Many biblical passages teach that we're not saved by our own efforts but by the grace of God alone. But the same passages also tell us good works are an essential evidence of the salvation experience. We're not saved by good works, but for good works. It begins with God's grace, and it's sustained by his grace as you shape your character by what you do as you cross the bridge.

Some believe we have little or no role in our own Christian maturity. God does everything, they think, and we simply have to "let go and let God." After all, if it's the "fruit of the Spirit," we should passively let him work within us as we abide in Christ.

First, forgive. Second, forget by choosing not to dwell on that which is forgiven and in the past. We have no right to keep in front of us what God has put behind Him.

With eternal investments there is never a loss of principle or principal.

No one is saved by good works (Ephesians 2:8-9), but every Christian has been saved for good works (verse 10).

It is God’s omnipotence, His consuming holiness, and His right to judge that make Him worthy to be feared.

When we share Christ, the Truth behind our transformation, we are offering people an opportunity to be transformed.