I'm winding down on Stott's Through the Bible: Through the Year devotional. I thought this one from last Saturday did a nice job of boiling a lot of theology down.
... now that the dragon, the two beasts, and the prostitute have all been destroyed, the time has come for the judgement of individuals before the great white throne. John writes, "The dead are judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books" (Revelation 20:12). Most emphatically he is not saying that sinners are justified by their good works. No, we sinners are justified by God's grace alone through faith in Christ crucified alone. At the same time we will be judged by our works, for judgement day will be a public occasion, and good works will be the only public and visible evidence that can be produced to attest the authenticity of our faith. "Faith without deeds is dead" (James 2:26). True believers have their names written in the Lamb's Book of Life (Rev. 13:8; 20:15). p. 424
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