Based on a study of Titus 2:11-14, we discover three values of God's Grace.
It Teaches Us to Say NO to Satan That's an unexpected jolt to those stressing only Positive-Reinforcement—considering negatives as plagues on language. Thankfully, Bible teaching everywhere demands negatives:
It Teaches Us to Say YES to Jesus For what he saves us FROM frees us to mature in what he saved us FOR:
Grace grants us privileges we can't deserve:
Again, a word hated by a humanity obsessed with:
Some time ago a Mexican family paid a large ransom to secure the release of a family member. It secured his release. Long ago Jesus paid the ransom to secure our freedom from sin. That redemption still works for all believers. One difference characterizes the two releases:
It Teaches Us to Fix Our Attention on a Future of Rewards Some unbelievers, David Hume and John Galsworthy among them, ridiculed the idea of rewards. To them, being good is in itself reason enough NOT to do wrong. However rational that sounds, that's merely human morality strutting before God Almighty! When God uses the threat of punishment if we disobey hm, and the promise of reward if we serve him, who are skeptics to say he can't? And what kind of disciples do skeptics think we are to let their doubt weaken our faith in the Son of God? The Master's return from Heaven is the all-embracing, all-rewarding experience of believers. Our hope of a resurrected body, new in every way, influences our present morality. Because we intend to LIVE ON, we presently LIVE RIGHT. Amen
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