TITUS 2
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. 15 Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you. – Titus 2:11-15
TITUS 2 THE BENEFITS OF GOD’S GRACE
A poem by ILMA inspired by these verses
God gave us grace because we cannot cleanse our sins
Only Christ’s blood made it possible to reconcile with Him
By the grace of God, we are able to train for righteousness
We can now have control over our desires and ungodliness
By the sacrifice on the cross, we no longer follow our cravings
Instead, we renounce our worldliness and seek godly living
With the grace granted to all those whom he has elected
Every believer is now able to praise God instead of pleasing self.
In this letter, Titus gives the church a guideline for the believers to follow by spelling out to them the benefits of God’s grace. It is almost like giving an instructional manual as to the profits of being granted salvation through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross.
Here are some of the results of God’s grace in a believer’s life according to Titus:
- The believer is saved from the damnation of sin – no one can save himself from God’s wrath so
God gave us Jesus to do that. He paid for our sins because we cannot pay it ourselves.
- It trains the believer to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions – by being freed from the
wrath of God, we can now let go of all the sins we habitually do. We are now alive in Christ and
no longer slaves to sin.
- It allows the believer to have self-control and upright lives – since the Holy Spirit lives in
every believer, he is now able to take over the out-of-control lives they used to live.
- The believer now posses a blessed hope -the hopeful expectancy of the fulfillment of the
promise of God to his own people. They no longer believe in lies from the world but looking
forward for the coming of Jesus.
- The believer is now purified from his sins when he believed in Jesus – this means that he is now able to see himself as the temple of God and that everything he does is going to keep that temple pure and holy since God himself is holy.
- The believer is now able to do good works because he is now a slave of righteousness and no longer in bondage to sin-his heart is changed from the sinfulness to the righteousness of Christ.
REFLECTION
- Why is it important for us to understand the benefits of God’s grace as Christians?
