impure or greedy person—such a man is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God” (Eph. 5:5). But still you ask, “How is it that we are saved by grace through faith, yet we must produce fruit to be saved?” There are at least four reasons why, as John Calvin said, “eternal life [is] a consequence of works.”6 I will look at the first two reasons in this chapter and the second two in the next. The first clue as to why fruit/works play a role in salvation is