God has so ordered the world that living according to his moral standards very often brings rewards in the natural realm, and violating God’s standards often brings destruction to people, in both cases indicating the eventual direction of the final judgment: Honesty, hard work, showing love and kindness to others, and faithfulness in marriage and family will (except in the most corrupt societies) bring much more material and emotional reward in this life than dishonesty, laziness, cruelty, marital infidelity, and other wrongs such as drunkenness, drug abuse, theft, and so forth. ^[1]

上帝如此命令世界，按照他的道德标准生活往往会在自然领域带来回报，而违反上帝的标准往往会给人们带来毁灭，这两种情况都表明了最终审判的最终方向：诚实，努力工作，表现对他人的爱和善意，以及对婚姻和家庭的忠诚（除了在最腐败的社会中）将比不诚实、懒惰、残忍、婚姻不忠和其他错误，如酗酒、吸毒、偷盗等，带来更多的物质和情感回报。

^[1] Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, Second Edition. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020), 807–809.