Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for August 18, 2019

“Amazing Grace”   Titus 2:11-14   Bible Study   08/18/19

Introduction

-understanding the idea of grace: extension of favor undeserved and unearned
-understanding the objective of grace: the concept of adornment (2:10)
-Because God personifies grace in Jesus, live a life that magnifies His saving power.

1. Grace invades dramatically (11)

• reference to incarnation
• not just a divine attribute but a divine person
• an “admirable conjunction of diverse excellencies”
• not just a past event but a continuing experience
• bringing salvation

2. Grace instructs presently (12)

• training…
• negatively: renunciation of ungodliness and worldly passions
• positively: inward, outward and upward

3. Grace incites expectancy (13-14)

• waiting
• blessed hope
• affirmation of the deity of Jesus
• grace then glory
• principle of substitution
• purchased, purified, possessed
• resulting passion

4. So What?

• Let yourself be awed continually by the wonder and worth of Jesus.
• Let the reality of grace fuel your passion to please God.
• Let the “anchor of your hope dangle out of heaven.”