For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time-to show us his grace through Christ Jesus.
I cannot count how many times I have heard believers speak about not deserving God to do things for them. They seem to think they have to earn His grace; earn answers to prayer, and even earn a healing. That is not how it works.
None of us have ever done what would be needed to deserve being saved. And if we had to deserve His grace to stay saved, none would be able to do that either. That is why no one could be saved under the law for it was impossible for anyone to fulfill it.
According to the dictionary, Grace is the unmerited favor of God toward mankind. It cannot be bought or earned by works. It is a free gift of our Father God to a needy mankind. And Paul is telling us here that it has been God's plan all along. He knew the plan and Jesus was integral to that plan. His birth, death and resurrection gives us freedom and everlasting life. We live forever with Him.
God has called us to be holy as He is holy. And holy does not mean going around doing good things all the time. Holy means to be set apart for sacred use. And that is what we are to be, ready to be used by Him as He needs us.
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