Justified by Grace
from gracepsl
December brings with it a flurry of diamond sales. Between Christmas gifts and engagement rings, jewelers see their busiest season as people search for the perfect stone to symbolize something precious. But a diamond in its rough form, while attractive, doesn't display its full glory until it's been carefully cut and polished. What makes a diamond truly breathtaking is how its many facets—sometimes fifty-eight or more in a princess cut—work together to absorb, refract, and reflect light. Each polished surface contributes to what jewelers call "brilliance," the overall beauty of the stone. Remove even one facet, and you diminish the whole. This image of a multi-faceted diamond offers a powerful picture of salvation itself. Just as a diamond's beauty emerges through its many surfaces catching the light, so the full beauty of how God saves us is revealed through multiple aspects of His work. In Titus 3:4-7, we encounter several of these facets: grace, kindness, love, mercy, redemption, sanctification, and regeneration. Each term represents another angle of the same magnificent reality. Among these facets, one shines with particular significance: justification.
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