The reward of good works is a crown, not salvation. And therefore, a lack of good works would not lead to damnation, but to no crown to lay at Christ's feet. All other efforts, however well-intentioned, would be necessarily burned up--- counted as chaff.

Many of the elect, in my view, will stand empty-handed before God because they failed to keep such of His decrees, but they will still be saved because He will not fail to keep His covenant. On the flip side, there are many who perform good works (in effect, keep a decree), but they have not been covered by the covenantal blood of Christ, so they shall not be saved- they produced unworthy crowns that will be burnt away, and they with them. And only God can distinguish these things at Judgment.

That's is how I reconcile this issue for now, limited as I am in understanding election in the first place.........
I hope there are many more responses to the Lusk article.

Cecil