“Created for Good Works”


BIBLE READING: Ephesians 2

How carefully the apostle defines the true position of works in the divine life.  Here he insists that we are not saved by our works so we would not be boastful.  He affirms that the whole intention of God was that we should manifest our new life in Christ by a life of bearing fruit for Him.
We are created in Him unto good works.  Whatever good works may be demanded of you, dare to believe that you were created in Christ Jesus to do them.  There is a perfect adjustment between the two.  As God's crowning creation, mankind has been entrusted with the ability to choose his own path.  He can choose to do good or evil.  Our original nature includes a desire for whatever is good and the will to concern itself with goodness and righteousness.  This is encompassed by saying that humanity is "in the image and likeness of God."

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