Christianity's oobee doo

As Christians, we know what we were saved from. An eternity in Hell, separated from our Creator for all eternity. But what were we saved to? Once eternal condemnation is taken off the table, what's left for us? In The Jungle Book, King Louie, an orangutan, seeks Mowgli, a human being raised in the jungle, in the hope that he could become like man (specifically with regard to our ability to create fire). As Louie sought to be like man, so also must man seek to be like Jesus.

Ephesians 2:8-10 describes this in great detail, telling us "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." In other words, good works are the fruit, not the root, of salvation.

As corrupt human beings, it is inevitable that we will continue to sin right up until the day we die. The Bible even tells us that if we say we do not have sin, we are lying to ourselves, and the truth is not in us (1 John 1:8). But that's not an excuse for sin. Just because we will sin doesn't mean we can sin (Romans 6:1-2; 1 Peter 2:15-16). Rather, when we were saved, we were saved for a purpose. On a daily basis, Christians are supposed to become more and more like Jesus, bearing the image of the God who created us to do so.