1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:08,520 This is Living Waters of Grace, the teaching ministry of Lewis 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,200 Harold, assistant pastor of Calvary Chapel of Westmoreland 3 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,520 County in Greensburg, PA. Now here's Pastor Lewis as he 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:18,920 continues teaching through God's Word. 5 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,720 Ephesians 4 and 22 says that you put off concerning your former 6 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,440 conduct the old man, which. Grows corrupt. 7 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,600 According to the deceitful lust and be renewed in the spirit of 8 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,600 your mind and that you put on the new man which was. 9 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,080 Created. According to God in true 10 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:59,840 righteousness and holiness, and we do that in this present age. 11 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,120 And it's important that we do it in this present age because 12 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,599 there's so much darkness, there's so much evil, there's so 13 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:06,520 much wickedness, and they need to see. 14 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,640 God's light. Do you know what it's like to 15 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:12,560 walk out of a dark movie theater midday and the sun just blasts 16 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,200 you away? You might feel like a vampire, 17 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,240 like you're going to burst into flames and all that sunlight. 18 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,600 It's a huge contrast coming from being in the darkened room as 19 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,640 you step out directly under the sunlight. 20 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,800 In Pastor Lewis's message today, he shares with you that the 21 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,520 world needs to see the contrast between your life and a life of 22 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,200 sin. When you're around others, can 23 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,240 they tell the difference that Jesus has made in you? 24 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,920 Now here's Pastor Lewis in Titus chapter 2 with today's edition 25 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,360 of Living Waters of Grace. He was the Lamb. 26 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,600 He was the one who was the blem, who was the that was without 27 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,480 blemish and without spot or wrinkle. 28 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,160 He was the perfect sacrifice. And he presented himself that 29 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:02,560 way on Palm Sunday. And I just wonder, you know, in 30 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,800 my own life, have I allowed? Jesus. 31 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:08,960 To have a triumphal entry in my life. 32 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,120 Does he? Sit as King on the throne of my 33 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,560 heart. Do I acknowledge him as King? 34 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,640 Do I call him king? Do I submit to his kingship, to 35 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:26,720 his Lordship in my life? And one of the ways that we can 36 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,920 show that. Is through our good works that. 37 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,480 Timothy or Titus continues. To talk about. 38 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,480 Here in the book. Of Titus. 39 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:38,360 But not only did he come to establish those things, but the 40 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,200 Bible said in verse 12 that he's teaching us that denying 41 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,800 ungodliness and worldly. Lust. 42 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,400 We should live soberly, righteously. 43 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:52,600 And godly Jesus coming to give us salvation was not just so 44 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,240 that we can be saved and then sit down like we have now. 45 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:56,560 We don't have nothing else to do. 46 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,560 But it's for good works which is the. 47 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,840 Evidence to unbelievers that a change has happened in our 48 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,800 lives. The power of God. 49 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,280 Working in our hearts. Is through the good works that 50 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:17,040 we offer to others or that we show others, he said. 51 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,880 We should. Deny ungodliness we should deny. 52 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:24,800 Worldly lusts and. And and and and we should. 53 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,880 Live soberly, righteously, or upright. 54 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,200 And godly or? God like. 55 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,840 Back in Ephesians. Chapter 4 the Bible talks about. 56 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,480 Putting off the old man. So when Jesus comes into our 57 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,440 life, there's a change and we take off those things that were 58 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,360 old, those things that. Used to be. 59 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,600 Ephesians 4 and 22 says that you put off concerning your former 60 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,320 conduct the old man, which. Grows corrupt. 61 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,080 According to the. Deceitful lusts. 62 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:00,240 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind and that you put on 63 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:04,880 the new man, which was created according to God in true 64 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:10,360 righteousness and holiness. And we do that in this present 65 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:11,600 age. And it's important that we do it 66 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,880 in this present age because there's so much darkness, 67 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,520 there's so much evil. There's so much. 68 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,959 Wickedness and they need to see God's light. 