15 September 2020

God has prepared for us for good works

The Bible is very clear that we are not saved through good works, but God created us for good works. We are not saved by good works, but for good works.

Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV) “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”

Ecclesiastes 9:10 (NKJV) “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.”

Ecclesiastes 12:14 (NKJV) “For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing,”

Romans 12:4-6 (MSG) “In this way we are like the various parts of a human body. Each part gets its meaning from the body as a whole, not the other way around. The body we’re talking about is Christ’s body of chosen people. Each of us finds our meaning and function as a part of his body. But as a chopped-off finger or cut-off toe we wouldn’t amount to much, would we? So since we find ourselves fashioned into all these excellently formed and marvellously functioning parts in Christ’s body, let’s just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren’t.”

1 Peter 4:10 (LB) "God has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other, passing on to others God's many kinds of blessings."

1 Corinthians 3:12-13(NASB) Now if any man builds upon the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire; and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work.

God wants to use us to make a difference in his world. He wants to work through us. What matters is not the duration of our life, but the donation of it. Not how long we lived, but how we lived.

James 1:22 (NKJV) “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves whether good or evil.”

Our belief determines where we will spend eternity, and our behaviour determines how we will spend eternity.