If Righteousness came by the Law (what we do) Christ is dead in vain. Gal. 2:21
Brother,
The law of Moses is not what we do.
The law of Moses was the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that was added to the Abrahamic Covenant, until the Seed (Jesus Christ) should come.
What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. Galatians 3:19
What we do, by the Spirit, is express love through faith.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. Galatians 5:6
Only those who practice righteousness are righteous.
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
1 John 3:7
Loving people and sharing things we have that people need, are expressions of faith working through love.
James says it this way —
What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
James 2:14-17
Here is what Jesus will say on the Day of Judgement when He returns — words of Christ in red.
“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
Matthew 25:31-40
Serving and loving people, by helping them, is not the law, or the works of the flesh, by faith expressing itself through love.
This is the work of being fruitful.
This is being led by the Spirit.
And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs,
that they may not be unfruitful. Titus 3:14
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They profess to know God,
but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
Titus 1:16
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Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. John 15:2
JLB
