“For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,”
Titus 2:11
For the Adults:
“Grace of God that brings salvation.” I absolutely love these words. We too many times get so busy trying to do for God, when He has already brought it to us. Salvation is not performance based. Salvation is not obtained by giving money to charity or the church or even going to church. We can’t work our way into heaven by keeping laws, rules, and checklists. The law is powerless to save us. The law was given to us only to prove our shortcomings and our inability to meet the standard of perfection that God has set. Christianity is not founded on what we can do for God.
Grace is best defined this way, “receiving something that we do not deserve, the undeserved favor of God.” Paul is saying that if it were possible to be saved by the law, doing good works, then Jesus’ death on the cross was unnecessary.
So then how are we saved? We don’t go out and get it, it comes to us, and all we have to do is receive it. “The grace of God that brings salvation.” Therefore, we must stop trying to deserve salvation, and simply start receiving it.
No one has ever earned it or deserved it, but God brings it to us anyway. God rescues us from sin, through the work of His Son, Jesus, on the cross. It is a FREE gift from God, it is ours for the taking.
The gospel “has appeared to all men.” Paul is letting us know that there is only ONE gospel for ALL humanity. God doesn’t have different plans for different people. He has only ONE way, Jesus Christ our Savior, and that is salvation by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8). All men find salvation through the gospel of the grace of God.
AND no one is outside of the plan of salvation!
For the Children:
Who brings salvation to us?
What do we have to do to receive salvation?
Who did the work so that it doesn’t cost us anything?
Who will you share this message with?
Meditation:
Read:
“For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,”
Titus 2:11
Rest:
Prayer:
Lord, teach me to rest in Your word, Jesus thank you for the work on the cross, Holy Spirit show me how to reflect my faith to the world.
About the author:
Jose Aguilar Jr. is an Associate Pastor at FBC Weslaco and has served in this capacity for the last 11 years. He and his wife Blanca have served faithfully at FBC Weslaco since 2001. They are the proud grandparents of Lilyana Faythe and Trinidad Esperanza Aguilar.