8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:8-10, King James Version)
The biggest thing I took away from the message on Sunday was that I was CREATED to be a MASTERPIECE. I need to let my CREATOR shape me into that MASTERPIECE! If I go my OWN way, than I am going against what I was created to do. It is more natural to follow God's will for my life than it is to follow my will.
I want to be a MASTERPIECE!
I want others to see me and my life and praise my CREATOR, GOD!
Striving to learn and live God's purposes,
3 comments:
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:"
I love Ephesians 2, the first 10 verses especially and verse 8 the most!! It is the gift of God! Wow.
I'm glad that you included verse ten, most people don't. We are not saved by works, but too many people use that to justify not doing any. They forget about verse ten where it says we are "created in Christ Jesus unto good works" and that "we should walk in them." Some people (ME) need to pop the little bubble of "grace" that they are living in and start walking in the works God ordained for them.
Good thoughts kirkthoughts.
Faith without works is dead.
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