The Faith of God’s Elect

“…according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness.”

(Titus 1:1)

The faith of God’s elect, once delivered to the saints, Jude 1:3 is THE GOSPEL revealed by the Spirit through the Word concerning the LORD Jesus and His death accomplished for those that the Father chose in Him from before the foundation of the world. He directs their souls to the righteousness that the LORD Jesus earned and established as God in the flesh and that the Father imputed once and forever upon completion of His death, Romans 4:25. All the elect who lived before the cross were given eyes to look to Christ the true Lamb Whom God the Father would bring into the world to accomplish their justification, pardon and salvation. Those since the cross look to the same Lamb Who has come and fulfilled all righteousness for them, Hebrews 9:15. Where the Spirit reveals Christ and Him crucified there is the acknowledgment of Him as THE TRUTH. There is a perception and discernment of Christ given as the fulfillment and end of the law, in contrast to mere types, shadows and ceremonies, Romans 10:3. The Gospel is ‘after Godliness’ in that when revealed in the heart by the Spirit, it brings sinners to worship God in Truth and in reverence and to walk before Him in the righteousness that Christ established and the Father accepted and imputed to them in His sacrificial death. It is not the sinner initiating that agreement but rather the Spirit of God granting it based on the full, free pardon, forgiveness and righteousness of God in Christ, Romans 3:24.