Verse of the Day 2/5

Through the Bible - Exodus 39 - 40, Matthew 26
Good morning,
For today's verse we go to the book of Ephesians actually to a couple of verses that were some of the first that I can remember memorizing when I was in AWANA Clubs. The passage and the verses are foundational for all Christians.
Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. NKJV
A couple of weeks ago in our High School Sunday School class we were talking about salvation and what Jesus came for. One of the first answers was to "save us from our sins" followed by to give us eternal life (those may not have been the exact words). These statements are true but are not complete.
Verse 10 is seldom mentioned in conjunction with verses 8 & 9 but are as foundational as the previous verses.
In class we discussed the fact that, yes, we are saved from something, but we are also saved for something.
Eph 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. NKJV
So often this is overlooked in today's "evagelicalism".
Think of the following verses:
Deut 4:29 But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Matt 5:7
"You're blessed when you care. At the moment of being 'carefull,' you find yourselves cared for.
Matt 5:9
"You're blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That's when you discover who you really are, and your place in God's family.
What "good works" has He created you for? Are you walking in them?
In Christ,
MikeEph 2:1-10
By Grace Through Faith
2 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. NKJV