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Good Works // Flame
God doesn’t need our good works, but our neighbors do. I mean that& #39;s so weighty when you think about it because all our good deeds; our sanctification, our skill-sets, our responsibilities, and various roles.. Are for the benefit of those around us, right?
What makes us right with God, Paul says, is our faith. That’s how we are made righteous and how we remain righteous, in Christ. But when you blur those lines, and start looking at your sanctification for assurance that you& #39;re right with God, a bunch of problems arise.
First off, we end up filled with discouragement, from constantly missing the mark. We can also end up filled with self-doubt from constantly applying subjective and arbitrary measures to assess our level of sanctification in order to determine whether or not we are justified.
Or on the flip side we could be filled with self-righteousness as a result of fulfilling some criteria we created and then in turn
cast judgement on others who don’t check our specific boxes.
cast judgement on others who don’t check our specific boxes.
Our good works have value here on earth, but it does not justify us before God. It is vital that we keep these separate.
