Required Works: The Pursuit of God

We are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. That's the Gospel. However, while doing good works (things we do) provides absolutely nothing when it comes to why God should save us, doing good works (things we do) is absolutely required of us. We will be evaluated by God who will be looking for such things. 

For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done. Matthew 16:27 

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. 2 Corinthians 5:10 

One of the (too often neglected) good works that will be expected of us is the pursuit of God. Knowing God and growing in that knowledge is hard work. That is why so many neglect it. But one reason why such should be worked at is that God will be looking for it on the last day, and He will respond to each of us according to how well we were working at this. 

Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:23–24