For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (i) He speaks here of grace, and not of nature: therefore if the works are ever so good, see what they are, and know that they are that way because of grace.
God's great love is the fountain; His rich mercy flows from it. We contribute nothing, no works, no merit, no boasting. Every converted sinner is a saved sinner, brought into this state by grace alone through faith in Christ, and so all glory belongs to the Lord.
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Commenting on Ephesians 2:4-10
We are God's workmanship as new creatures, not as mere men; this work of grace upon the soul is as intricate as a poem, glorious within though wrought gradually by the hand that began it. Salvation cannot be by works of men, for all their works are either done for them or in them by God; everything good flows from His grace alone.
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