"When I do good(good deeds, works-righteousness) when I don't really want to(motivated by the flesh; wanting to please God in the flesh), it is as empty as when I would have done the wrong thing. In other words, when the source of my good deeds is my flesh, it is as dead as living in sin. The only real difference is that the consequences in this life are not bad when I do the right thing. I don't want to do the right thing, and I don't want to do the wrong thing. I would rather believe in HIM and see His life manifest in me without having the measuring tool ready to measure right and wrong all the time". Bertie Brits
"Dead works are works that are born from unbelief in the finished work of God, whether they look very holy or not. Jesus told the pharisees that their deeds (which were very "holy") could be cleansed by a cleansing of belief. "Good" deeds can be unholy deeds.
There was nothing wrong with Ishmael as a person. The only problem was that he was born from human will power to try and fulfill what God has promised. Let us have our sanctification as a promise and not a willpower fruit" Bertie Brits
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