Well...”fluff” makes a difference as well kosta. Also everyone we meet makes a difference. Just because you don’t see the results doesn’t mean that God isn’t working in ways He chooses not to reveal to you.
A vile tongue does not only affect the person who is the target, those who standby are also affected as are those met thereafter who learn of it. Our actions are like a wave that keeps on moving across the waters. Both the good and the bad. But in Gods hands He brings good from the bad. It is His way. We may not see it in this life but assuredly “all things” work for the good. We just don’t have the clear understanding or vision to it as so.
But works are not the “only” thing that matters...matter they do but not apart from Christ. And besides the good we do is as “filthy rags” when they stand alone.
Well, that's one theory; the other one is that it doesn't mean he is.
But in Gods hands He brings good from the bad
No, at least in the OT he exerts punishment and unleashes evil on his idolatrous children until they learn their lesson...;til next time.
He is good when he is obeyed and he is nasty when he is not. At least in the OT.
It is His way
If it's his way then the world must be exactly how he wanted it to be—sinful and wicked. Genesis 6:6 disagrees with you.
We just don’t have the clear understanding or vision to it as so
But enough "vision" to "see" that we don't have enough vision?
But works are not the “only” thing that matters...matter they do but not apart from Christ. And besides the good we do is as “filthy rags” when they stand alone
Tha's your belief and I respect that, but don't expect me to believe you. Why would a,loving God make "filthy rags" or as Luther said "dung covered with a while sheet"? I would imagine God would make it clean and not just cover it...