Exposition
But after - After living in the depth of sin and wickedness, lies, malice, disobedience,
unfaithfulness and things of this nature, what happened?
that the kindness and love
of God our Saviour toward man appeared – Out of the kindness of
God, out of His love for the man that He created, God the Father of our Lord,
Jesus Christ sent His Son to die in the place of every man. The colour of the
skin did not matter then, neither does it matter now, the nature of the sin
does not matter to God too.
Not by works of
righteousness which we have done – Jesus Christ is the way
of salvation. The goodness of your heart, your niceness is not nice enough;
your kind heartedness towards your fellow man is not kind enough. The
Scriptures say that our righteousness is like filthy rages before God.
but according to his mercy
he saved us – The mercy of God is from everlasting to
everlasting. Your salvation is important to God, He has given up His Son for
your sake. Accept Him for in Him, all you will ever need is available.
by the washing of
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost –
Baptism in water is good and necessary but it is not the source of salvation.
When you receive Jesus Christ as your Saviour, there is a renewal of your mind,
your old person/mind is dead and a new man emerges. There is a spiritual
deep-clean that takes place and before God and new man emerges. This is done by
the grace of the Holy Spirit. Grace to live by the power of the Holy Spirit is
available. Let it work for you.
Prayer
Thank you God for loving me. Thank you Father for your kindness
towards me. Thank you for wiping away my sins. Thank you for the new and clean
slate that I am today. Help me to live by your grace and your grace alone. Help me Father to start enjoying the fruits
of the Holy Spirit in Jesus name. Amen
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