From today's Lectionary: "...not the results of works, so that no one may boast."

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Sunday, March 11. 2018

From today's Lectionary: "...not the results of works, so that no one may boast."

Ephesians 2:1-10

2:1 You were dead through the trespasses and sins

2:2 in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.

2:3 All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else.

2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us

2:5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved--

2:6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

2:7 so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God--

2:9 not the result of works, so that no one may boast.

2:10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.

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Verse 10 says it all--all that we need to remember as we conduct our daily lives, all that we need to avoid hubris.

#1 SCReader on 2018-03-11 09:30 (Reply)

We love to take credit for our successes, and blame others for our failures.

Paul warns us about pride in being "good". Being "good" is too superficial for Christ.

#1.1 Bird Dog on 2018-03-11 09:57 (Reply)

Thanx... Always the right message at the right time.

God Bless

#2 Capt. John A. Snyder on 2018-03-11 11:39 (Reply)

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From today's Lectionary: "...not the results of works, so that no one may boast."