Witsius on sanctification (2)

This letter-to-the-editor responds to Rev. Koole's editorial series on Herman Witsius by raising questions about the proper understanding of good works in the Christian life. The author seeks to reconcile the tension between viewing good works as necessary fruits of salvation versus as having intrinsic value in one's relationship with God, drawing on Reformed confessional standards and the doctrine of human sinfulness to argue that completed works remain defiled by sin despite their necessity in Christian living.