“Though there is antipathy in the human heart to the gospel of Christ, yet when Christians make their good work shine, all admire them. It is when great disparity exists between profession and practice that we secure the scorn of mankind.” HumansHeartChristianChristPracticeMankindShiningProfessionAdmireSecureGood WorkHuman HeartScornDisparityAntipathy Author:David Livingstone
“He who receives a sacrament does not perform a good work; he receives a benefit. In the mass we give Christ nothing; we only receive from Him.” GivingDoeChristBenefitsMassGood WorkSacraments Author:Martin Luther
“Grace is not against good works! It simply does not bless on the basis of good works. We receive blessing from God based solely on the merits of His Son--blessings freely given to us in Christ and nowhere else. The completeness that is in Christ mean deliverance from trying to 'be good' and 'do right' in order to be accepted by God.” LifeTryingMeanDoeReligionOrderEvilGivenChristFreedomSinLibertyGraceAcceptanceSonBlessingBasesBe GoodAcceptedMeritWorking ItBlessGood LifeGood WorkDeliveranceCompletenessGod Blessing Author:Richard Jordan
“Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair.” HandsSpeakChristDespairConnectionsLaysSavingShoreGood WorkRope Book:Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon Source: Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon
“A relationship with Christ changes your heart. It's not about your head. It changes your heart. Jesus comes to live in your heart, and even if a person does good works, but they do them without Christ, most of the time, their motives are wrong for why they do them.” IfsHeartPersonsDoeJesusChristMotiveGood Work Author:Joyce Meyer
“I can't do anything about my past, but I can do a lot to cooperate with my destiny. I am re-created in Christ Jesus, born anew, that I might do the good works that he laid out for me and live the good life.” I CanMightPastJesusChristCan DoBornDestinyGood LifeGood WorkMy PastMy Destiny Author:Joyce Meyer
“The only way that we can truly have a purpose and an enriching life experience is to do all things in Christ and through the power of Christ. What happens when we're all about doing good works and we're doing that outside of the power of Christ is that we end up getting the glory and the whole point of this deal is that God gets the glory. That verse beautifully illustrates that point.” WayEndsWholeHappensPurposeChristDealsGloryAll ThingsLife ExperienceVersesGood WorkDoing GoodEnriching Author:Lance Berkman
“If we suffer persecution and affliction in a right manner, we attain a larger measure of conformity to Christ, by a due improvement of one of these occasions, than we could have done merely by imitating his mercy, in abundance of good works.” IfsDoneChristianSufferingChristMercyDuesImprovementOccasionsAbundanceConformityGood WorkAfflictionPersecutionImitating Book:The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M.: Miscellaneous Source: The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M.: Miscellaneous
“It is not to be understood that I am with him (Jesus Christ) in all his doctrines. I am a Materialist; he takes the side of Spiritualism; he preaches the efficacy of repentance toward forgiveness of sin; I require a counterpoise of good works to redeem it.” JesusSidesChristSinUnderstoodJesus ChristDoctrineRepentanceGood WorkFoundingChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateOur Founding FathersFounding Fathers ChristianUs Founding FathersEfficacyFounding Fathers ReligionFounding Fathers ReligiousReligion GodSpiritualismFounding Fathers Anti ReligionFounding Fathers Of AmericaFounding AmericaAmerican Founding FathersChristianity From Founding FathersChristian FatherForgiveness Of SinsSins Of The Father Book:Democracy Source: Democracy