Why Do You Do Good Works?

It gives me , my parents, and my family a

“good name” (Eccl. 7:1)

I want others to treat me “good”

(Matt. 7:12)

Ephesians 2:8-10

The “why” has nothing to do with personal boasting, but has everything to do with doing

what I was created to do!

Why Do You Do Good Works?

• I am God’s “poetry” in action (Eph. 2:10) – His “workmanship” – His “poiema” – Eng. “Poem”

• I want God to be “glorified” now and forever (Matthew 5:16, I Pet. 2:12)

• I am fulfilling what God planned in eternity – Highest purpose for existence (Eph. 2:10, 3:10-11)

What are Good Works?

• That which “benefits” others (Rom. 12:20-21, Acts 10:38, I Thess. 5:15)

• That which “edifies” others (Eph. 5:29)• That which teaches a “sense of belonging-

love” and “honor” in the home (Titus 2:5, Phil. 4:8, Eph. 5:28, Titus3:8, 14)

• Follow God’s law, walk as Jesus walked, and you will be doing “good works” to His glory! (I Thess. 5:21, Mk. 10:17-18, I Jn.2: 3-6)

Why Do You Do Good Works?

• I have a “second opportunity” to truly live instead of being “undead” (Eph. 2:1-3, I Tim. 5:6)

• I am alive because of God’s grace – mercy and love; therefore, I will be “zealous” for good works (Eph. 2:4-8, Titus 2:11-14)