“But… God...” (Titus 3:4)
All of us were born sinners… disobedient, slaves to self to the point of hating others… despicable us! We were born fools and without a miraculous intervention, fools we will remain…
But God…
"But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us…" (Titus 3:4-5a) God’s salvation is not due to anything that we have done, but an amazing working of the Trinity. God saved us, by the washing and renewing by the Holy Spirit, that is poured out upon us through Jesus Christ. The gospel in one short passage of scripture!
"But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that being justified by His grace we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." (Titus 3:4-7)
All of this so that we might “be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life”. God desires to take fools and make them family! The saying goes “you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family”. Well guess what? That does NOT apply to God, He DOES pick His "family".
If we have accepted God’s gift of Spirit re-birthing salvation through His Son Christ Jesus, we can no doubt give an account of what the gospel is. Michael Krause entreated us to be intense and filled with authentic praise and worship about our great God and His great love for us!
We were fools…
But God!!!
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
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