"Does anyone ever do anything good?" (Alleged Contradiction #E8411)
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Psalm 14:3
See also: Psalm 53:3, Romans 3:12
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
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.
Isaiah 64:6
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
John 5:29
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
II Corinthians 5:10
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
John 5:29
Response
On our own, we can do nothing good. However, we can do good if we do it through Christ’s strength.
Even so, even as Christians we struggle to do what is right and must ask God’s forgiveness often because we are not perfect, or “good” in the ultimate sense. However, in God’s eyes we are good through Christ’s righteousness, and Christ enables us to live for Him on earth.
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