Just deserts is a term not found in the Bible. Neither is the term, "pie in the sky". The dictionary defines :just deserts, as receiving the punishment you deserve. The Bible defines "just" as righteousness. No one is righteous of themselves.
Romans 3:23 since all have sinned and continue to fall short of God's glory.
Only by receiving forgiveness by faith in Jesus Christ are we declared righteous.
Romans 3:24 By his grace they are justified freely through the redemption that is in the Messiah Jesus,
Romans 3:25 whom God offered as a place where atonement by the Messiah's blood would occur through faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because he had waited patiently to deal with sins committed in the past.
What is meant by "pie in the sky". The dictionary defines it as an empty promise, a false hope.
The promises in the Bible are all true. There is a place upwards that is heaven. Jesus will return to earth in a cloud. The angels will separate the goats, unbelievers, from the sheep, the followers of God through Jesus Christ.
Php 3:9 ... not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith
Php 3:10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
Php 3:11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
The promises of God are just and true.
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