91. What are good works?

Those only which proceed from true faith,1) and are done according to the Law of God,2) unto His glory,3) and not such as rest on our own opinion 4) or the commandments of men.5)

1) And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not in faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. Rom. 14:23.

2) And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. I Sam. 15:22.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Eph. 2:10.

3) Whether therefore we eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. I Cor. 10:31.

4) What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. Deut. 12:32.

But I said unto their children in the wilderness. Walk ye not in the statutes of your father, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols ... And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. Ezek. 20:18,20.

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men. Isa. 29:13.

5) But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matt. 15:9.

* Remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them, and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring. Num. 15:39.

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