It is said that you can tell a lot about a person by watching what they do.

My father-in-law, who has gone on to be with the Lord, had a saying.  People will do what they really want to do.

Our choices and actions are the direct result of our beliefs and imagination, serving as the tangible fruit of our faith.

Therefore, in the context of faith, works hold significant importance.

There are many today who preach in such a way as to say works mean nothing, but this would be a contradiction to Scripture and even to what Jesus, after He was raised from the dead and ascended to heaven, spoke.

Now, in saying this, I am not looking to make believers work-focused; I merely desire to make the point that works follow the faith and that we will give an account for them.

Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.

Some today believe there will not be any judgment, which defies the fact that judgment is written about in the New Testament Scriptures.

Revelation 22:12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to everyone according to his work.

To the ministers of the seven churches of Asia, Jesus said, “I know your works.”  To the Minister at the church of Sardis, Jesus said, “I have not found your works perfect before God.”

Our works tell the truth about what we really believe strongly.  However, having said this, I must say that work is not our focus.  Believing right is the focus.  When we get our believing right the works will follow naturally.

Judgment will always be with regard to works, for they always prove the right belief or unbelief.  So, in that sense, works do matter.