will serve Him with their whole heart.

Will you be one of these? (from Doing Good, and the Resurrection)