69 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,200 So it's more important. It's even more important now 70 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,840 that we live. A life that shows that there's. 71 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:26,720 A difference, A life. That shows that the power of God 72 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,080 is. Working in. 73 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,760 Our lives. The world needs. 74 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,920 To see that. And you know, we may not 75 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,200 understand, we may not know it, but a lot of the people in the 76 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,440 world want. To see that because the opposite 77 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:45,480 is so hopeless. Suicide attempts are. 78 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,840 Up. People are desperate. 79 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:53,360 And don't have an answer. They need to see our good works 80 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:58,360 so that they can see the God in us that they may have something 81 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,920 to trust in, something to believe in. 82 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:02,960 And we need to do it in this present age. 83 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,720 And then we go on the verse 13. Now he's going to talk about the 84 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:11,360 second coming, he says, looking for the blessed hope and 85 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,080 glorious appearance of our great God and. 86 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:18,000 Savior Jesus Christ. Now I want to also mention that 87 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,520 there's a couple times. Here where Jesus is equal. 88 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:26,000 Is is named as God in this in this verse, in this chapter. 89 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,720 The first time was back in verse 10 when he said. 90 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,000 That we should be that they. Adorned the. 91 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,800 Doctrine of God our Savior. In all things, that was a 92 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,520 reference. To the deity of God. 93 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,760 To the deity of Jesus Christ. And then here we see it again, 94 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,160 looking. For the Blessed. 95 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,000 Hope and glorious appearing of our great God and. 96 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,480 Savior Jesus Christ. So when people try to tell. 97 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:51,040 You that. What? 98 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,360 The Bible never says that. That that Jesus is God. 99 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,000 The Bible never says that. Well, this is one place you can 100 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,720 bring them. He said it twice, they said it 101 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,520 twice. There's one place you can bring 102 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,240 them. So he's talking about that 103 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,520 second coming that that time when we are looking forward to 104 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,440 him coming back and that's our hope. 105 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:13,080 As believers, that's our hope. As Christians, it's our. 106 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,920 Hope as those who live for the. Lord that we're going to see him 107 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,400 again, that we're going to see him, we're going to, we're going 108 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,320 to, we're going to be able to love his appearing. 109 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,680 Paul talked. About the fact that when he sees 110 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,160 him, he knows he's going to receive a crown of righteousness 111 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,200 and not only him, but everyone who would love his appearing 112 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,080 will receive a crown of righteousness. 113 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:38,880 So this coming this this second coming is is something that we. 114 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,560 All look forward. To And that's our hope. 115 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,560 That's our hope. For the appearing of the future 116 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,720 return of our. Great God. 117 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,400 And savior, you know what, If it happens in the next 5 minutes, 118 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,800 I'll be happy. I'd be OK with it. 119 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,640 That we never have to go to our cars again and drive anywhere. 120 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,400 Else if it. Happens before I even get to my 121 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,120 car. I'll be OK with it. 122 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,880 I just want to see him. I just want to be with him. 123 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:10,000 I want this to be over. But then again, He has a plan 124 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,440 and a purpose for keeping us here, and that plan and purpose 125 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,160 has to. Do with the good works that He's 126 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:21,240 calling us to do and to be. So while we're here, abode and 127 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,520 abide. And occupy. 128 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:27,800 So then in verse 14 he goes back to talking about what? 129 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,360 He does. The first time that he come, he 130 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,400 comes back to talking. About his sacrifice. 131 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,800 So he says here in verse 14, Who gave himself for us? 132 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,640 That's who we're. Looking for We're looking for 133 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,560 the one who gave himself for us. So that's why we can't be 134 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,000 looking for no other king. We can't be. 135 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Looking for no other God, because it was only one who gave 136 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,080 himself for us, and that's Jesus Christ. 