10 Dead works 1. Works Done Without Joy God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor. 9:7) 2. Works Done Without Love To love God and man are the two pegs on which every other commandment hangs (Matt. 22:40) 3. Works Done Without Zeal I know your works ... you are lukewarm, neither cold nor hot ... be zealous therefore (Rev. 3:15-19) 4. Works Done Without Faith As faith without works is dead. (James 2:26) 5. Works Done For Personal Gain And Honor I know your works that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead (Rev. 3:1). 6. Works Done Merely To Ease Ones Conscience The heathen are prompted to certain works such as fasting, praying and giving alms because of the accusations of their conscience. (Rom. 2:15) 7. Works Done Out Of Fear Of Divine Judgment To forgive others merely because we do not want to get some sickness as a judgment from God, or because we want God to forgive us, is a dead work - for it is motivated by a selfish fear of judgment. 8. Works Done For The Sake Of Obtaining A Reward While it is true that Jesus will reward the faithful ones (Rev. 22:12) and while it is also true that the ultimate desire of our life should be to please the Lord (2 Cor. 5:9) 9. Works Done Without Bearing The Dying Of Jesus Living works are only those which flow from the life of Jesus within us. It is impossible to have this life of Jesus without first bearing the dying of Jesus - the daily cross (2 Cor. 4:10). 10. Works That Originate From Our Own Human Reason Marthas unselfish and sacrificial work for the Lord and His people, is a good example of good works that are dead works (Lk. 10:38-42)
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