My Walk With Him: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 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.

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 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.

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 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. Titus 2:11-14

I maintain pause my study of 1 Corinthians and focus on a study of 2 Thessalonians and Titus as part of a men's discipleship group (d-group) at my church. My focus this morning is Titus 2:11-14, which are the memory verses for this week. To aid in my memorization efforts, I break down this text as follows:

For the grace of God has appeared (first coming of God's one and only Son, Jesus Christ)
bringing salvation for all people (Jesus desires to save all people)
training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions (salvation brings about new birth or regeneration as the Holy Spirit works in our heart as we draw closer and closer to Jesus in our journey with Him; this regeneration process moves into sanctification as we are trained and molded into more of His image)
to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age (our lives in this world, in our earthly bodies, is temporary, and during this time our salvation and the resulting regeneration and sanctification processes move us to not only battle against sin, but also for Him)
waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, (as we live in the present age, we wait patiently - enduring whatever circumstances God places us in - for the second coming of Jesus Christ)
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness (once again Christ "bought back" our salvation - He redeemed us)
to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. (we were redeemed for a purpose - to be purified and to become His so that we work for His good and to bring others to Him)

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My Prayer: Lord Jesus, You are an awesome God who loves me and who gave Himself to redeem me - thank You Jesus! I am not deserving of how You redeem and purify me. My sin is great and it continues...daily. Please forgive me Jesus and help me overcome and turn from my sin towards You. Help me love You with all of my heart, soul, and mind and love others as You love me. Help me grow in my faith. Give Lisa and myself wisdom and strength. Please heal Lisa of her cancer and from the side effects of chemo. Help us lead Zach and Dustin to You Jesus and for them to choose You as their Lord and Savior. Please provide Godly friends and spouses to Zach and Dustin. Help me serve You, my family, my church, and others. Help me understand, be obedient to, and apply Your message for me today and every day.