In both systems what the hymn states is impossible: ???Even in the best of lives our deeds are useless!??? [Es ist doch unser Tun umsonst auch in dem besten Leben!]27Luther says in a 1528 sermon this: Christian righteousness [can be recognized by the fact that it] is useless on earth except to God and a guilty conscience fws Joanne @ 179 I???m wandering around trying to say, enough is enough.