Only With Jesus

For without faith and without Christ, human nature and human strength are much too weak to do good works, call upon God, have patience in suffering, love one's neighbor, diligently engage in callings, which are commanded, hinder obedience, avoid evil lusts, etc.  Such great and genuine works cannot be done without the help of Christ, as He Himself says in John 15:5 - "Apart from me you can do nothing."

The Book of Concord, The Augsburg Confession- Articles of Faith and Doctrine, from "For All The Saints," Vol. 3, page 341