Quotes About Works

The Constitution wanted artists to have control over their works because they knew it would create incentive to create more works. That is clearly still the goal.

A human being is a vessel that God has built for himself and filled with his inspiration so that his works are perfected in it.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.

Our sanctification does not depend upon changing what we do, but in doing for God's sake what we normally do for our own sake. It is sad to see how many people mistake the means for the end, addicting themselves to religious works, which they perform very imperfectly because of their human or selfish motives.

Nadie niega que las obras malas no son aceptables a Dios. Eso es obvio. El argumento es que ni siquiera las buenas obras nos hacen aceptables a Dios. Merecen su ira, no su favor.

So the guys who are supposed to be figuring out the truth are ignoring it because they don't want to admit they were wrong?" Shay grinned. "Funny how that works, isn't it?

The Bible warns about religious transformations that may appear good and therefore deceive many: 'For Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.' (2 Corinthians 11:13-14)

Even so the program works. Is this not just an aesthetic judgment, a dislike of ugly code?

God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.

This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace hears, leads, drives, draws, changes, works all in man, and lets itself be distinctly felt and experienced. It is hidden, but its works are evident.

God does not need our good works, but our neighbor does.

Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works; evil works do not make a wicked man, but a wicked man does evil works.

Good works are the seals and proofs of faith; for even as a letter must have a seal to strengthen the same, even so faith must have good works.

Being by his faith replaced afresh in paradise and created anew, he (the believer)does not need works for his justification, but that he may not be idle, but that he may exercise his own body and preserve it. His works are to be done freely, with the sole object of pleasing God.

They mistakenly assume that their good works can save them. Just make sure that you are born again. Because if you are not, your good works are worthless.

Now you see for yourself that all those who do not at at all times trust God and do not in all their works or sufferings, life and death, trust in His favor, grace and good-will, but seek His favor in other things or in themselves, do not keep this Commandment, and practise real idolatry, even if they were to do the works of all the other Commandments, and in addition had all the prayers, fasting, obedience, patience, chastity, and innocence of all the saints combined.

Thus the sum and substance of all doctrine is this, that we are not justified by any works, but that faith in Christ saves.

We aren't condemning good works. People first have to be made ready to do good works by being born anew. Only

Therefore, when some say good works are forbidden when we preach faith alone, it is as if I said to a sick man: "If you had health, you would have the use of your limbs; but without health the works of your limbs are nothing"' and he wanted to infer that I had forbidden the works of all his limbs.

faith alone makes all other works good, acceptable and worthy

For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28

It is faith—without good works and prior to good works—that takes us to heaven. We come to God through faith alone.

Works are the fruits and signs of faith. God judges people according to these fruits. These fruits spring from faith in a way that publicly indicates whether or not we have faith in our hearts. God will not judge us by asking whether we are called Christians or whether we have been baptized. He will ask each one of us, "If you are a Christian, then tell me, where are the fruits that demonstrate your faith?