"…created in Christ Jesus for good works."

Saved by grace and rewarded through works.  I have written about this before.  Our salvation is free to everyone.  Accept Jesus and get into Heaven, guaranteed!  But our reward in Heaven is based on our works.  I have written about that several times and I have provided Scriptural reference.  I want to focus on a slightly different aspect this time.

Ephesians 2:8-10(NKJV)

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 

not of works, lest anyone should boast. 

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

The part in yellow we have heard many times.  The part in green seems to be overlooked.  It says we were created in Christ for a specific purpose doesn't it?  For good works.  So when we are doing good works in the name of Christ we are fulfilling God's purpose for our lives aren't we?

So doesn't it make sense that the more good works we do helping Jesus, the more we will be rewarded?  I offer to you the Parable of the Talents as backup proof.  The three people were rewarded in direct proportion to how they used the talents God gave them.  The one who used them the lest was rewarded the least. 

See the connection?  :)