THE GRACE 0F GOD HAS APPEARED

THE GRACE 0F GOD HAS APPEARED
TITUS 2:11-15

GRACE IS GOD THE FATHER IN LOVE DOING GOOD FOR ILL-DESERVING SINNERS THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF GOD THE SON AND CONVERSION BY GOD THE SPIRIT.

GRACE IS GOD’S LOVE IN ACTION. GOD’S LOVE IS DEMONSTRATED IN HIS GRACE – LOVE IS NOT ONLY SOMETHING GOD FEELS, IT IS SOMETHING GOD DOES.
WHEN GOD ACTS UPON THAT LOVE WE CALL IT GRACE!

TWO CATEGORIES OF GRACE:

   COMMON GRACE,
PS. 104:14;145:9; MATT.5:45; LUKE 6:35; ACTS 14:17; ACTS 17:25


   SAVING GRACE,
JOHN1:16, 17


GRACE APPEARING, VS.11

   “APPEARED” EPIPHANY

   “APPEARED” JESUS IS THE EMBODIMENT OF GRACE,

   “THE SAVING WORK OF GOD HAS APPEARED IN THE PERSON AND WORK OF CHRIST. INDEED IT BRINGS SALVATION (LIT. IS SALVATION FOR) TO ALL CLASSES OF MEN WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, OR SOCIAL STANDING …”


GRACE INSTRUCTING, VS.12

   “INSTRUCTING” MEANS CHILD TRAINING, IT INCLUDES TRAINING, BUT ALSO, CORRECTING AND DISCIPLINING …

   SOMETIMES GRACE SAYS, “NO”

   SOMETIMES GRACE SAYS, “YES”


GRACE ANTICIPATING, VS.13

   THE DYNAMIC, “BLESSED HOPE”

   THE DEITY, “GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUS”


GRACE REDEEMING, VS.14

   “REDEEM”


GRACE EXHORTING, VS.15



APPLICATION: