Why is it wrong to think our hands and feet can do God's work?
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Believing our works can please God undermines the sufficiency of Christ's redemptive work.
To assert that our hands and feet can contribute to God’s work is fundamentally flawed and blasphemous, as it suggests that the work of Christ is insufficient. This perspective diminishes the glory due to God alone, as it places human effort alongside divine grace. Scripture is clear that all human works are marred by sin and cannot be pleasing to God. For instance, 1 Chronicles 13 illustrates the grave consequence of attempting to do God’s work in a way that is not prescribed by Him. Therefore, we must recognize that all true service and good works come from a transformed heart that God operates within, further demonstrating that only His work through Christ can save.
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