Reply To: Christian Character Discussion Board 1

[Paulpraze]

MY REPLY TO BEN
Your essay shows who a witness is, and also mentions some of the things that a witness does that are or can be described as good works. You have shown, that a relationship with Jesus will reflect in our verbally sharing the gospel, walking after the Spirit, walking in the light, and walking in love, all of which produces good works.
However, what may not be very clear from this essay is the relationship between a person’s good works and receiving salvation. In other words, how do you answer the questions, “can a person be saved by good works?, can a person come into a relationship with Jesus Christ our Lord by their good works?”
The point I am making is that, “good works” may not always be the result of a relationship with Jesus Christ and more so in the context of witnessing, and it is therefore important to point out that such “good works” can not obtain or earn salvation from God.
In Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus talks about people who claimed to have good works and therefore believed that they had a relationship with Him. Jesus’s response clearly showed that that was not the case.
It is therefore very important to point out clearly that no man, no matter how much “good works” they do, can be saved by their good works, and I think that this was why we were instructed to write our essay bearing in mind that no man can be saved by their good works.