Titus: Real Change is Possible
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Is real change possible for me?
Is real change possible for me?
1 Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
Apart from Christ our lives are ruled by sin.
Apart from Christ our lives are ruled by sin.
Apart from Christ our lives are rebellious against God.
Apart from Christ our lives are rebellious against God.
Apart from Christ our lives are not marked by unity but by enmity.
Apart from Christ our lives are not marked by unity but by enmity.
Paul’s assessment of man apart from Christ is a tragic picture.
I can’t change me!
I can’t fix what’s broken in my life.
I can’t fix my brokenness.
I can’t fix my
Real change begins when you realize that I can’t fix me.
Real change is possible through the work of Christ.
Real change is possible through the work of Christ.
4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,
5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
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God does for us what we cannot do for ourselves.
God does for us what we cannot do for ourselves.