It can be a tricky thing, navigating the terrain of faith and works and thinking through how they relate. After all, it is said that “it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast” […]
This is the fifth week we look at the question of why we do good works if Christ has paid for our sins. So far we have seen that we do good works not to save us, but because (i) we died to sin; (ii) to prove we are saved; (iii) to show thankfulness to […]
This is the fourth week we look at the question of why we do good works if Christ has paid for our sins. So far we have seen that we do good works not to save us, but because (i) we died to sin; (ii) to prove we are saved; and (iii) to show thankfulness […]
This is the third week we look at the question of why we do good works if Christ has paid for our sins. So far we have seen that we do good works not to save us, but because (i) we died to sin and (ii) to prove we are saved. This week we look […]
Last week I began a series on why Christians should do good works – the question that naturally arises once you understand that Christ has done all the work for our salvation. Last week we saw that you should do good works because you have died to sin. This week I want to show that […]
Last week we saw that a Christian becomes progressively more and more sanctified (holy) before God. But the question can then be raised, why do we need to do good works? If Christ has already earned our salvation and all we have to do is repent and believe, then why should we have to do […]