who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Jesus has a plan. That plan is very simply stated in the above verse. Jesus came to give His body as a ransom to redeem us. That redemption is not stagnant, however. He redeemed us to make us pure, that we might be a people for Him. We are His possession, not our own. Our children, saved in Christ, are not our possession, they are His. He redeemed us and purifies us so that we will be zealous for good works. Paul told the Ephesians the same thing:
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. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
God created us to do the good works He also created. We are to wake up each morning looking to walk in those good works. We are to be “zealous” to do those good works. We can, if we fail to be alert, be laud to sleep by the world. We can, if we fail to be alert, think that the world’s pleasures are our bounty each day. But it is not. Our desire each day should be to live the best life Jesus designed for us by following Him and zealously doing the good works He designed for us.
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