Jesus searches the entrails and hearts of His people (Revelation 2:23), but then judges everyone \u201caccording to your deeds\u201d (erga<\/em>).<\/p>\n Why does He need the internal inspection when he\u2019s going to judge by behavior in the last instance?<\/p>\n That question highlights what might be called one dimension of biblical \u201cphilosophy of action.\u201d Works are not simply external, bodily behaviors. Scripture treats motivation, goal, inclination, desire, emotion as being of a piece with erga<\/em>. What Jesus judges is the whole package, the external bodily action and the movements of the heart.<\/p>\n Or, better, works involve the whole <\/em>body, heart, kidneys, and livers as well as hands and feet and tongues. To judge rightly, it\u2019s not enough to judge visible organs. The hidden organs have to be brought to light.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jesus searches the entrails and hearts of His people (Revelation 2:23), but then judges everyone \u201caccording to your deeds\u201d (erga). Why does He need the internal inspection when he\u2019s going to judge by behavior in the last instance? That question highlights what might be called one dimension of biblical \u201cphilosophy of action.\u201d Works are not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[407,409,158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action","category-judgment","category-revelation"],"yoast_head":"\n