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The Grace of God

Titus 2:11-12

Titus 2:11-12 — For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

  • I. The Grace of God hath Appeared to All Men. , v.11
  • II. The Grace of God bringeth Salvation
  • III. The Grace of God Teaches Us

I. The Grace of God hath Appeared to All Men. , v.11

Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Acts 11:23 — Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

Wherever this Grace hath come in the demonstration of the Spirit and with power, it hath purified the polluted, t hath made the dhonest honest, the intemperate sober, the licentious chaste. It has converted the monster of depravity into the humble, correct, consistent temperate dsiciple of Christ.

Like the recovered maniac, "clothed and in his right mind."

A. Origin

Grace has its origin in the Father, its manifestation in the Son and its end in the Holy Ghost..

  • God's Riches at Christ's Expense

B. The Grace of God is Freely Given

The nature of the grace of God is that it is the free gift of god to mankind in the gospel of Christ.

Psalm 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Acts 11:23 — Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

Acts 13:43 —

C. Manifested in Self-Sacrifice

2 Corinthians 8:9 — For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

II. The Grace of God bringeth Salvation, v. 11

  • The Extent of Grace: Salvation, Christ in you

  • Salvation by Grace

Ac 15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Romans 3:24 — Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Titus 2:11 — For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

Titus 3:7 — That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Revelation 21:27 — And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

  • Salvation:
    • From the Condemning Power of Sin
    • From the Defilement of Sin
    • From the Love of Sin
    • From the Punishment of sin
    • Freed From the wrath of God

The proper significance of the word grace is 'favor' — unmerited goodness and mercy.

God devised a plan for the restoration of ruined man. It promises pardon, reconciliation, peache; it unfolds the glories of the eternal world, and it invites and stimulates the sinner to strive, through grace, to become fit for the heavenly inheritance.

The Person for whose benefit this grace of God hath appeared:

Tit 2:11 — For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

The Salvation which the Grace of God Bringeth is free. For all who will accept it.

God excludes none:

2 Pe 3:9 — The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

III. The Grace of God Teaches Us

Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

An EFFECT of the Grace of God is INSTRUCTION, teaching.

2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

A. The Grace of God Empowers Men for Service

1 Corinthians 3:10 —

1 Corinthians 15:10 —

Ephesians 3:7 — Where I was

Hebrews 2:9 &mash;

James 4:6 —

B. Not Given for Selfish Use

1 Peter 4:10 —

C. Promised to the Humble

1 Peter 5:5 —

Riches of Grace

Ephesians 1:7

Philippians 4:12

2 Timothy 1:14

Sufficient for all Human Needs

2 Cor 12:9;

The Source of Power

2 Timothy 2:1

Revelation 22:21 —

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Romans 5:12 —

Genesis 1:26 —

God created man a spirit being.

Grace has Fruit: (Works)

The EFFECTS of the Grace of God.

Grace - the unmerited love an dfavor of God toward man, Divine influence acting in man to make him pure and morally strong, a spcial virtue given to a person by God. 1 Cor. 16:23; Gal. 1:6

1. What Good are Works?

No work can be good unless it is commanded of God.

2. Where do Good works come from?

From a real conversion.

3. What is the use of good works?

God works are evidence of Grace.

1 Jo 3:14 — We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

A sermon is not just what a man says, but what he does.

Grace is a universal offer

  • Offer to all men "appeared to all men"

Irrespective of their condition -- "all have sinned"

Grace Doth All

Election, vocation(mission) Jstification sanctification --- all is from Grace.

Grace is the original cause of all that we expect and receive from God.

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