Scripture is clear.  Our eternal salvation is a free gift from God, through Jesus Christ, and is not, in any way or to any degree, accomplished by our works.  It is an act of His grace through faith in Jesus’ work alone. In fact, He says that before He saved us, we were dead, spiritually, in our sins (Ephesians 2:1).  Spiritually dead people can’t earn anything but death (Romans 6:23).  But…when we received salvation in Christ we came to “life”…eternal life…and God put us to work…not for ourselves…but for Him…for His glory! Will we show up for work today? What a great job…a great calling…a great life!!  What a great Person to work for!

Ephesians 2:4-10

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved ), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

“Watch to see where God is working and join Him in His work!” ~ Henry Blackaby

The Lord bless you and keep you.

Pastor Dave