Friends, the verse of the week is Ephesians 2:10, “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 

In this episode Raizel and Xenia discuss good works. Our works do not save us, but they are evidence of our faith. When we trust Jesus as our savior, we are made new; the Holy Spirit resides in us and transforms us look more like Christ. Christ in us produces good works. Just like we cannot boast in our salvation, we cannot boast in the fruit we bear. Why? Because God’s word says that apart from him we can do nothing. HE is behind every good thing we do, and he prepared these good works for us in advance. The good works we perform for him don’t have to be flashy and shouldn’t be for our glory. Our good works will naturally flow out of us doing two things: Loving the Lord with our heart, soul, and mind and loving our neighbor as ourselves.

Additional resources mentioned in the episode:

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/enjoying-god-fuels-doing-good