"Our very best and most ???christlike??? works are no different from that of the Pharisees in and of themselves. here is something from the confessions to explain how faith relates to our works:26] But some one may ask: Since we also confess that love is a work of the Holy Ghost, and since it is righteousness, because it is the fulfilling of the Law, why do we not teach that it justifies? ?????? 31" . . . .