• There's a new day dawning...
• When this life is over, then what?
• But if I'm living a good moral life, I have nothing to worry about, right?
• But surely good works help, don't they?
• If I can't tip God's scale in my favor with my good works, how can I gain eternal life?
• You mean it's as simple as believing in Christ?
• But doesn't the Bible also say that God will judge everyone according to their works?
• Why, then, would God judge the works of someone who is unsaved if his works weren't really necessary for his salvation anyway?
• O.K. But why would God judge the works of someone who is saved?
• Will there be rewards for each and every good work Christians do during their Christian lives, or does God only look at the entirety of their lives?
• Will there be any special reward for those Christians who persevere in doing good works until the end of their lives?
• But doesn't salvation apart from works eliminate the possibility of rewards for works?
• Isn't it selfish to strive for rewards?
• So, how do I prepare for the Judgment Seat of Christ?
• Are you ready?

There's a new day dawning...

Children and young adults rarely think about tomorrow. The vigor of youth deludes us into thinking we are invincible. But as we grow older we begin to realize how vulnerable we really are—to disease, to accidents, to violent crime. One day the thought strikes home quite suddenly: "Someday I will die."

It may be then that we take a long look at our short life. The New Testament writer James took that look and asked: "What is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away" (James 4:14). Like a jet’s white vapor trail across a blue sky, our lives appear on the scene and—in terms of history or eternity—quickly fade away.