Ephesians 2:1-10 (ESV)
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Our lives should be alive in Christ. God has great things waiting for us. We should be about living the life God has prepared for us, a life of good works, walking daily seeking to be pleasing to Him and being a light to all those around us. We were created for good works. Yet, we do not earn our salvation by those good works. Our salvation is the gift of God. We do need to obey God’s plan for salvation to access His saving grace. But it is His gift to us, for we could not doing anything of our own merit to earn and deserve the grace He provides to us in Christ Jesus.
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