I. Good works are not done to boast or for our own righteousness, but are the result of faith created in Christ. II. Good works and faith must go together; faith without works is dead. We are created in Christ Jesus for good works. III. God has prepared good works for us to participate in beforehand as part of His plan of salvation and our sanctification.

1. Good Works What is the purpose? "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can." -- John Wesley

9. I)...not a result of works, so that no one may boast

14. II)...created in Christ Jesus for good works

20. III...which God prepared beforehand,

27. IV...that we should walk in them.