[Last Dakotan]

As a Christian my works are but filthy rags.

So I take it you don't bother yourself with works of charity much.

[Gamecock]

You got a problem with what is written in Scripture take it up with God, not me.

[ealgeone]

As a Christian my works are but filthy rags. So I take it you don't bother yourself with works of charity much.

Insofar as any qualification for entering Heaven ALL works, including charitable ones, are filthy rags.

[JPX2011]

So I take it you don't bother yourself with works of charity much.

Unfortunately the protestant has become so secularized that the notion of works of charity or the theological virtues has been lost to them. The protestant today tells the beggar to get a job. That is the extent of their charity.

[Mark17]

I thought I was the last Dakotan here. I was born and raised in Grand Forks, and lived there till I joined the USAF. It would be a decent place to retire, except for one thing. It is too darned cold, so I went to the other extreme. It is hot and sticky here.

Anyway, let me take a stab at that works idea. Good works are fine, in and of themselves. The filthy rags idea, does not mean that there is no good in man, it simply means there is no good in man that can please God for salvation purposes. Other than that, good works are good, we should all walk in them. There, you have my humble opinion.

BTW, I went to St James Catholic high school in Grand Forks. My mother went to the public school, Grand Forks Central, so I had no iron in the fire, but I was upset when Grand Forks Central bowed to PC, and changed their nickname from the Redskins to the Knights. I hate PC, and Bismarck won the state high school hockey championship. Go Blackhawks. Later.