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november 2021 beyond the map at times normal can feel boringly predictable so i must commit to living beyond the map search beyond the map home about archive november 2021 grace or works 16 nov let s revisit one of our foundations which is it grace or works this question is a hot topic in some settings there are those who say that after salvation nothing else is needed expected or required as we live our lives on earth if jesus work on the cross is finished and if grace is complete then it doesn t matter what we do or don t do well i have to agree as it relates to salvation entering the family of god etc it is not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us tit 3 5 for by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of god eph 2 8 so before we go any further what is the gospel let s nail it down because of the love of god grace secured our salvation nothing else needed or allowed for us to become the sons of god the cross and grace are all we need to be saved in fact anything else added to it nullifies the work of grace paul makes that point very well in galatians gal 2 22 gal 5 4 etc so we ve locked that in we ll not question that truth anymore but there are plenty of verses on how to live out our salvation that apply to works and these verses although they aren t addressing salvation are addressing what should be a natural outworking expression of the truly saved person some people have a mindset that says grace means you don t have to do anything good or practice good works etc b c that s under the law having to do something good would be performance obligation and law based etc but if we extrapolate this out into every area of our lives we ll hit a wall try this what if i said i didn t want to brush my teeth today that is too much obligation and performance law based mentality well eventually my teeth would fall out or i don t want to eat today eventually i would die or let s get really religious the 10 commandments say i shouldn t commit adultery but of course that s just the old mosaic law the old covenant so today i m going to commit adultery because i m not under the law anymore only the most hardened and deceived would espouse this then why don t i do a lot of things that my fleshly appetites or base desires would want to do why because it s wisdom and right not to do them so when i don t do them is it because i m living under the law no admittedly at first my motivation for not doing them may be the fear of consequence or simple realization of the negative disruption that will be caused by these base actions but as i gain wisdom about life love and relationships etc i learn that some things are necessary to maintain a healthy and vibrant life on this level the law is not my motivator to do right rather i m motivated to live right by wisdom character and the principles of love i set my will just like i set my will to brush my teeth to do the right thing paul says grace doesn t give us license for an unbridled life rather it helps us to deny our carnal and base appetites for the grace of god has appeared that offers salvation to all people it teaches us to say no to ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self controlled upright and godly lives in this present age titus 2 11 12 niv so if we want to test whether someone understands grace correctly it looks like we could point to their fruit or works as evidence we could say it this way if you re preaching grace and immorality breaks out everywhere you preach then you re not preaching grace you re preaching something else not exercising responsibility and mature character responses in matters like this will automatically result in diminishing the joy and reward of living destroyed relationships reputation vibrancy health and joy are the outcome of this unbridled and unwise mindset in fact jude uses strong language to describe the extremes of this mindset they are ungodly people who pervert the grace of our god into a license for immorality and deny jesus christ our only sovereign and lord jude v 4 niv i believe that as speakers of grace we must get skilled at defining the difference between these two very different areas of life works have nothing to do with the left column but are crucial in the right column true grace says that works cannot possibly help obtain salvation and the love of god but wisdom requires that works are necessary in order to have any semblance of a healthy maturing life james says it much more bluntly faith without works is dead jms 2 20 26 much of religion maintains the erroneous concept that our works in the right column will gain us points in the left column this is error but the opposite knee jerk reaction says that no works are important for living this is also error let s create an example that relates to our intimacy with jesus some would say that if it s all grace then spiritual disciplines are not necessary anymore but ask yourself how that would fly with your spouse if you never spent time with your spouse how would the level of harmony and unity fare better or worse obviously worse so although i think we could get into heaven without any spiritual disciplines because grace secured our ticket we may find ourselves in the condition that paul refers to in i cor 3 15 he shall be saved yet as though by fire in other words all the things a person did or said or didn t say or didn t do had no positive eternal value so those works or lack of them are burned up and that person makes it into heaven with only his salvation having no crowns or fruit to show for the amazing gift of righteousness that was given to him and to take the imagery of intimacy with jesus even further consider jesus on the dance floor he asks us out onto the floor with him in an intimate time of exchange he s offering secrets ps 25 14 and opportunities to do exploits with him dan 11 32 etc but we tell him that we are now free from the law of having to do spiritual disciplines and we in misapplication quote his word back to him it was for freedom that christ has set us free we stay on the sideline in our freedom and obviously we now miss out not on our salvation but on the further life source that jesus wanted to impart out on the dance floor to be sure we are free from the law and salvation is full and free no strings attached but if we are not inclined toward walking out our faith by our works then one might legitimately question whether we are married to just a grace theology or to a person the one who is grace jesus to be married to grace and not express good works would make one question if they were really married in fact paul says that this is what we were created for for we are his workmanship created in christ jesus for good works which god prepared beforehand that we should walk in them eph 2 10 so works prescribed by law are a thing of the past but now works as a fruit of the spirit being manifest through us gives evidence that we are sons these are the sons of god they which are led by the spirit of god rms 8 14 i believe we must get better at our talking points we must discover a better way to communicate the distinction between these two areas of our lives so that we are skilled heralders of this astounding grace while valuing the practical building blocks of works which lead to maturity and give evidence of maturity mlh comments 7 comments categories grace righteousness favor insights mark hendrickson mark hendrickson follow via email enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email email address follow rss subscribe i m somewhere in the future even a bad love is better than no love at all the awakening of human dna somebody took my binky god is not woke you are older than dirt living with a tender heart maturing unto governance life beyond the crib what merit is verbal prayer categories ascended life community alc 106 dpm updates 51 family matters 19 insights 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