1 Timothy 6:18. It is only through good works that Christians can have right relationships with people. Our relationships are no longer driven by “you scratch my back, I scratch your back”. Good works now define our Christian relationships. By good works we show unmerited favor toward people just as God has done for us. We give freely of our Earthly possessions as our Father gives freely to us. We speak God’s truth as God has given us His truth. As we continue to build up our Christian relationships in good works, we prepare for our final adoption into God’s family and eternal life (1Timothy 6:18-19, “That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life”).

BIBLE SCRIPTURE: 1Timothy 6:18, “That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;”

Have you ever been the recipient of a good deed? Maybe your car broke down on the side of the road, and a stranger stopped and helped you. Didn't unselfish acts like this stir you up to do good? Did you not have a desire to help someone out when their car broken down on the side of the road? Good works like these grow and nurture Christian relationships. This is what makes a Christian relationship exciting, being able to stir good works up in others (Hebrews 10:24, “And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:”).

BIBLE SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 10:24, “And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:”

1 Peter 2:12. As Christians we are charged to go and deliver the good news to the world. A few preachers may reach tens of thousands of people, but tens of millions of Christians can reach billions of people. It is primarily through our Christian relationships that we reach people for Christ. By us building and maintaining Christian relationships we produce good works that ministers to others. These good works glorify God and make known to others the glory of God. By us maintaining a Christian lifestyle and reaching out to other through good works, we lead others to Christ (1 Peter 2:11-12, “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.”).

1 PETER BIBLE SCRIPTURE: 1 Peter 2:12, “Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.”