Question 18: Catechism for Young Churchmen

Q. (18) Are works done before justification good works?
 

A. No. Works done before justification are not properly good works, "nor are they pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ."-(Art. XIII; Isa. 64:6; Luke18:11-14.)

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