The Appearance of Salvation

"For the saving GRACE of God made its appearance to all humanity..." (Titus 2:11 CLNT)

The "saving GRACE" of God is for ALL. It is NOT offered to mankind but has "appeared to all humanity" as a free gift.  And because it is freely given by GRACE, none of us sinners have any say in the matter...
"...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." (Romans 3:23-24)

You will not find this truth in a church but you do find it in the Bible, and when you find it, and believe it, you start "training" to become a better person...

"For the saving GRACE of God made its appearance to all humanity, training us that, disowning irreverence and worldly desires, we should be living sanely and justly and devoutly in the current eon..." (Titus 2:11-12 CLNT)

The knowledge and faith that we are saved as a free gift of God's grace will change our attitude toward God to one of sanity and will allow us to be grateful to God while joyfully looking forward the return of Jesus, "our blessed hope"...

"...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...We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world." (Titus 2:11-14 NASB; John 4:44 NASB)

The gospel message I grew up hearing is flawed in that it requires people to accept the offer of salvation and thus save themselves through works, or faith, or a combination of both. 

Mankind's only hope lies in God's GRACE to save the world for free, and He sent Jesus to show us how He intends to do so.  When we believe this good news, that knowledge enables us to live righteously in this present age in peace and joy, optimistic about the future Victory, rather than in fear of future doom...

“As in Adam all die, even so in Christ, all shall be made alive…death is swallowed up in Victory!..He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” (1 Corinthians 15:22, 55; 2 Corinthians 5:21)

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