Paul’s Prayer for You! Part 3

SAVED BY FAITH FOR A PURPOSE

Paul continues his prayer by expressing God’s mercy toward you. Through His power and His mercy, you were made alive together with Christ to such a degree that you and I are raised up and seated with Him in the heavenly places! All this because you were saved by grace through faith (by faith such that you know it is not by your works that you are saved). Your salvation and your faith are a gift from God!  

GOOD WORKS CREATED IN ADVANCE FOR US TO DO!!!!!   

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10    

To recap, Paul explains that God’s immeasurable love, grace and kindness toward us who believe is what led Him to offer us salvation, and that His salvation can only be acquired or obtained through faith. Not only that, but He is also the one who provides the faith. And. Not only that, He creates the good works for us to do that can only be done by faith!

Your salvation was never meant to be passive. You have stuff to do.  Jesus said it and Paul confirms it.  There are good works created for you to do. These works will require faith.

We have works to do and we’re going to need faith to do them!