September 18, 2026
Romans 2:4-6,10Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
1 Corinthians 3:13Each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work.
James 2:26 (NASB)For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
This is not a passage teaching "work your way to heaven". If your life has been truly given to God, you will have a changed life. Am I doing the same things as before I trusted Christ? You might ponder if your repentance was genuine.