Titus 4:3-7
3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Quickword: Grace and Mercy…
This text in Titus reminds the believer that we have not always been faithful followers of Christ. We have been saved by the Grace and Mercy of God.
- Our individual and collective stories details that we were out of fellowship with God and needed to be reconciled.
- We have been brought into right relationship with God not on our own but through the Mercy of God.
- We have been justified by the Grace of God and have become heirs according to our hope in Jesus Christ
This Quickword calls for us to look back over our lives. When we look back and see where we have come from, we recognize we are here by the Grace and Mercy of God. We have been been saved through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit. The Grace of God is sufficient and His Mercy is everlasting. Thank God for His Grace and His Mercy.
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