ALL OUR WORKS ARE AS FILTHY RAGS! "Your works" mean NOTHING if you are not first Born Again! And, the works you do being Born Again are the works of God working THROUGH YOU! The only works that are acceptable to God are those works God works THROUGH you! I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE, BECAUSE JESUS HIMSELF HAS BEEN TEACHING ME THIS FOR MANY YEARS! Isaiah 64:6 KJV 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. . . . It is iniquity to boast in YOUR works. It is iniquity to claim YOU are doing the works. If you are trusting in YOUR WORKS to save you then Jesus will one day say to you, "DEPART FROM ME, YE THAT WORK INIQUITY." Matthew 7:21-23 KJV 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. John 6:39-40 KJV 39  And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 40  And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. Matthew 12:49-50 KJV 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Matthew 18:14 KJV 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. Luke 11:2 KJV 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. John 6:37-40 KJV 37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. 39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:44 KJV 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 14:12-14 KJV 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. . . . IT IS JESUS WHO KEEPS US SAVED, BECAUSE JESUS IS GOD! 1 Chronicles 22:12 KJV 12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. Psalms 12:7 KJV 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 KJV 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. Jude 1:24 KJV 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, John 17:9-12 KJV 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. 10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. 11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. Deuteronomy 20:4 KJV 4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. 2 Samuel 22:33 KJV 33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. Psalms 37:40 KJV 40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. Psalms 55:16 KJV 16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. Psalms 92:4 KJV 4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. Hebrews 13:20-21 KJV 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. James 5:15 KJV 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. . . . Jesus saves us by HIS works. It is Jesus who does His works through us. Christ's Father worked THROUGH Jesus Christ! John 3:17 KJV 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 17:17-20 KJV 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; Acts 10:42-43 KJV 42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. 43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. Acts 13:38-39 KJV 38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts 15:10-11 KJV 10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? 11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. Romans 5:1-2 KJV 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Galatians 3:13-14 KJV 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. Philippians 4:13 KJV 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Hebrews 13:20-21 KJV 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. . . .