We are created in Christ Jesus to be good for something, not good for nothing, for good works.

Dr. Tony Evans says there's more to a human being than just being.

God has designed your life like atoms in order to do something that would benefit others and bring glory to Him.

This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans.

Author, speaker, senior pastor of Oakcliffe Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, and president of the Urban Alternative.

We're not saved by the good things we do in life, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be doing them.

Let's join Dr. Evans in Ephesians 2 as he explains why good works are the reason God

equips his people with power.

They're not helpful. Their impact is always negative. It's never positive. They're good for criticisms.

They're not good for encouragement. And when you try to think of something good about them, you can't come up with anything.

Which makes them good for nothing.

I want you to know today that if you are a believer in Jesus Christ, you're good for something.

You're not good for nothing. You're good for something.

When God created Adam, He said, I'm going to let you rule. You get to rule the world.

And I'm going to start you off with a garden, your world, your ploughed of land.

And I'm going to give you two things with this rule. You're going to have authority because I'm

going to let you rule. I am not going to rule independent of you. I'm not going to rule in place of

you. I'm going to rule through you. I'm going to let you rule. So I'm going to give you authority to

run your world. For good or for bad, you get to choose. But I'm also going to give you if you run

your world like I want your world run, I'm going to make provision for your world. In other words,

I'm going to take care of you as you run your world my way. Now if you run your world your way,

then you have to take care of yourself. But if you run your world my way, I'm not going to only

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