137 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,480 There's no other. There's no other to look for. 138 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,040 The one who gave himself. For us, he sacrificed. 139 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,920 Himself for us, that He might redeem us, and were redeemed 140 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,160 that purchase that He. That he purchased. 141 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,960 Us and and if we. Look at just. 142 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,040 You know, you know out of. School you always had glossary 143 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,680 right where you had these. Words that you can look up to 144 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,320 find the meaning of them. Well, the word redeem really 145 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,360 refers to the payment of ransom the. 146 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,920 Purchase of our. Freedom from sin and its 147 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:24,440 consequences through. The blood of Jesus Christ, you 148 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:25,640 see, we were. Redeemed. 149 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,560 But we weren't redeemed with corruptible things like gold and 150 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,120 silver. We were redeemed with 151 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,520 incorruptible the. Blood of Jesus Christ the. 152 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,520 Lamb. Without spot or. 153 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,360 Wrinkle We were redeemed with the. 154 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,159 Blood, the precious. Blood and that same blood that. 155 00:08:42,159 --> 00:08:44,920 Flowed over 2. 1000 years ago. Is still. 156 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,400 Efficacious enough today. To save those. 157 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:53,520 Who will believe on him? It can still cleanse from every 158 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:54,880 sin. So he said. 159 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:59,080 He gave himself for us that he might redeem us from. 160 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:03,600 Every lawless deed. And purify for himself his own. 161 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,880 Special people zealous for good works. 162 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:08,480 That. Is what's? 163 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,240 Hard for me to get my head around because I know what I 164 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:17,520 did, I know how I lived, I know the sins that I've committed and 165 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,080 he is saying. That we. 166 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:26,720 Are redeemed from every lawless act, everything that I've ever 167 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,800 done that I'm not proud of now. It's washed. 168 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:33,400 It's. Cleanse. 169 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,120 I'm redeemed from that. He doesn't hold that against me 170 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:43,360 anymore. That right? 171 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,360 Just to have that in my mind every morning when I get up, if 172 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,880 I can have that. At the. 173 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,680 Forefront of my mind every morning that I get up, how would 174 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:56,840 that impact my life? I am redeemed. 175 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,120 And I just want to say that if there's anyone here that is not 176 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,360 redeemed. Today. 177 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,520 Today you can be. Forgiven and cleansed of every 178 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,200 sin you ever committed. I don't care how. 179 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,440 Bad it was. I don't care how long you've 180 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,520 been doing it. He's here to. 181 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:27,160 Redeem us today, that He might redeem us from every lawless 182 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,440 deed, and purified for himself His own special. 183 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:31,600 People. Zealous. 184 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:36,800 That means devoted or diligent. For good work. 185 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,760 And then in verse 15 he says, speak these things. 186 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:41,800 Exhort. That means encourage. 187 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,400 The people with these? Things comfort. 188 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,240 The people with. These things I know it comforts 189 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,320 me to hear. These things comfort me. 190 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,960 It blesses me to know that I'm redeeming to. 191 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,760 Hear this over. Again, all of it. 192 00:10:58,080 --> 00:10:58,720 Whether? It be the. 193 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,240 First coming his first announcement of him coming to 194 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,800 the world announced by the angels to the. 195 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,840 To the. Shepherds who were in the field 196 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,640 as they announced the coming. Of the Lord Jesus Christ, the 197 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,640 Savior, who would take. Away the sin of the. 198 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,000 World, that was. Announced and even on the 199 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,360 triumphant entry when he came in and was. 200 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,720 Established or they or they? Called him king. 201 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,120 He came in as king, as a Messiah. 202 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,640 All these things, they give me comfort. 203 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,000 They give me comfort. And he says, speak these things, 204 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,440 exhort and rebuke. That means they point out the 205 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,240 sin, point out the heresy, point out the things that needs to be 206 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:43,600 changed, that we need to give and we need to confess to. 207 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,480 The Lord Jesus. Christ, that we need to repent 208 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,400 of and do it in all authority, and let no one. 209 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,560 Despise you? Let no one despise you. 210 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:57,480 And then he goes on and he starts over here in Chapter 3 211 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,920 and he says remind them. So he said this is something 212 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:04,200 that you need to do over and over again. 