this transformation, and awaiting us in our new journey of faith are “good works” God has prepared for us to do. He wants us to exercise our faith in Christ, not sit on it. We put that faith to work by doing things that model a life of sacrifice to the outside world. So our faith in His sacrifice naturally leads us into a life of sacrifice. Our salvation is received, not achieved. We don’t work for it. We don’t earn it. We don’t deserve it. It is a free gift that is offered to us—the true definition