Was there a verse where Jesus stressed about Good works?

[DictatorCzar]

I read a bible verse that said something like that, but I forgot where it was, I tried to search it up, but I still couldn’t find it, please help me find where Jesus stressed about good works.

 

[paperwight]

Are you thinking of Matthew, chapter 25, in which Jesus says that we will be judged on how we fed the hungry, clothed the naked etc for the least of His brethren?

 

[SuscipeMeDomine]

That was my thought as well. The sheep and the goats.

 

[Roadrunner]

John 5:29, “And those who have done well will come forth to a resurrection of life;”

Aquinas commentary - “But here he mentions works, so that we do not think that faith alone, without works, is sufficient for salvation, saying: And those who have done well will come forth to a resurrection of life. As if to say: Those will come forth to a resurrection of life who do not just believe, but who have accomplished good works along with their faith: “Faith without works is dead,” as we see from James (2:26).”

 

[Rubee]

Lol. I think the Gospels are virtually inundated with Jesus teaching, urging, preaching, and demonstrating the necessity of charity towards the sick and destitute. Isn’t that what good works mean? I’ve found while debating, that protestant ideas on faith alone rely pretty much on assuming that nothing that happened pre-good Friday counts or “is binding”. They won’t say it out loud but you get the idea very strongly from some of them. It’s like Jesus only came to die on the cross. Full stop.

In any case, if you need specific versus, always go to the Sermon on the Mount. Who does Jesus consider “blessed”? Or the famous “Whatsoever you do, to the least of my brothers”…which ends with “Now enter into the home of my father”…or "Depart from me, I do not know you." There’s even a famous hymn on it Another one is when Jesus said he’d reject people who called him “Lord” but did not obey, essentially saying that calling him Lord does not get you out of having to obey or that your failure to obey gets you damned even if you consider Jesus “Lord”.

In any case, I find the whole debate too rigid for my taste on both sides. I think the Protestants were pushing a genuine complaint and took it too far. I don’t know any Christian who genuinely considers Christ Lord who callously disobeys him. Even when they fall, it’s not out of a callous disregard of his wishes but rather the weakness of the flesh. I’m of the view the Lord is far more lenient on “works” than even we Catholics might assume. I think this was the instinct behind the reformation but was taken too far or defined poorly.

 

[Vico]

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Another one is when Jesus said he’d reject people who called him “Lord” but did not obey, essentially saying that calling him Lord does not get you out of having to obey or that your failure to obey gets you damned even if you consider Jesus “Lord”.
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Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

 

[Peebo]

Everything Jesus Taught is how to love God and how to love each other…how are we to do any of that without good deeds and good works…the whole new testament speaks for itself…Matt.5: 14-16…we are to be lights to the world so that others may see by our good deeds and glorify God

 

[fhansen]

I agree, except to say that the Reformers took it way too far. The doctrine of Sola Fide effectively separates righteousness from actually being right. Suddenly man is no longer obligated to obedience, to holiness or justice, so long as he believes, or even believed at some point; its a confused theology IMO.

They didn’t understand that the purpose of the New Covenant is to finally achieve true righteousness in man, the right way, not to ignore or merely impute righteousness by replacing it with faith. Faith is the first step in and means towards justice for man as it establishes communion between man and God, who then does a work in us, unto salvation, throughout our lives as we remain in Him and He in us, us cooperating and following His will.

 

[Cathoholic]

DictatorCzar . . .

Was there a verse where Jesus stressed about Good works?

Yes. (Assuming by “stressed” you mean “stressed the NEED for”, not merely “stressed the importance of”).

And when the situation is reasonable for you, please come on here and we will go into depth on this.

This is one of my favorite topics to discuss.

And St. Paul stressed the NEED for good works too!

 

[HarryStotle]

“For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done. (Matt 16:27)

 

[po18guy]

What came to mind was:

Mark 14:6-8 But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will not always have me. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burying."

 

[vivnes]

“THE religion of Christ appears to aim chiefly it diverting the attention of mankind from material things, in order to concentrate their thoughts on the spiritual. Therefore Jesus, “the Author and finisher of our faith,” at His coming into this world, proposed to His faithful followers the contempt of earthly things. He taught this lesson both by His life and by His words.” (St. Thomas Aquinas; ContraDoct, C. 1) Those that believe this lesson are faithful. “Faith working through charity”

With no defect in faith, there will be no lack of good works: this by the transformation of the heart - undergone by sacrament of penance. This proceeds to satisfaction of his will by conversion of heart, thus we undergo: prayer, fasting, alms. (Mt 6) His whole life is a good work. We need his heart by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit to live his life as a good work in deification.