Created on Purpose, For a Purpose 5-25-25
May 25, 2025

Created on Purpose, For a Purpose

Pastor Jason West
5-25-25



Ephesians 2:8-10 “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

I. You Are a


Ephesians 2:10a “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus …”

• Note: the word ‘workmanship’ is from the Greek word poiema meaning ‘handiwork, masterpiece, or work of art’

Psalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.”

Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”

   A.

in Christ

Colossians 1:16-17 “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”


“Every blade of grass, every star in the sky, and every other art of creation all cry out continuously, ‘God made me!’” (Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology)


Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

   B. When Evolution the Science Exam

     1. S – Life?

     2. M – Micro isn’t

Genesis 1:11 “And God said, ‘Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.’ And it was so.”

     3. A – Absent Missing

     4. R – Appearance of the Fossil Record


“The sudden appearance of life is not only the most puzzling feature of the whole fossil record but also its greatest apparent inadequacy” (George Gaylord Simpson, The Evolution of Life


     5. T – Thermodynamic Trouble

   C. Creation and Re-Creation

2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”


II. You are Being for a Purpose


   A. God is Continuing His Work in You

Philippians 1:6 “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”

Ephesians 2:10b “… created in Christ Jesus for good works …”

   B. You Were Made for Good Works!

John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”

     1. Jesus is the



     2. We Are the

     3. Fruit is the

       a. is Necessary

John 15:2 “Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.”

       b. Abide in Christ

John 15:4 “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.”

III. Take the Next


Ephesians 2:10c “… which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”