“Our works are nothing but dust? I think that they tell our Lord who we are. They tell the world who we are. “In themselves” is harsh. I don’t believe that God would be so harsh as to make us think that our good works IN THEMSELVES are nothing but dust.
It would be like telling children that their good deeds don’t really mean much unless...
Sounds downright cruel to me. Just an opinion.”
Please refer to: Psalm 51:1-9 (by King David, a man after God’s own heart)
David understood the inadequacy of his own works.
The Psalm is about mercy. Your answer is inadequate and it shows that your thinking process is probably inadequate.
God bless you.