"If our piety can live without God it is not of divine creating; it is but a dream; for if God had begotten it, it would wait upon Him as the flowers wait upon the dew." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
There is a godliness that is ungodly because it does not originate from, live for, or aim at God in any capacity. It attempts to win favor with those who deal in godly currency by counterfeiting coins that spend in their economy. There can be severe abstention or audacious indulgence, whatever spends in the company it desires to keep. But of godliness proper there is none to be found. It is a mist that evaporates with the first hint of heat.
In other words, if our good works could be done whether or not God exists, it is nonsense to insist that they are for Him, from Him, to Him or through Him.
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