Lyfe
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What are these good works that you are referring to? Jesus lived a very selfless life and even said the greatest among his disciples would be a servant to all. If serving one another in love and bearing the burdens of others isn't how you interpret the law then your probably missing the mark. The whole faith without works sermon in James was all about loving your brother and giving provision to the needy (if you read it in context).
There are going to be allot of people on judgment day who observed Sabbaths and didn't eat pork and kept all the feasts, yet spent very little time praying for others or helping and ministering to the needy. I really believe that a true measure of whether or not someone is upholding the law reflects how much of their time and energy goes into edifying and building up others. This is why I believe allot of people who think they keep the law have a confidence that's unmerited. What good is not eating pork if you never help anyone or have malice or lust or idolatry in your heart? Jesus said it's what's within a man that makes him unclean. Nobody can really boast in the law once they understand it, because the law will always point out the areas you fall short in and strip away any and all righteousness you think that you may have according to the law. People are looking for the law to justify them when it's the same law that says you are unrighteous and fall short which is why you need Christ. He is the only one who can declare you righteous and that is apart from the law.
There are going to be allot of people on judgment day who observed Sabbaths and didn't eat pork and kept all the feasts, yet spent very little time praying for others or helping and ministering to the needy. I really believe that a true measure of whether or not someone is upholding the law reflects how much of their time and energy goes into edifying and building up others. This is why I believe allot of people who think they keep the law have a confidence that's unmerited. What good is not eating pork if you never help anyone or have malice or lust or idolatry in your heart? Jesus said it's what's within a man that makes him unclean. Nobody can really boast in the law once they understand it, because the law will always point out the areas you fall short in and strip away any and all righteousness you think that you may have according to the law. People are looking for the law to justify them when it's the same law that says you are unrighteous and fall short which is why you need Christ. He is the only one who can declare you righteous and that is apart from the law.