[annalex]

Here Paul tells us the "we are His workmanship," which means the good works we do were first ordained by God the Father and accomplished by God the Son and imputed to us by God the Holy Spirit, all for the glory of God.

No it doesn't, because it says that we should walk in them. We are not clockworks, we choose how to "walk".

What you suggest is Calvinist heresy not found in any scripture. The Gospel is full of calls to good works. If they were programmed into us and as you say "accomplished by God the Son and imputed to us", none of the exhortations would be there. Read the scripture, "doctor", not Calvin the charlatan.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

"we are His workmanship"

We are not clockworks, we choose how to "walk".

So the clock makes itself and decides how to function?

The Gospel is full of calls to good works. If they were programmed into us and as you say "accomplished by God the Son and imputed to us", none of the exhortations would be there.

And those calls go out to all the world. Who responds in faith which is the only marker of salvation? Those whom God first regenerates by the Holy Spirit to repent of their sins, to obey God and to do the good works of Christ within them.

Read the scripture, "doctor", not Calvin the charlatan.

Well, "Anna," I thank God for His word which is superior to men and their doctrines, unlike Rome which elevates tradition above Scripture, as RC apologists have told us on this very thread.

[HarleyD]

No it doesn't, because it says that we should walk in them. We are not clockworks, we choose how to "walk".

Wasn't Moses called to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt?

Wasn't Joseph called to save the people from a terrible drought?

Wasn't Jonah called to bring Nineveh to repentance?

Wasn't our Lord called to bring salvation to the world?

Seems to me there is a pattern here that we are called to good works. We are not called just so that we may happen to do good works.