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Doing Good, Is Good; But

Ray Evans • February 18, 2020
While volunteering is a good thing, we are not saved by doing good things...we do good things because we are saved.  God expects us to be and do good. (Leviticus 20:25)

When James said "Faith, if it hath not works, is dead" he was not referring to doing good things...he was talking about obedience to the law.  Faith without obedience, is no faith.

In the first covenant, God required obedience to the law (works).  He didn't change his mind with the new covenant.  He just sent a helper (The Holy Spirit) to assist them in keeping the law.  Obedience, is still the prerequisite for life and blessing.

It's not that you can't, God's laws are not grievous...it's that you won't.  Lying, cheating, stealing has become an acceptable way of life...but not to God.  Taking office supplies home without permission, is still stealing...and lying to your spouse, boss, or anyone else, well?

Do not be deceived: A lot of preachers say, "We're not under the law, we're under grace;" but he Bible says we will be judged "according to our works." (Revelation 20:12-13)  How you live your life, matters...it's how you will be judged. 

It's Grace (the gift of the Holy Spirit - the divine influence on the heart) thru Faith (the moral conviction of a religious truth) that allows us to keep the law.  Without it, we fail.

Doing good things is good; but the highest priority in life is pleasing God; and until you are reborn Spiritually, you will not be able to please God (Hebrews 11:6).

Jesus said, "Ye must be born again..." (John 3:3) 

Until then, nothing else matters.

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