Good Works

In 1960 Cawdray said, “As the apple is not the cause of the apple tree, but a fruit of it: even so good works are not the cause of our salvation, but a sign and a fruit of the same.” Likewise did Luther write, “If so be that a Christian doth good works, whereby he showeth love to his neighbor, he is not therefore made a Christian, or righteous; but he must needs be a Christian and righteous before. He doth good works, indeed; but they do not make a Christian: the tree bringeth forth and...