He Saved Us | Titus 3:3-8
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What actually explains the difference between who you were and who you are? In Titus 3:3-8, Paul refuses to let the answer be anything we did, decided, or finally got serious about. He first reminds Christians what we all once were, leaving no ground for contempt toward people who still live as we once lived. Then he gives the answer: God saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His own mercy. In this sermon, Pastor Eric follows Paul’s movement from our former slavery to God’s saving kindness, the renewing work of the Holy Spirit, justification by grace, and the sure hope given to heirs of eternal life. The passage also puts good works in their proper place. They contribute nothing to the cause of salvation, but they necessarily belong to its fruit. Nothing in us explains the difference. He saved us.
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