Today's full reading: Ephesians 2:1-22
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:8-10 NIV)
What a great reminder that we can never be good enough to earn our way to heaven. For the true Christ follower it is a sobering reality that most of the world lives in spiritual darkness and subscribes to the notion that if your good deed out weigh your bad deed you will be ok when you die.
Today, as an act of worship, thank God for his marvelous grace that takes away the punishment for our sin. Take a moment to intercede for those you know who do not believe in the grace of Christ.
Here is an article that I wrote back in May on this same subject: Why Work if We Are Saved By Grace.
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