Things We Should Do

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.” 
Matthew 23:23

This sharp rebuke by Jesus to the legalists of His day should also be taken seriously by us today. Although we are saved by grace alone, there are many things we ought to do, not as a matter of credit toward salvation, but as a gratitude for our salvation. Surely judgement, mercy, and faithfulness are high on such a list.
   
The following is a partial list of other things we should be or ought to be doing -

Prayer: “at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart”
(Luke 18:1).

Obedience to God as Priority: “But Peter and the apostles answered, ‘We must obey God rather than men’” (Acts 5:29).

Working and Sharing: “by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’”
(Acts 20:35).

Gracious in Speech: “Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person” (Colossians 4:6).

Walking with God: “as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more” (1 Thessalonians 4:1).

Heeding God’s Word: “we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it”
(Hebrews 2:1).   

Sanctified Behavior: “what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness” (2 Peter 3:11).