We read in Holy Scripture “Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16). This type of sentiment is something that more people that profess to being Christian, and a good Christian at that, need to pay very close attention to and be mindful of, because those that claim that they love Christ, should be able to prove that by their good deeds, for faith without works isn’t much of a faith, at all.
Indeed, those that have ever gotten in trouble with the law and therefore have had to face a judge to pronounce judgment upon them, are almost invariably the same that admit to their regret and remorse, of which, the bottom line for those that are sincere in what they have just said, is thus demonstrated by how they subsequently perform in their interactions with others, wherever that may be, because sincerity starts with doing the right thing, and especially doing so, when there is something of merit on the line.
To be a fair-weather Christian is to be the sort of person who means well, or means to do well, but never seems to get to the actual business of doing good for others, and additionally never seems to involve them engaging in any sort of self-sacrifice for the greater good. Those who love Christ are the ones who, when faced with a challenge or a dilemma, are able to rise up and to do what needs to be done, because only when that is occurring does the rubber truly meet the road.
In life, we are given the fair opportunity to demonstrate our character, again and again, of which those that step up and do the right thing, are demonstrating good character; whereas, those that don’t step up and cannot be counted upon when it really matters are the same that nobody should consider to be of a good Christian character, because they do not have the corresponding works that demonstrates this very thing.
Look, while we cannot control what does or does not happen to us, or the interactions that we are involved in, what we can control is how we react and what we do about those things that are of most importance to us. So then, those who stop and make the extra effort to be kind and of service to others are Christian, which is what we should aspire to be, because the greatest amongst us are those who serve, so as to make society a better place for their valued participation in it.
So too, there are plenty of people that don’t tremble when they think of judgment day, but these typically are made up of those that have an ego that has deceived who and what they really are because they don’t really desire to know that -- but having made this fateful decision they will rue that day when they are called to account for those that lack good deeds are the same which won’t find the only destination that really matters being available for them.