Life in 6 Words: G.O.S.P.E.L God. Our. Sins, Paying, Everyone. Life
God – created us to be with Him
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
God’s Workmanship
Every Monday in this gospel series, we are reminded that the gospel (good news of Jesus) needs to start with God. The reason the gospel exists is because we offended a Holy God, and the purpose of the gospel is to bring us in “right standing” with that Holy God. The verse before us today is about the work of grace (gospel) in our lives. This verse tells us what God does in us when He saves us, and how He works through us to accomplish His will in the world. This verse is a challenge to all of God’s people to be the examples of grace.
Paul is saying that the redeemed saints (people who respond to the gospel) of God are His masterpieces. The saints are his greatest achievement. The saints are the greatest work of the Master Potter. The saints are the greatest letter ever written by the hand of the Master Author. The redeemed saints of God are the result of God’s loving kindness. We are saved because He took the shapeless, dead clay of our lives in His loving, powerful hands and He molded us into something new for His glory. With loving care and infinite skill, God shaped us by His grace and wrote His love into our lives. Let us be reminded that we are God’s workmanship, and he wants the “lost” people around us to be His too.
Pastor Travis