Salvation: Grace, Faith, and Works Part 4
Just as a reminder, we have covered the important points that because of God’s grace we have eternal salvation through faith and that is the Gift of God. (Emphasis added) No works will ever be needed to spend eternity with Him!
Now let’s look at Ephesians 2:9-10
V.9 “not as a result of works so that no one may boast.”
There is an important place for good works in our lives. Taking care of widows and orphans, visiting the sick, going to nursing homes and visiting the elderly, working with children who have lost their direction, and so many other things that fulfill the second half of the Royal Law which is to love your neighbor as yourself. And why would you do this? To show that you “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:35-40. These are excerpts from Jesus words!
V.10: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”
There it is. Its simplicity is amazing. The burden is lifted. Good works are proof of our salvation! We cannot work our way to heaven, but we can show our love for The Father through the good works that we do here in our time. Then one day when we are before the throne of grace, we can place all our crowns at the feet of Jesus.
We can all sing with the fullness of our heart and with the knowledge that it is The Truth:
“Amazing grace! How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see.”
Hallelujah, what a Savior!
Just as a reminder, we have covered the important points that because of God’s grace we have eternal salvation through faith and that is the Gift of God. (Emphasis added) No works will ever be needed to spend eternity with Him!
Now let’s look at Ephesians 2:9-10
V.9 “not as a result of works so that no one may boast.”
There is an important place for good works in our lives. Taking care of widows and orphans, visiting the sick, going to nursing homes and visiting the elderly, working with children who have lost their direction, and so many other things that fulfill the second half of the Royal Law which is to love your neighbor as yourself. And why would you do this? To show that you “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:35-40. These are excerpts from Jesus words!
V.10: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”
There it is. Its simplicity is amazing. The burden is lifted. Good works are proof of our salvation! We cannot work our way to heaven, but we can show our love for The Father through the good works that we do here in our time. Then one day when we are before the throne of grace, we can place all our crowns at the feet of Jesus.
We can all sing with the fullness of our heart and with the knowledge that it is The Truth:
“Amazing grace! How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see.”
Hallelujah, what a Savior!