Balancing Grace and Works

(1) When we are saved by grace we become God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God has already ordained that we should walk in them (See Eph. 2:10). We are created unto good works (Eph. 2:10), zealous of good works (Titus 2:14), full of good works (Acts. 9:36), rich in good works (1 Tim. 6:18), throughly furnished unto all good works (2 Tim. 3:17), show a pattern of good works (Titus 2:7), and are careful to maintain good works (Titus 3:8).

(2) For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Titus 2:11, 12