213 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:05,880 Bring this up over and over again. 214 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,320 Remind them to be. Subject to rulers and 215 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,640 authorities to obey, to be ready for every. 216 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:18,760 There's that word. Again, every good work, every 217 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,080 good work. So he's saying that we have to 218 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,680 submit to the rulers and authorities. 219 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,600 Of the other civil leaders, the. Government leaders, the. 220 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:30,320 Local leaders, the state leaders, the federal leaders, 221 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,920 the local law. Enforcers enforcement that we 222 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,800 need to submit to the authority. Submit to the authority. 223 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:40,520 You know we're not there to. Always try to. 224 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,040 Protest something that they're that they're doing, but to 225 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,800 submit to the. Authority as. 226 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,720 Long as it doesn't go against the word. 227 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:54,120 Of God. Because anything that is 228 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,320 suggested to us, commanded to us, mentioned to us, that goes 229 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,760 against the word. Of God, God is. 230 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:04,200 Our ultimate authority, he is our ultimate authority. 231 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:09,200 In fact, even even Peter himself, he said. 232 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:14,640 We ought to obey God rather. Than man, not that he was asking 233 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,760 for protests. He wasn't asking for people to 234 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,280 go against the grain or to go against the system. 235 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:23,400 But when God speaks, when God says we need to do this, then 236 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,280 that's what we need to do, then that's what we need to do. 237 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:31,400 And if that goes against. This age. 238 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,520 If it goes against the worldliness of this age. 239 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:36,840 So be it. But we are. 240 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,200 Under the authority. Of our Lord and Savior. 241 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,000 Jesus Christ. So he says, remind them to be. 242 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,040 Subject to rulers. And authorities and and in fact, 243 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,120 to be. That way to. 244 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:49,920 To be someone who? Who? 245 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:51,920 Who? Doesn't always cause us think 246 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,720 when it's something that doesn't have anything conflict in 247 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,600 conflict with the word. Of God, but to follow the rules, 248 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:02,360 to follow the laws, to obey the. Ordinances, again, these things 249 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:07,880 bring positive influence for the people of God, and it brings. 250 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,280 Glory to God. And it says then be ready to do. 251 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,400 Every good work, so we should be good. 252 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,680 Community people, we should be good citizens. 253 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,400 We should be. Good citizens doing good works 254 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:26,280 in our neighborhood, in our communities as well as in our 255 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:30,120 churches, and he says. Speak evil. 256 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,200 Of no one. But be peaceable. 257 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,160 And gentle, showing all humility to all men. 258 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,240 So to be so, he says, Speak. Evil of no one. 259 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:46,720 We should not be out speaking evil against anyone, and I know 260 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,520 that sometimes that can be hard to do when you know somebody 261 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:53,160 speaking evil against you. That can be hard to do. 262 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,160 That can be hard because sometimes in just telling people 263 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:57,960 the truth. They said. 264 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,720 It comes across that you're speaking evil, but he says speak 265 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,400 evil of no one. The Bible tells us that our 266 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:08,000 words should always be. About grace and season with 267 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,360 salt. We should let no corrupt thing 268 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,560 come forth out of our mouth. So we really shouldn't be those 269 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:19,040 who backbite or those who who talk about people, those who 270 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,480 gossip. We shouldn't be those who say 271 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:23,640 things to damage somebody's reputation. 272 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,320 It's basically what he is. Saying here speak evil of no one 273 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:28,760 but be. Peaceable God is. 274 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,640 Calling us. To be peaceable. 275 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:34,480 In, in, in the. 5th chapter of of of of. 276 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,480 Of Matthew. The Bible said that blessed. 