The Great Fabricator.

Ephesians 2:10 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”

We have called God many things over the years, but have you ever heard God called a “Fabricator”? Well here in Ephesians 2:10 that is exactly what He is called; the word “created” means – to fabricate, manufacturer, or to form something – The last five years I have been a truck driver for a scrap metal company and in my work I pick up at places that manufacture things and some of the places are fabricator’s. They are called metal fabrication shops. These shops create all sorts of things out of a sheet of metal, they simply take different metals and cut, weld, cut, weld, and cut and weld some more until they have created something valuable and marvelous. Here the Lord is called a Fabricator because He takes something worthless and makes something valuable and marvelous; a Christian. The word “workmanship” means – a fabric or something that is made – so with all this being said we are Gods “fabric” that He bought with the blood of Jesus Christ and He fabricated us into something valuable and marvelous. Now God goes on to say; “…which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” which means He fit up in advance that we walk the way He fabricated us to walk, that is as Christians. God ordained that we be Christians, He also made us Christians, and He also ordained our walk in our Christian lives. To put it in simple terms we are what we are by the grace of God. Paul said this in 1st Corinthians 15:10 “But by the grace of God I am what I am…” We also see Paul explain in 1 Corinthians 4:15 “...for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.” The word “begotten” means – to deliver or to cause to be born – again defining the fabrication of God. Now all this brings us back to Ephesians 2 but this time in verse 8 where God said “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:” When God said “…and that not of yourselves…” He was saying you can do nothing to save yourself because salvation is of God the Great Fabricator. It brings great laughter to my heart when I hear Preaches proclaim “God cannot change your will” because only God can change your will, we have no power to change our own wills. God said that salvation “…it is the gift of God…” because it is, because by the grace of God He fabricates us into Christians. God goes on and says “Not of works, lest any man should boast.” verse 9. Works of any sorts not only calls God a liar but it makes Him irrelevant in salvation when He is salvation complete. “…he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.”1 John 5:10. God said He hath made us Christians molded us from one lump of clay, some unto dishonor and some into honor. “Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?” Romans 9:21. Hath not the Fabricator power over the metal to make what He chooses? Does the clay or metal make itself what it wants to be? No it does not, both must have a creator and a designer just as the sinner must have one. Therefore God goes on to say “So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.” Romans 9:16 again bringing us back to the single point that Paul made when he said “But by the grace of God I am what I am…”

Folks, don’t be fooled into believing that we are the cause of our conversion, for we have not the power to deliver salvation to ourselves no more than a lump of clay can mold itself. The heart must be pricked by the Spirit of God and then we can believe; if yours has never been pricked by the Spirit then ten thousand decisions will never save you. “Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?” Acts 2:37 this is the Great Fabricator molding something valuable and marvelous out of a dirty, rusty piece of metal.