Titus 2:11
11 For [gar] the grace [charis] of God [theos] that
bringeth salvation [soterion] hath appeared [epiphaino] to all [pas] men [anthropos], KJV-Interlinear
11 For the grace of God has
appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
NASB
Grace means favor. Favor means several things. First, it means to grant or provide something
for another.Second, it means to have an
approving or friendly attitude toward another.
Third, it means to provide preferential treatment toward another.
And that is what mature
Christians receive from God His favor, His preferential treatment, His focused
attention, His special gifts.
Christians
are those who have believed in the Son, the Savior, the unique person of the
universe, Jesus Christ.
Mature believers, that
is, spiritually mature believers, are those who have advanced to spiritual
maturity, through the fires and tests which God administers in their lives.
And remember, Jesus
Christ controls history.There is no
test, no situation, no set of circumstances that can
occur in your life, in which God does not have total control over. Your lack of faith, your lack of spiritual
focus, is the only thing that can stand in the way of your spiritual success in
this life.
Whether rich or poor,
whether beautiful or ugly, whether king or slave, no matter what your situation
is in life, no matter when or where you have lived in history or in this world,
God has provided the knowledge of salvation to everyone.
From the time after the
flood, when Noah taught the sacrifice rituals and doctrines to his sons, and
they in turn taught their children, and even as cultures moved about the world,
these teachings went with them.And even
if distorted later in history, they still taught the fundamental principles for
salvation to everyone.
You cannot go anywhere
on the planet today, and find someone who has not heard of Christ.
God has shown favor to
all of humanity, a common favor which we call common grace, in the form of
salvation available to all.No one is
left out of the salvation plan of God.
And because we all will
leave this world one day, salvation is the single most important decision that
anyone can make.It means the difference
between an eternity in the Lake of Fire, and an eternity in Heaven.
Who you are, what you
do, what you are capable of, what you possess in this life, what
accomplishments you have acquired, all are totally irrelevant.
If you are poor, then
getting angry at the bad cards you have been dealt in life, is a misguided
anger.
If you are wealthy,
then thinking highly of your accomplishment, is a misguided ego.
In all things, you
should look up to God for counsel, and conduct your life accordingly.
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