Reality - Works
Anything we do to help others come to the Father is counted as good works, but anything we do to help others with discernment in these days are multiplied in value.
Work your gift.
A person's works are the natural manifestation of tangible evidence that comes from being a disciplined student of God's word. These are complimentary and proportionate within each person. Some people recognize this and are able to leverage their faith to build their gifts. Everyone alive has some type of gift. On the surface one gift could be as simple as such a smile that brightens up everyone when you walk in a room or it could be as complex as being able to speak six languages without confusion. It doesn't matter if a person recognizes their own gift or not because what they do typically gives some type of physical evidence, and how they do what they do gives a reputable faith based thermometer.
Nobody is special.
There are two important points I want to stress about works because they do not get you into heaven. They are used to reconcile your account in that God's works yield heavenly rewards. What you believe and the evidence of your pursuit will determine if you get into heaven. There is only one judge and He alone will make the decision:
God gave each person the gifts He knew they needed to make it in this world. An examination of how you used your gifts would reveal the level of salt in your faith. The path of your pursuit will feature your gift. It is natural. It is why you have it. It is how we say thank you. It is how we play our position and ensure the widest harvest. If King James did not authorize the translations in 1611 how many of the great works that we stand on today would have never existed? What if he didn't have anything to translate from in the beginning? Works don't get you into heaven but they are critical to the success of others.
Get to work.
Any 3rd grader could do your works! In the grand scheme there will always be people ahead of you and those behind. Just as in the depth of space it does not matter how far the planets are from the Sun because the side that faces the Sun is always in the light and the side that faces away is always in the dark. Satan was standing right next to Him. He was assigned to protect the Mercy Seat. You can't get much closer than that and yet how deep is his evil? You are either looking towards God or not. It's that simple. The size and distance of means nothing. The direction they are facing means everything. Everyone is exactly the distance they are from reality when it clicks. I was. You are. The next will be. It's an individual game played in a team event. You have no idea if the person next to you is coming or going. All of our works are like a 3rd graders drawing on the kitchen fridge. Be happy it's there for older brothers and sisters to critique, younger ones to inspire, and know it always makes a parent smile. In time your works will be art.
I'm not special.
What you are reading is an example of my works. I do it out of passion and gratitude. I call this one 2nd grade because I am basically expressing what I think. It is my effort to question (and generate more questions) to better learn the Truth. I will continue until His return so it will present Concepts and conclusions with limited supporting documentation and later you might find an update with complete documentation. That should tell you that homework blends facts with educated supposition. That is very dangerous in this day. Even for me. Facts don't change but their clarity changes supposition. I have made plenty of mistakes before and expect to do so again. The pieces of a puzzle take a while to fall in place on this scale. There are plenty of technicalities to start a fight with or to chase down dead ends over. In time everything will be reconciled. In the meantime I continue to do the best I can to ensure everything here is presented as carefully as possible and within the context of the purpose for this effort. The majority of the world has only a very basic understanding of what Christians believe so they are primary candidates to be misled by anyone who remotely appears to fit the bill. Having our illiterate church leading rookies into the greatest spiritual battle of all time is not a very promising proposition. My 2nd grade works stand to issue a challenge to such stupidity.
I'm screaming Iceberg and our country is dining on the Titanic. AND we saw the movie.
I am confident.
My confidence comes from understanding the strategy our playbook outlines so clearly. If I did a good job my works will present you with information that helps you learn how to discern the truth for yourself. All my works focus on the key documentation supporting the concepts presented here. Including an examination of the Bible teachings that are going to get you if you don't take appropriate action. The tools and grooming that excelled my secular life were nothing less than training for my spiritual life? Do you think my soul is doing anything less than using this rental to serve Him? I did it before and I'm doing it now. I see your example. I will point you to others. My fruit may be of a California climate but I know my seed. Don't think He'd change my MO just so today's deceived people would accept what I share? I may be a little fast or direct for some, wordy or repetitive for others, and forever a rookie to the blind, but I'm in tune with the likes of the man He is raising. When you question that you question Him and I rest my case...
The debates can go on but there is only one truth. It is argued out of ignorance to the reality we work so hard to document.