Sow to yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; For it is time to seek Yahweh, Until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
Such views, of course, are false.  If God's grace is like the rain which falls on the just and unjust alike, then God's saving or condemning any person is altogether capricious.  Now to be sure, no man can merit salvation; but, make no mistake about it, the Holy Scriptures teach that, "My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous" (1 John 3:7).  "Faith in God through Christ can be efficacious only if it issues forth in an obedient life of righteous deeds."[21]