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The following statements are therefore true: “Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works; evil works do not make a wicked man, but a wicked man does evil works.”

Martin Luther (Founder of the German Reformation)

The world invents its own good works and persuades itself that they are good. But Paul declares that good and right according to the world are to be judged by the commandments of God.

John Calvin (French Reformer)

Faith is full of good works. It believes as if it did not work, and it works as if it did not believe.

Thomas Watson

Our best performances are so stained with sin, that it is hard to know whether they are good works or bad works.

Charles Spurgeon

We should know, first of all, that no good works exist other than those that God has commanded, just as there is no sin other than what God has forbidden. Whoever wishes to identify and perform good works needs only to learn God’s commandments.

Martin Luther (Founder of the German Reformation)

Faith is full of good works. It believes as if it did not work, and it works as if it did not believe.

Thomas Watson