Originally posted by Rajk999
Matt 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
Thats the crux of the matter with good works .. dont do it to be seen of men otherwise God will not reward you. From that its reasonable to also state that if we do good works not to be seen of men then God may re ...[text shortened]... s that you dont produce biblical evidence when asked. Im not interested in your 'commonsense'.
Your argument is so superficial. Why do you think that Jesus said the following.....?
Matt 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
The answer is of course is that such righteousness is purely for show , but more than this it implies that the righteous act is done for the wrong MOTIVATION. You and I both know that Jesus would have said the same thing regarding Mrs X and her charity tax breaks HOWEVER secret they were.
It's not secrecy that's the issue here it's motivation. You have missed the point. If I have to explain it to you then I'm almost at a loss.
(Regarding ToO - I'm sorry if the comparison was a little haste. My experience of ToO was that when I got to a certain point with him he would run off with his ball and cry foul. I was far from the only person who experienced him as hugely stubborn. )
Now , I ask you once again (and this is where you are starting to be a bit like ToO- but we'll see) - YOU brought up Mrs X and her charity tax breaks - so , do you think that her charity is good works? If not why?
I will keep repeating this question at which point you are free to dismiss me as a stalker if you so wish. However , like ToO you will only be kidding yourself.