Free Bible Commentary
“Titus 2:11-15”
Categories: Titus“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.”
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This is one of my favorite “memory passages” for many reasons, and one of them is the number of false religious doctrines that are shot down by just 5 short yet exquisite verses of Scripture.
(1) God’s grace instructs us (verse 12). Grace is not an overpowering, mystical, better felt than told or explained experience. God’s grace “appeared” to us in the form of Jesus Christ coming to this earth and living and dying for our sins. God extends His grace to us by “instructing” us through His perfect revelation on what we need to do to contact the blood of Jesus, and how we need to live our lives in faith. Living faithfully, as instructed by God’s grace, requires denying ungodliness and worldly desires and living sensibly, righteously and godly in this present age.
(2) Jesus died for, and God’s grace is available to “all men” (people) (verse 11). God did not “hand-pick” a certain, select number of people to save unconditionally. Anyone who is convicted by the power of the word, and by the repulsiveness of their sins, will be saved eternally if they repent and are baptized for the remission of those sins (Acts 2:38). “For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.” (2 Corinthians 5:14-15).
(3) Jesus is “our great God and Savior” (verse 13). Jesus was not a created being. He was “the Word” who has existed from all eternity as an equal part of holy deity (John 1:1). When “the Word became flesh” (John 1:14), God took on the form of humanity (being simultaneously God and man) in the person of Jesus the Christ. Jesus is not a god. He is not “the mighty god” while Jehovah is “the Almighty God”. Jesus is Yahweh God and is equal to the Father in eternity, essence and purpose (Colossians 1:14; Hebrews 1:3). The Word subjected himself to the will of the Father when He “emptied himself,” took on the form of a human servant, and humbly obeyed to the point of death on a cross (Philippians 2:5-8).
(4) Jesus is going to appear again in glory (verse 13). He did not return to this earth invisibly sometime in the past as some people falsely claim (2 Timothy 2:18). When Jesus appears the second time, it will be in all His radiant glory, and it will be the most amazing spectacle to ever behold, visibly and audibly (1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52). In light of what Jesus did and what He will do, we must stay focused on living godly lives of purity and zealousness, wholly devoted to good works (verse 1). “Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God…” (2 Peter 3:11-12).
Please read Titus 3:1-7 for tomorrow.
We would love to see you at worship services today at the Taylorsville Road church of Christ.
We assemble at 3741 Taylorsville Road in Louisville Kentucky.
9:30 AM Bible classes for all ages. 10:30 AM and 5:00 PM worship services.
Have a great Lord’s Day!
- Louie Taylor
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