we are not saved by works, but do our good works have any value to God when we follow Jesus' commandements? can we do anything that God considers good?
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I think so.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:8-10)
for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure (Phil 2:13)
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:8-10)
for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure (Phil 2:13)
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Second Corinthians 5:10 addresses Christians and not unbelievers. This is not the Great White Throne Judgment, but the bema seat where a Christian's works will be judged by God. This verse reads:
To give us some idea of the good works required of believers, we have a very practical list in Matt. 25:33-40:
My, oh my, isn't that a challenge for us to be practical in the real world?
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Our good works do have a value but they do not merit salvation, there are the outflow of the regeneration, a necessary demonstration of God's power at work in you. In James we see the necessity of good works in a Christian walk, in 1 John we see further examples of works to prove one is a Christian
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good works are evidence of our salvation, by the grace of God and under the leadership of the Holy Spirit, yes our works have value to God. All other doings are shifting sand.
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