GOOD WORKS ARE OFTEN PERCIEVED AS RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS DOING THINGS FOR CHARITY AND SO ON - BUT THE PROPHET ISAIAH SAYS, ISA. 64: 6 ALL OF US HAVE BECOME LIKE ONE WHO IS UNCLEAN, AND ALL OUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS; THE GOOD THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING CARRIES OUT IS TAINTED WITH SIN, WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
MANY MIGHT PERCEIVE RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS AS GOOD WORKS AND WE ALSO CONSIDER THE ACTIONS OF OTHERS OFTEN AS GOOD WORKS – BUT AS WE HAVE SEEN OUR WORKS ARE TAINTED WITH SIN .
THIS WAS ILLUSTRATED TO ME THIS NOVEMEBER 2009 WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH THE CHARITY CHILDREN IN NEED (UK) CONCERT. AT ONE POINT HE STOOD ON STAGE WITH HIS FORMER BAND TAKE THAT – THE CROWDS ERUPTED. LATER IN AN INTERVIEW HE SPOKE OF ’MILKING THE PUBLICITY AND ADULATION.’ AS HE STOOD ON STAGE WITH HIS FORMER BAND MEMBERS (TAKE THAT) WHO ALL MADE A PROMPT EXIT. MAYBE THEY REALISED ITS NOT ABOUT THEM..... TO ME THIS INTERVIEW WITH ROBBIE SHOWS THAT EVEN OUR GOOD WORKS IS MIXED UP WITH OURSELVES.
SOURCE: BBC1 NEWS FRONT PAGE 2009: ARTICLE. Aubrey Vaughan
ALL OUR WORKS ARE TAINTED WITH SIN. THE ONLY WORKS WHICH ARE GOOD BEFORE GOD ARE THOSE WHICH BRING GLORY AND FOR YOUR WORKS TO BRING GLORY TO GOD YOU NEED TO BE RECREATED IN CHRIST JESUS. THESE ARE THE GOOD WORKS WHICH GOD HAS PLANNED IN ADVANCE FOR US TO DO. GOOD WORKS IN A BIBLICAL FRAMEWORK CAN ONLY BE CARRIED OUT BY THOSE WITH GENUINE SAVING FAITH.