Titus 3:6 Commentary - Dr Peter Masters

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Titus 3:6

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‘Which he shed on us abundantly’ – like a mighty fountain. He is shed on us, poured upon us so copiously with such rich abundance. The grace of God, which came upon you at conversion was so massive. What sort of a person was I? How did I live? How did I think? How selfish was I? How proud was I? How deceitful was I? I think of all the things that were the matter with me. I was detestable before God, really. So generous, so free was the grace and the mercy poured out upon me. This one verse alone is enough for my devotions for a week, surely. God’s grace is so wonderfully suited to meet our sense of unworthiness. We need grace today, but dare we ask for it tomorrow and the day after? Yes, because that is exactly what we need, and God knows that we need it. It is poured out upon us day after day until we put off the body of this flesh and are made perfect at death.

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Why did you repent? Why do some trust in Christ? Because he first secretly worked in their hearts in regenerating love and then he renewed them by the Holy Ghost and gave them new life and a new beginning. ‘Which he shed on us abundantly’, like a great shower coming down as we were saved in a day, transported into the kingdom of God, and given light and understanding and life. It is like having something abundantly pour out upon you. It doesn't take a lifetime to be saved. It is a crisis experience through Jesus Christ our Saviour. So the apostle is preparing us and moving us to good works, to patience with all men, to meekness, to obedience to the civil authority, where we can be courteous at all times. He does this by showing us what we were before, what we have been saved from: the magnificence of the work of God.

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Titus 3:6 Commentary and Bible Study