Two Things Every Christian Should Know

If you’re a Christian, here’s what I know about you:

You have two stories.

Every Christian does.

1. HOW you were saved
2. WHY you were saved

Check out how Paul refers to both stories in Ephesians 2:

[HOW:] “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. [WHY:] For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Here’s the cool thing: God never saves anybody exactly the same way, and He never saves anybody for exactly the same reason.

Sure, we’re all saved by grace through faith, but the exact circumstances of that salvation—the who and the what and the where that God brought together to bring about your personal salvation—are absolutely unique.

And sure, we’re all saved to do good works, but which good works and where and how? God has things planned for you that He hasn’t planned for anybody else in the world.

I think that’s awesome.

So, what’s your HOW and WHY?

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*Many thanks to David Swanger who got me thinking about this recently.