Titus 3:5 - "He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,"
God's mission statement to mankind is encapsulated in this verse, beloved. First and foremost, it is nothing we have earned out of our own righteousness. Only the blood of Jesus and His redemption could take the foulness of our treacherous souls and cause us to born again by His Spirit. Oh what mercy and grace!
Justification before God can only be achieved through a total cleansing. We will never be more white and holy in God's eyes then when we first accepted Jesus' redeeming work. Though our sins were as scarlet they were made as white as snow (Isaiah 1:18). In Christ, we have been made the righteousness of God (II Corinthians 5:21). Ah, but there is so much more! We have the privilege as sons and daughters of God to live holy by the "renewing of the Holy Spirit." Our gratitude for His indescribable gift should be one of passion and desire of to dwell in His presence. By surrendering to God, moment by moment, we experience sanctification, causing us to be changed into the image of our Savior while in mortal flesh. Oh, the prospective joys of looking like our Master in this lifetime! It should thrill us and propel us to His feet that He might make us instruments of love to this dying world!
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