Grace of God Brings Salvation

Verse for today
Titus 2:11-12 (NIV). For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say''No'' to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.........


Thoughts on This Verse... Grace is not about excuses for our sins, but about a deep-seated thanksgiving for pardon and a life-changing commitment to say''No!'' to all that is evil, corrupt, and wicked no matter how alluring or how pervasive they may be in our culture today.


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Word for today:


Proverbs 12:56
The plans of the righteous are just,
   but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
   but the speech of the upright rescues them.


Grace teaches us to live “soberly, righteously, and godly in the present time.”
Grace changes our behavior in the present age. Grace doesn’t simply impute Christ’s righteousness to our otherwise wicked lives; grace teaches US to live righteously now. Can it be any clearer? It is not like an employer-employee relationship (where salary or wage is paid for work done). It is not like a seller-buyer relationship (where the buyer receives what he paid for). Grace is better represented by the giver-receiver relationship. The grace of God is best understood in terms of a giver-receiver relationship. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself [now!], just as He is pure. (I John 3:2-3)
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. (I John 3:7-8)
John implies here that there are deceivers who would tell you that you can be righteous even though your life is characterized by sin. John says, “Let no one deceive you”! Paul wrote, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” (2 Cor. 5:10)
Grace is best represented in terms of giver-receiver. God is the giver. What we needed - Salvation. "For the grace of God... brings salvation." That word "salvation" can be considered as a term that conveys the basic idea of rescue; being saved. If you are in danger, and someone comes to your rescue - we call that "salvation."

There is nothing more dangerous than sin! It alienates us from God. It brings destruction and ruin. It causes national instability and cultural confusion. Sin kills marriages, families and churches. It turns relationships into ugly enmity. It provokes the wrath of God and sets the sinner in the direction of eternal punishment. There is nothing more dangerous than sin.

God has made it possible for us to be rescued from sin. Because we have sinned, we cannot do sufficient work to merit or earn salvation. Because we have sinned, we cannot purchase salvation as one would buy a product (this is the point, in Titus 3:4,5).