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All things done without faith1/5/2024 ![]() This doctrine argues that if God forgives sins, what is the disadvantage in sinning, or the reward of obedience? If obedience to God’s laws does not save me, it’s just not that important. In an attempt to avoid the dangers of works righteousness, many evangelicals go to the other extreme, something theologians call antinomianism. It does not come because of our works, but because of the work of Jesus Christ on our behalf. ![]() The Bible makes it clear that salvation comes through unmerited grace. This is epitomized in the New Testament by the Pharisees for whom Jesus reserved his harshest criticism, calling them whitewashed tombs and hypocrites. It says we can make ourselves righteous before God by our obedience. ![]() Works righteousness is a form of self-righteousness that believes that our salvation can be earned and/or sustained by doing good works. How can we talk about the faith and work message in a way that doesn’t promote works righteousness? What is Works Righteousness? Sometimes, it’s a political scare tactic – to stop Christians from actively working to change the way the world is, confronting justice, and building communities of peace and hope instead of ones of violence and hatred. It’s hard for Protestants to hear that without thinking, “Oh, dear, this is good works again.” That’s a scare tactic. Wright, and Wright talked about this works righteousness misunderstanding that is often voiced about the importance of our work: Several years ago Mark Roberts at The High Calling interviewed N. I’m not the only one running into this problem. I assured them I wasn’t, but I can see how it could’ve sounded that way. Recently I was speaking on faith and work at a conference and someone asked, “Aren’t you just talking about works righteousness?”
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