There are a lot of common grace benefits to ourselves when we do good works. But at the end of the day, why do we do good works? Is there any reason beyond just an impulse to feel better and to better our own lives? It seems we may be witnessing the emergence of a new generation of Americans that are fascinated with good works but who have not met the author and source of good works. Maybe you have your own struggle with good works. Maybe good works just seem like one more thing in your already busy Christian life. Or maybe you just go with the suburban solution of just giving money to a professional organization who can do the good works for you. Ultimately, we get our knowledge of good works and why we do them from the unchanging pages of the Holy Scriptures. Jesus once challenged a man who didn’t believe that He was the Son of God but called Him “Good teacher.” Jesus’ response was, “No one is good except God alone.” So let’s read what our good God says about good works.