277 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,440 Are the peacemakers? For they are the. 278 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:46,320 Children of God, the peacemakers, the peacemakers, 279 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:51,240 we're the children of God, the children of God Jesus Christ was 280 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,840 a peacemaker. He came as a peacemaker, and 281 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,680 then we know that peace is one of the one of the nine fruit of 282 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:58,360 the. Spirit. 283 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:03,480 James 3 and 18, says Now the fruit of righteousness is sown 284 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:04,840 in peace. By. 285 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:06,400 Those who make. Peace. 286 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:11,040 And then Hebrews 12 and 14. Says that we are to pursue peace 287 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,760 with all people, with all people, with everybody, those 288 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:16,480 who like. Us, those who don't like us. 289 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,440 Those who hate. Us, those who don't hate us. 290 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,760 Those who talk about. Us, those who don't talk about. 291 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:28,920 We are to pursue peace with all people, all people without. 292 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,320 Without which no one. Will see the Lord. 293 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,800 So we need that peace and holiness. 294 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:42,120 Peace and holiness is what we are to pursue obedience. 295 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:47,280 And then he goes on down to verse the bottom of it and he 296 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,880 talks about being gentle. We're showing moderation to all 297 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:54,080 people and showing all humility to all men. 298 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,720 And then in verse three, he just wants us to remember that part 299 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,360 of the reason why we do these things is because he wants us to 300 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,840 remember who we. Used to be. 301 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,560 You see, you know when we get. Saved, we are. 302 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,280 Supposed to change. But we are supposed to also. 303 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,040 Remember. That the people who are out. 304 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,079 There, acting the way we. Used to act. 305 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:14,920 They need. Jesus Christ. 306 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:16,400 Too. They need salvation. 307 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:20,680 They need a heart change as well as well. 308 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,000 So we pray for the Lord to touch their hearts. 309 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:26,200 The way someone prayed to touch ours. 310 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,440 So he says, remember what you. Used to be right, he said. 311 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,440 For we ourselves. Were once foolish, disobedient. 312 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:36,800 Deceived we were. Serving various lusts and 313 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:41,240 pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one 314 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:42,640 another. You know, when I went through 315 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:44,760 all these, I said at one time in my life I was every one of 316 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:50,960 these, every one of these. And sometimes I can even be this 317 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:55,160 way now. And some of these things, every 318 00:17:55,160 --> 00:18:00,240 one of them, there's times. That we serve our laws there's. 319 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:04,600 Times that we live in malice or we have envy, There's times that 320 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,000 we can be hateful, I said. Wow. 321 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:13,120 Lord. Have mercy, have mercy. 322 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:19,400 And then he goes on and he says the thing that we all. 323 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,360 Love to hear. And everyone of us who believe 324 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:25,480 in Jesus Christ. God bless you has had this 325 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:29,400 experience. He said, But when the kindness 326 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,720 and love of God. Our Savior. 327 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:37,960 Toward man appeared when the kindness and love of God. 328 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,720 Our Savior. Toward man appeared the moment 329 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:45,600 that someone shared the. Gospel with you. 330 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:50,920 And you were? Able to see how desperately. 331 00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:53,920 You needed exactly. What they were sharing. 332 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,920 The moment you were able. To say yes. 333 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:01,480 I am a Sinner and I need the Savior you're talking about 334 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:07,200 because I can't save myself. The moment you saw that and we 335 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,760 realized, Oh my God, this is a loving God. 336 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,680 When I think about everything I've done against him, 337 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:17,520 everything I've done that was in disobedience to Him, and yet he 338 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,320 is showing me this kindness and this. 339 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:24,680 Love he's. Going to redeem me and take away 340 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,960 all my sins and cleanse me from all my sins. 341 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:33,000 That's the good news. The love and kindness, love and 342 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,880 kindness that he showed. To us. 343 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,120 What an awesome thing. And I have a note here that I 344 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:42,040 said here that we don't realize how kind and loving God is 345 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:44,360 until. We first realize. 