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 "question": "What is God’s evaluation of the good that man can produce?",
 "answer": "God's evaluation is that the good man produces on his own is dead and utterly unacceptable to Him. Isaiah 64:6 is graphic about it: all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment, and in the Hebrew the image is even stronger. All human good is dead in God's sight, which is why it is called dead works in Hebrews 6:1-2. All our good is only relative good; compared to the absolute goodness and righteousness of God, we are less than nothing.",
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 "lesson_title": "Perspective—Grace",
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  "What does God think of our self-made good deeds?",
  "How does God view the things we consider 'good'?",
  "Is any human effort to be good enough for God?"
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 "derivation": "voice-rewritten",
 "source_authority": "authoritative",
 "author": "Gene Cunningham",
 "book": "The Basics",
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  "ref": "The Basics, Unit 4, Lesson 4-1 - Perspective—Grace (Review q2)",
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  "conformity to Jesus Christ",
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