As Paul continues writing to Titus about the behavior of the believers, he once again gives us insight into the Father's heart. Titus 3:3-7 (HCSB)compares where we are coming from and where God wants us to be.
3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, captives of various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.
4 But when the goodness and love for man appeared from God our Savior,
5 He saved us — not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
6 This [Spirit] He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
Regardless of where we start from, we can take refuge that God loves us and is willing to save us, not because of what we have done, but because He has mercy.
I personally find this to be a wonderful passage because we see all parts of the Trinity working in our lives. God's love, Jesus's sacrifice providing justification and the Holy Spirt's regeneration and renewing of our spirit all work together to complete us as "heirs with the hope of eternal life." I know that Paul's description of sinful men in verse 3 is true in my life and I thank God that he had mercy on me.
Take Refuge in God's Mercy!
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