Graced for Good Works

Ephesians 2:6-10 At the center of every religion, philosophy, or worldview is the same basic question: how can I be made right? Right with God, right with others, right within myself. And nearly every system offers the same answer: do more. Try harder. Clean yourself up. Earn your way back. Whether it is religious ritual or secular self-improvement, the message is always some form of self-salvation. Perform well enough, live sincerely enough, and maybe you will find peace. But the Christian gospel starts with a far more honest diagnosis of our problem and a far more radical solution. Ephesians 2 gives us one of the clearest, most life-altering pictures of what it actually means to be a Christian.