Acceptance Based on Our Works? Part 1 (TMF:1079)

Thursday, March 07, 2019
Peace to Live By: Acceptance Based on Our Works? Part 1 (TMF:1079) - Daniel Litton
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       Another lie that we as Christians often believe is that we are accepted by God based on the good things we do, the good things we accomplish. It is definitely true that God is pleased by our good works, the things we do for him, or others—for the kingdom, but he has already accepted us as his children regardless of what we do. Whether or not we do a good work, each of us belong to him. Even if we sin, we still are his child. For we all know these verses: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast” (Ephesians 2, 8, 9, ESV). So, God’s salvation for us, his acceptance of us, is a gift, and is not dependent upon any good works that we do in our lives. If it were, as the verse stated, we would be able to boost in our accomplishment of our good standing with God, that we were able to come into God’s acceptance by good things we did. That’s not the case. He chose us, and gave us the gift of acceptance.