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“so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.” - Titus 3:7

As this epistle to Titus is drawing to a close, Paul is reminding him of the way that Christians should live their lives when we are surrounded with people that are not believers in Christ. He reminded him to be submissive to rulers and authorities and to be ready and willing to be kind and helpful to all who cross his path. He warns Titus to avoid the worldly habits of unkindly actions and deceitful words – but encourages him to live a life that reflects the beauty of Christ’s gentleness and the glory of His grace and kindness.

Paul continues to remind Titus that they were both once equally foolish - enslaved by their own various passions and pleasures and engaging in all the detestable activities that are embroiled within the world system.

Then comes the crescendo to which Paul has been moving – for he reminds Titus that it was only by the grace and kindness and mercy of God that Christ was sent to save them – not because of their own good works or righteousness – which are considered by God to be filthy rags, but according to His mercy — through the washing of regeneration and being made new and clean and whole by the cleansing word of the Holy Spirit, which has been poured out, by God’s grace, to everyone that believes in Christ.

Finally, Paul reaches the climax of this encouraging epistle - so that being justified by His grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Has this really sunk into our heads – it is because of God’s GRACE that He has declared us RIGHTEOUS and has given us absolute confidence that we will inherit ETERNAL LIFE. What Grace! Let us take time to simply reflect on what this means for you and what it means to me.

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As we wait for His coming, when He comes back we will all be with Him for we believe in the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Waiting is such a boring thing to do. We just hate waiting. We hate waiting for a long line to finish, we hate waiting for the train, we hate waiting for the perfect day, or we hate waiting for the time that we will be successful in life. Now, as Christians, we also have something to wait for. We have to undergo the long part of waiting, but the difference is that we are waiting for something that is beyond this world. Our waiting will not be for just a train or for a trip, but we are waiting for something that changed our life. 

“That changed our life”, past tense because we cannot wait for this without having a changed life. What we are waiting for can only be waited for if we already know or recognize Him. We are waiting for our blessed hope. We are waiting for the second coming of Christ, who is our blessed hope. Now, we won’t be able to join our fellow Christians that are waiting for the Lord if we don’t have a changed life. If we don’t understand how salvation works and what Christ did for us, we won’t even recognize Him as our blessed hope. We will only see Him as someone that people are mistakenly waiting for.

However, we have to understand through the grace of God, we have been saved through faith in Christ. Having faith in Christ will result in a manifestation in our lives that we are putting our hope in our Lord. That is why Christ is called our blessed hope. When He first came into the world, He came to save us. He came to suffer and die in our stead so that we will rise again with Him. So now, we are waiting for our blessed hope, we are waiting for His glory to appear. By this time, we will come to Him and be united with Him in our Father’s kingdom. 

Therefore, we must always look forward and hold on to our faith. We should not just live our lives thinking that once we receive Christ one time, and then He will always forgive us even if we continue sinning. This kind of mindset is really very wrong. Indeed, that the forgiveness of God is not going anywhere but we have to understand and assess ourselves that if we truly believe in Christ and accept Him as our Lord and Savior, we will then have a changed life that manifests the love and complete obedience to God. Thus, let us wait for our blessed hope who is Christ our Lord, and let us wait with patience. Let us hold on to our faith and fight the good fight of faith so we will be with Him when He comes back.

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Our life is in Christ, He is our secured foundation. Only in Him and through Him we are secured!

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