Do Our Deeds Matter?
Perhaps it is by nature that we tend towards extremes. This may in some way explain the polarization that's prevalent in every social sphere today. For instance, here at home, some blindly and unapologetically believe the NRM government has only ever done good. Others, in similar spirit think this government has done no good whatsoever. Being in Christ, we like to think we have left this aspect of our fallenness behind. More likely however, it has translated into taking extreme - and sometimes unreasonably illogical - positions on certain scriptural doctrines. Best believe we would be the grumbling recipients of a scathing letter from Paul if there were a heavenly mail service to deliver it. Now, having come to the knowledge of God's gracious saving of savages through Christ - not my words - we might be tempted to think we can go about life willy-nilly. After all, we may think, it is not our deeds that justify us before God. Once we have declared by the gospel that what saves ...
