The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 045 (August 04, 2025)

In this episode, Jimmy tackles the subject of what role good works play in our final justification.

Because of their “faith alone” formula, many Protestants say that they play no role at all or that they only serve as “evidence” for our faith being genuine, but Jimmy reveals how Scripture repeatedly refers to eternal life as a reward God gives for those who cooperate with his grace and do good works.

Timecodes
00:00 – Coming Up
00:42 – Intro
01:02 – 1 Introduction
04:00 – 2 Agreement on Good Works
05:39 – 3 Final Justification
08:13 – 4 Good Works and Justification
08:44 – 5 The Sheep and the Goats
11:10 – 6 “Works Righteousness?”
12:24 – 7 Back to the Sheep and the Goats
15:46 – 8 Merit and Reward
18:49 – 9 Eternal Life as a Reward?
23:33 – 10 Just A Hypothetical?
27:22 – 11 Not A Hypothetical
33:31 – 12 Good Works at the Final Judgment
40:39 – 13 Conclusion
42:50 – Closing/Outro
43:46 – End