http://www.geocreationism.com/blog/2010/09/04/what-came-first-sin-or-original-sin/ "If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you." - 2 Cor. 5:13 Tue, 22 May 2012 21:55:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.geocreationism.com/blog/2010/09/04/what-came-first-sin-or-original-sin/#comment-5917 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:54:33 +0000 http://www.geocreationism.com/blog/2010/09/04/what-came-first-sin-or-original-sin/#comment-5917 Just to clarity, what makes your action good in God's eyes is based on the heart with which you commit the action. If you help the poor out of love, then you do good; if you do it to make yourself look good, then you do not. Good certainly comes from the help, but while people can only judge actions and outcomes (and so we judge by their fruits as Jesus says), God can judge us by our hearts, and so He does. Therefore, "doing good", as written of by Paul, refers to God's perspective. Just to clarity, what makes your action good in God’s eyes is based on the heart with which you commit the action. If you help the poor out of love, then you do good; if you do it to make yourself look good, then you do not. Good certainly comes from the help, but while people can only judge actions and outcomes (and so we judge by their fruits as Jesus says), God can judge us by our hearts, and so He does. Therefore, “doing good”, as written of by Paul, refers to God’s perspective.

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