Can Unbelievers Do Good Works?

Can Unbelievers Do Good Works? Watch This Episode on YouTube {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/can-unbelievers-do-good-works\/#arve-youtube-ixjunplv0fk656f3ccd30d82744176208","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/iXjunPlV0Fk?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0","name":"Can Unbelievers Do Good Works?","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/STP-S21-EP01-Are-Unvelivers-capable-of-good-works.jpg","uploadDate":"2022-07-28","description":"Can Unbelievers Do Good Works? This topic is addressed by Dr. Richard Caldwell on the Straight Truth Podcast"} Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel Support Our Podcast Join Our Mailing List Related MessagesWould you like to grasp a greater understanding of what pleases God from the Scriptures? If so, consider listening to the following sermons delivered by Dr. Caldwell:The Character Of The Natural ManThe Character Of Natural HumanityDamning RighteousnessA Warning About Self-DeceptionThe Life That Pleases GodThe Faith That WorshipsThe Way To Righteousness That God Will ReceiveThrough Faith In Jesus ChristThe Fleshly Mind & The Law Of GodResponsible & HelplessProving Our Profession - LoveLoving By God's StandardThe New Creation And The New LifeGod's Workmanship Can Unbelievers Do Good Works? Watch this episode on Vimeo {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/can-unbelievers-do-good-works\/#arve-vimeo-734106241656f3ccd32f71195915741","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/734106241?h=779cb12bce&dnt=1&app_id=122963&html5=1&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0","name":"Can Unbelievers Do Good Works?","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/STP-S21-EP01-Are-Unvelivers-capable-of-good-works.jpg","uploadDate":"2022-07-28","description":"Can Unbelievers Do Good Works?"} Follow Us On Vimeo Listen to the Audio Podcast Subscribe on iPhone Subscribe on Android Subscribe on Spotify Can Unbelievers Do Good Works?Can unbelievers please God in any good that they do? Do random acts of kindness by unbelievers earn merit or favor with God? Can true goodness exist in people who are not motivated by or connected to the saving work of Jesus Christ?This week on the Straight Truth Podcast, Dr. Josh Philpot shares that Paul says in the book of Romans that there is none righteous, no not one; there is none that does good. Dr. Philpot also says that Paul says in the book of Titus that unbelievers are not fit for any good work. But this sort of flies in the face of our experience and understanding. We can look around and see numerous unbelieving people who do some seemingly good deeds. Dr. Philpot asks Dr. Richard Caldwell to help us understand this. How can we distinguish the works (good deeds) of unbelievers versus those that are the fruit of the Spirit done by true believers of Christ?Dr. Caldwell says that good works in believers are those wrought by God and explained by God. Good works are impossible apart from God and apart from salvation. We are all born into this world spiritually dead, sinners estranged from God. Therefore, the only abilities and capacities we humans have are those explained by our human nature since the fall. Dr. Caldwell says for something to be good, it has to be aimed at the glory of God, the honor of God; it needs to be something that pleases God. But as the book of Hebrews tells us, without faith, it is impossible to please God. Human beings who are estranged from God without Christ are incapable of that good. All our good works without salvation fall short of the glory of God. So when Paul speaks of no one doing good in Romans 3:12, he is not speaking in terms of our human concept of the word good, but of God's standard.We can look around us and see many people who do things we would applaud as vi...