Where does Jesus Christ fit in?

[seeingeyes]

Genuine "good deeds" don't come from trying to earn a reward or please other people or ourselves. And that sort of disinterested state of mind can only come about when we are motivated by love.

There ya go.

 

[seeingeyes]

Jesus Christ is the stumbling block for the righteous.

 

[babylonisfalling]

"on the road to good works"... no, that doesn't lead to a better perspective on good work. It just leads to a child learning conformity and stifled moral reasoning. Jesus points us to a God that is kind to both the just and the unjust- he gives blessings to everyone, not just to people that "do good works". And Jesus tells us to go and do likewise.

Doing good works for a reward just leads to doing more works for reward... it makes us mercenaries. I suppose its better than doing "bad works", but it hardly means we are better people for it, that we somehow deserve God's favor because of it.

It certainly doesn't lead to conformity. I know folks who have practiced good works with a reward in mind and there's nothing particularly conformist about them. Some of them are the odd man our, some aren't. And it's also not true that people who believe otherwise necessarily have a higher moral reasoning either.

But yes, it certainly IS better than doing bad works or even no works at all which is what I was talking about. Good works CAN make you a better person, but you're right that it can NOT make us enough better to deserve God's favor.

 

[babylonisfalling]

Dear babylonisfalling. Jesus is the Truth, and Jesus told is in
Matthew 22: 35-40: " The first and great Commandment is: Love God with all
thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. The second is like it:
Love thy neighbour as thyself." Then Jesus states this great fact: " On these two Commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
The Bible tells us: " Repent," and to " Be Born Again." Jesus tells us straightforward: "give up your selfish and unloving life-style, and change into
loving and caring sons and daughters of your Heavenly Father.
In Matthew 5:48: Jesus tells us: " Be ye therefore perfect, as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect." How? we love our neighbour as we love ourselves, always kindly and with friendly words, and when needed the helping hand. God will see our loving efforts, and God will approve and Bless us. In Matthew 7: 7-10: we are told: " ask and ye shall receive," we ask for Love and Joy, then thank God and share all Love and Joy with our neighbour.
We just keep asking and receiving, then thank God and share all Love and Joy with all around us. We might stumble and forget at times, but then we ask God to forgive us, and carry on Loving and Caring.
Jesus our Saviour will help and guide us, JESUS IS ALSO THE WAY.
A Christian`s great weapon is Love, with love we will overcome all anger and strife. Jesus gave us those Commandments, and God wants us to become perfect. It may take a long time, but Love is very catching, and Love will gradually change us into the men and women which God wants us to become.
I say this with love, babylonisfalling. Greetings from Emmy, your sister in Christ.

I don't see anything you said that contradicts with the article