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ROMANS 8:28-29 (NASB)

28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 

ROMANS 8:28-29 (NASB)

29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

EPHESIANS 2:4-10

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

EPHESIANS 2:4-10

5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 

EPHESIANS 2:4-10

6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

EPHESIANS 2:4-10

7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

EPHESIANS 2:4-10

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

EPHESIANS 2:4-10

9 not as 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 so that we would walk in them.

GOD SAVED

YOU FOR HIS

PURPOSE.

ROMANS 8:28 (NASB)

28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 

When God saved you, He did so with great purpose.

God saved you:

1. To conform you with His Son.

ROMANS 8:29 (NASB)

29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

EPHESIANS 2:4-9

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

EPHESIANS 2:4-9

5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 

EPHESIANS 2:4-9

6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

EPHESIANS 2:4-9

7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

EPHESIANS 2:4-9

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

EPHESIANS 2:4-9

9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 

Grace is God’s

method of transformati

on.

Heavenly places are your bases

of operation.

God has another goal for your life that flows out of the

first.

2. To craft you for His

service

EPHESIANS 2:10

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

GOD BLESSES ONLY HIS

WORKMANSHIP.

GOD ACCEPTS ONLY GOOD

WORKS, NOT GOOD

THINGS.

PHILIPPIANS 2:12 (NASB)

12 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in My presence only, but now much more in My absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling;

GOD’S GOOD PLEASURE

MUST BECOME OUR

PASSION.

PHILIPPIANS 2:13 (NASB)

13 for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

A GOOD WORK A divinely authored work that benefits somebody

other than yourself in such a way that it brings glory

to God.