SAVED BY GRACE, YET WORK OUT OUR OWN SALVATION?

EPHESIANS 2:8-10; PHILIPPIANS 2:12-13

June 26, 2016

Todd Chapman

 
 

Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV: [8] For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, [9] not 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, that we should walk in them.

Philippians 2:12-13 ESV: [12] Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, [13] for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. 

EPHESIANS 2:8-10

  • We are saved “by” God’s grace.
  • We are saved “through” our faith.
  • God’s grace and our faith are gifts from God.
  • Our faith is not our achievement.
  • Our faith is not a reward for our efforts.
  • No one has anything to boast about.
  • We are God’s masterpiece.
  • We have been created to do good works.
  • · God prepared our good works before we ever were.
  • · We are to do good works.

 PHILIPPIANS 2:12-13

  • We are to do good works (work out your salvation).
  • We are to do good works, just like we have been doing
  • We are to do good works alarmingly aware of the miracle taking place in and through us.
  • God is working in us.
  • God is working in us to give us the “will” to do good works.
  • God is working in us to get us to do good works.