Social action and the last day

Tony Payne has a particularly important post on the Sola Panel blog, on the subject of 'Social Action and the Last Day.'

Here's his second point:

# Godly social action will be recognized on the last day, along with all our godly deeds.

Our good deeds are the fine linen we will wear on the great day of judgement; they will not earn our salvation or justification (of course!), but they are evidence of our saving faith in Christ. They will thus be a reason for commendation from our heavenly Father, even if others have not seen them (1 Cor 4:5).

Clearly, he is a supporter of Christian social action.

Take the effort to read the whole post though. This is just one of the basic building blocks of the argument he's making.