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“ Summary, Part 4 (final) ” CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS [49:05]. 1. The grace of God that brings salvation brings a radical change in a person’s life. This refutes the belief that a forgiven person can go on living in wickedness. 2. Any hope of Christ’s return that does not motivate a life of practical godliness is a false and deluding hope. Do we look for translation from our sins as much as we look for translation from this life? 3. Christians are not their own; they belong to the Lord. He saved us to serve Him. Salvation doesn’t just deliver us from Hell, but fits us for Heaven. 4. Christ came to save sinners, sinners of every kind.
Ian Migala (9/9/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 3 ” C. THE SACRIFICIAL FOUNDATION FOR GOD’S SAVING GRACE (verse 14, “who gave Himself for us”) [40:03]. All these blessing point to the one who gave Himself so we may give ourselves to Him. This statement entails that His sacrifice was intentional: He wasn’t murdered against His will; it was special, done for a special people: the elect; and it was fruitful, producing a special effect in those people, primarily their salvation. D. THE OBSERVABLE EFFECTS OF GOD’S SAVING GRACE [43:40]. Negatively: that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and to be zealous for good deeds. A fruitful Christian is one who learns to engage in good works. Positively: that He might produce purified, consecrated Christians for Himself. It is imperative for the Christian to openly own these blessings and not apologize for them. Christ died not only to make us forgiven, but to make us good.
Ian Migala (9/9/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” B. THE TRANSFORMING POWER OF GOD’S SAVING GRACE (verse 12) [21:07]. It delivers us from the power of sin to the power of God’s discipline and instruction. 1. IT TRANSFORMS A CHRISTIAN’S CHARACTER AND CONDUCT [22:30]. Negatively, it transforms self-indulgence into self-denial. It teaches us to say no to ungodliness: we once suppressed the truth, rejected the faith, and indulged the flesh. It also teaches us to say no to worldly desires. The world is hostile to God; its driving principles glorify the flesh and not God. But Christians are merely in the world, not of it. Positively, it transforms Christians’ relations to others and to God. It reorients our lives toward pleasing God. In ourselves, we turn from self-indulgence to self-control. Toward others, we conform to God’s moral law: where we were once hateful, opportunistic, and self-interested, we turn toward fidelity and charity. Toward God, we turn from vanity toward reverence and holiness. 2. IT TRANSFORMS A CHRISTIAN’S PRESENT HOPE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS [33:54]. Where we once feared Christ’s return, we now look forward to it eagerly. It is now a blessed hope and a holy homecoming. This holy longing begets holy living.
Ian Migala (9/9/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” [Pastor Nutter credits his former professor, Pastor Greg Nichols of Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the outline of this message, which can be found in Pastor Nichols’ book, *What does the Bible say about God?: The Biblical doctrine of God*.] It is remarkable that God’s grace is greater than our sin. In this message, we examine the power influence and obvious effects of God’s saving grace by way of Titus 2:11-14. A. THE GLORIOUS APPEARANCE OF GOD’S SAVING GRACE (verse 11) [starting at 6:30 of the audio]. This not God’s common grace, which He bestows upon all men, but the effectual grace of salvation, which delivers men from their sin. 1. Its glorious scope [8:11]. It reaches every race, nation, age, and both genders, thus leaving no category beyond its reach. We should regard no sinner’s case as hopeless. 2. Its glorious display [13:00]. It delivers us from guilt and penalty, sin’s power and domination, cleanses us from moral defilement, delivers us from the enslaving power of the world and the power of the devil, liberates us from the fear of death, spiritually resurrects us, and teaches us how to conduct our lives after salvation.
