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Q&A 62 Why can't the good we do make us right with God, or at least
help make us right with him?
- Because the righteousness
- which can pass God's scrutiny
- must be entirely perfect
- and must in every way measure up to the divine law.1
- Even the very best we do in this life
- is imperfect
- and stained with sin.2
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- 1 Rom. 3:20; Gal. 3:10 (Deut. 27:26)
- 2 Isa. 64:6
Q&A 63 How can you say that the good we do doesn't earn anything
when God promises to reward it in this life and the next?1
- This reward is not earned;
- it is a gift of grace.2
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- 1 Matt. 5:12; Heb. 11:6
- 2 Luke 17:10; 2 Tim. 4:7-8
Q&A 64 But doesn't this teaching make people indifferent and wicked?
- No.
- It is impossible
- for those grafted into Christ by true faith
- not to produce fruits of gratitude.1
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- 1 Luke 6:43-45; John 15:5
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