"For the grace of God has appeared, with salvation for all people, instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age..."
Titus 2:11-12
You know, folks, I was thinking all kinds of lofty thoughts about this verse... all kinds of points and truths and facts and examples of how to be and how not to be. I had a message built and a plan for what to say. But then I read the verse again as I typed it out. It humbled me.
All He asks is that we believe Him, believe in Him (those are not the same thing, by the way... think about it) and that we live as He showed us to live in His Son, Jesus. But He asks this AFTER He has granted us salvation and freedom that can never be taken away. Never, ever.
Say an intense prayer of thanks tonight. Remember Who it is you're talking to. And as you say thanks for what you have been blessed with, recognize that you DO NOT deserve what you received. You, like me, deserve hell and death and damnation and condemnation for all eternity, without a chance for reprieve. But that it not what we have been given... we have been given exactly what we do not deserve, and that comes only from the grace and mercy of God.
Grace = God giving us what we do not deserve
Mercy = God not giving us what we do deserve
God bless you all!!!
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