Grace through works is dead. Acts 15:11 Here we see the Apostle Paul is telling the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees that the Gentiles received grace without any works of their own. Just as we see faith without deeds is dead in James 2:26. I have found through my walk with Christ, thus far, one of the most frequently asked questions of God is; what is my calling? How do I figure out what God would have me do?

While we do not have to work to receive the Grace of God, we are required to work out our faith. We are in covenant with God.

In a covenant both parties have responsibilities to each other. In the matter of Grace, God is in covenant with Himself. For, as we have shown Him in the Garden of Eden, we were not able to keep the covenant of Grace. That is why it was necessary for God to send His Son to die on the cross and be raised from the dead. He is in covenant with Himself for He is not human, that He would lie. Numbers 23:19.

Grace through Faith; God freely gives us His Grace and through our faith in Him we receive His Grace. That IS our great commission or “work”. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19. So when we are troubled by our thoughts of what God would have us do we can be assured that what He requires is for us to walk out our faith with the deeds He puts before us. Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation, Mark 16:15.

There seems to be 2 camps.                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Camp #1 says; there is nothing we need to do. Nothing our works can do will gain anything more than what God has already given us through Grace. That is correct.

Camp #2 says; God is expecting us to work out our faith, to be more like Him through faith, to get to know Him better and to do His work through our faith. That is also correct.

Now, how we do that is where I believe we get into confusion.

God says; for it is by Grace you have been saved, though faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, Ephesians 2:8. Our work is to build our faith to accept His Grace. Then through His Grace we will do His will or “work”. So in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight, Proverbs 3:6.