Quotes about Works
It is wonderful how God works by our hands, and yet His own hand does it all.
- Charles Spurgeon
God freely forgives us on account of Christnot on account of our works, contrition, confession, or satisfactions.
- Martin Luther
Do you suppose that God has any need of our works? What God needs is the resoluteness of our will.
- Teresa of Avila
Can he who understands not God's word, understand God's works?
- Martin Luther
God Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good.
- St. Augustine
Christians don't believe that goodness gets you to heaven. Christians believe it's exhausting to rely on your own goodness to please God.
- Timothy Keller
Augustine started from God's grace and got it right, Pelagius started from human effort and got it wrong. Augustine passionately pursued God; Pelagius methodically worked to please God.
- Philip Yancey
Works indeed are good, and God strictly requires them of us, but they do not make us holy.
- Martin Luther
The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of pious fear of God.
- Martin Luther
Some people think that if they will do certain things, they will somehow earn the favor of God, but this misses the whole point of Christianity and ironically devolves into a me-centered approach.
- David Platt
There's probably a balance between. I believe you have to know Christ. But I think that if you know Christ, if you're a believer in God, you're going to have some good works.
- Joel Osteen
Heaven Is as the Book of God before thee set, Wherein to read His wondrous works.
- John Milton