Gálatas 6

Gálatas 6:9

Pink - The Scriptures and Good Works Paul emphasized the principle that good deeds flow from "ready" vessels, writing that if a man cleanses himself from these things (Amplified Bible = "from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences"), he will be a vessel (instrument) for honor (value), sanctified (set apart from the profane unto the pure), useful (beneficial for honorable and noble purposes) to the Master, prepared (ready, ripe, primed, supplied with everything necessary) for every good work." (2Ti 2:21-note) Don't let the opportunities slip by. Be "confessed up", "repented up" and "filled up" with the Holy Spirit and you will be ready to recognize and redeem the opportunities God graciously gives. Remember though that although we are to be seen doing good works, we must not do good works in order to be seen! (Always consider pausing a moment for a "motive check", even asking God if you are unsure, because of 1Cor 4:5!) Oswald Chambers alluded to the necessary supernatural aspect of good deeds writing that we should seek to… Do good until it is an unconscious habit of life and you do not know you are doing it. Good deeds are not the root of salvation, but they are the fruit of genuine salvation (cf Mt 3:8; Ep 2:10-note).