GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

224 God’s Workaccept are as follows:1 Don’t judge others,2 Help those in need, such as widows and orphans,and,3 Don’t follow what the world does.These are the only “works” or “deeds” that humans can do whichwill please God. No other religious effort is required. One goodsummary from The Old Testament is, “…what doth the Lord requireof thee, but to do justly and to love mercy and to walkhumbly with thy God” (Micah 6:8).Israel MisunderstoodThe Apostle Paul wrote instructions to the “believers” at Romeso they could increase their understanding that Christianity wasnot a religion based on human “works.” Read Romans 10:1-6thoroughly. Paul said that although Israel had a zeal for God,they believed they could please God by keeping The Letter ofThe Law. By so doing, it was Israel’s human righteousness andnot God’s. Verse 4, clearly states that Christ is the end (or aim)of The Law. The Letter of The Law was a step towards bringingthem to repentance (Romans 5:20). If Israel had repented, theywould have received mercy and would have been forgiven theirsins. But, they refused and Christ turned to The Gentiles as TheLaw was a spiritual matter (John 4 and II Corinthians 3:6). ByGod writing His Law in your heart and mind, you will grow inGod’s “righteousness” - and it will not be by means of any humaneffort or religious system. I John 3:4, “…sin is the transgressionof the law…” defines what sin is. But, The Apostle John