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What has your church meant to you?

Gracehas

appeared

Titus 2:11-15

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed youTitus 1:5

• One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” Titus 1:12

• …but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. Titus 1:8

I. The grace of God brings salvation (v.11)

II. The grace of God teaches us how to live (v.12)

III.The grace of God teaches us to look for the return of Christ (v.13)

IV.The grace of God is demonstrated in the death of Christ (v.14)

V.The grace of God is a message to be proclaimed (v.15)

Grace Has Appeared

I. The grace of God brings salvation (v.11)

Grace Has Appeared

Male or female, old or young, rich or poor: all are guilty before God, and from them all God gathers his people. Aged men, aged women, young women, younger men, and even slaves (vv. 1-10) should live consecrated lives, for the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to men of all these various groups or classes.

Hendriksen

• who is in rebellion against God. • who curses God. • who stands against God. • who opposes God. • who sins against God. • who lives contrary to God. • who lives an ungodly life. • who is lonely. • who is empty. • who is without strength. • who has any lack or need. • who is without purpose and meaning.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. Isaiah 64:6

…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of GodRomans 3:23

…as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” Romans 3:10–12

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 2 Peter 3:9

HiebertThe entire program of redemption is rooted in 'the grace of God,' his free favor and spontaneous action toward needy sinners to deliver and transform them. Men could never have formed an adequate conception of that grace apart from its personal manifestation in Christ, in his incarnation and atonement.

I. The grace of God brings salvation (v.11)

II. The grace of God teaches us how to live (v.12)

Grace Has Appeared

By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. Hebrews 11:24–26

GuthrieGod’s grace educates us in the art of living well.

But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. 1 Timothy 6:11

Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness2 Peter 3:11

I. The grace of God brings salvation (v.11)

II. The grace of God teaches us how to live (v.12)

III.The grace of God teaches us to look for the return of Christ (v.13)

Grace Has Appeared

I. The grace of God brings salvation (v.11)

II. The grace of God teaches us how to live (v.12)

III.The grace of God teaches us to look for the return of Christ (v.13)

IV.The grace of God is demonstrated in the death of Christ (v.14)

Grace Has Appeared

…but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

…and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ JesusRomans 3:24

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree” Galatians 3:13

…in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:14

I. The grace of God brings salvation (v.11)

II. The grace of God teaches us how to live (v.12)

III.The grace of God teaches us to look for the return of Christ (v.13)

IV.The grace of God is demonstrated in the death of Christ (v.14)

V.The grace of God is a message to be proclaimed (v.15)

Grace Has Appeared

HendriksenIn summary, verses 11-14 teach us that the reason why every member of the family should live a life of self-mastery, fairness, and devotion is that the grace of God in Christ has penetrated our moral and spiritual darkness and has brought salvation to all men; that this grace is also our Great teacher who leads us away from ungodliness and worldly passions and guides us along the path of holiness; that it is the Effective Preparer who causes us to…

look forward with eagerness to the Appearing in glory of our great God and Savior Chirst Jesus; and, finally, that it is the thoroughgoing Purifier, so that, redeemed from all disobedience to God's law, we become Christ's peculiar treasure, filled with a zest for excellent deeds.

SimeonThis is the true character of the Gospel. It is grace, mere grace, and altogether grace from first to last. It brings a free, a full, a finished salvation. It requires nothing to be done to purchase its blessings, or to merit them in any measure. In it God gives all, and we receive all.