346 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:48,240 How much we need his kindness and his love. 347 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:53,480 That's when we realize just how. Kind and how loving he is. 348 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,920 And then he goes on and he says here about how that happens. 349 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:00,480 He said now that kindness didn't come because of anything you 350 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:01,760 did. It wasn't by your works of 351 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:05,320 righteousness that you've done. It wasn't by any of that. 352 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,600 But it was. By his mercy. 353 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:14,080 His Grace it was. According to his mercy. 354 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:18,240 That he saved. Us his mercy, there's nothing 355 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:19,440 that. We ever did. 356 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,960 No matter how good it may. Appear that. 357 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,080 Earned the mercy and the love that. 358 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:30,600 Jesus Christ gave us. I don't care what we've done. 359 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,600 The Bible says that our righteousness. 360 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:38,080 Is what Filthy rags the best of what we try to do is, but filthy 361 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,720 rags? It's like filthy rags. 362 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:46,240 And then he talks about the regeneration, he said the. 363 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:49,400 He said it's through the. Washing of regeneration and 364 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,840 renewing. Of the Holy Spirit this. 365 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:54,960 Regeneration that he's talking about. 366 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,760 Here is a. Is an awesome thing because in 367 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:03,320 in regeneration we're talking about a supernatural act that 368 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:07,280 comes when. Jesus Christ through the Holy. 369 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:13,560 Spirit comes into our life and washes us clean of all of our 370 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:14,760 sins. It cleanses us of. 371 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,800 All of our. Sins, and it changes us on the 372 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,760 inside. That's a supernatural. 373 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,640 Act It's through the work of the Holy Spirit that that's. 374 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,520 Done. The work of the Holy Spirit. 375 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,520 That washing of regeneration, that washing away your sins, 376 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,200 It's not baptism. Some people think that it's 377 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:34,760 baptism, that these things happen. 378 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,480 No, it's not through baptism. It's a supernatural work. 379 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:42,360 Of the Holy Spirit that. Comes in and cleanses me 380 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,640 Cleanses. You washes you. 381 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:49,000 Clean from your iniquities and your lawlessness and your sins, 382 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,960 and not only does he wash away those sins, but he also washes 383 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,200 away the consequences of it. The consequences of those things 384 00:21:55,360 --> 00:21:57,760 are also. Washed away they're. 385 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,840 Gone. They're gone and therefore. 386 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:05,600 We are justified by His grace. Now then, that's happened 387 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,000 through the Holy. Spirit that has. 388 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,160 Poured out on us abundantly through Jesus. 389 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,280 Christ our Savior. And then in verse 7 it talks. 390 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,520 About the fact. That having been. 391 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,600 Justified by His grace, we should. 392 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,720 Become heirs according to the. Hope. 393 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:27,560 Of eternal life, and with this hope of eternal life as we. 394 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:32,680 Live our lives we realize that the way that we. 395 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,200 Show the evidence. Of the hope. 396 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,760 That we have. The way that we show the. 397 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:41,080 Evidence of the change that has happened on the inside of us. 398 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,040 Is through the good works that people see. 399 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:48,320 In our lives, they see the change in our lives and how. 400 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,200 We are different. Than what we. 401 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,040 Used to be. And how God is working in us. 402 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,080 For. Peace and love and righteousness 403 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:00,480 and to do good things in a Bible study and a brother made a 404 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:05,040 statement that was profound. It was a great statement, he 405 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,840 said. It seems now that when we say. 406 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:14,520 That we are saved by faith. It seems that that. 407 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:17,800 People get the idea that we are divorced. 408 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,960 From good works and I thought about it and I thought about 409 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,760 that and that's exactly true. For some reason, we still think. 410 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,320 That to say that we have good works. 411 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,120 Is a bad thing, but we're not saying that we have. 412 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:35,800 Good works which? Results in our salvation. 413 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:40,840 We don't earn our salvation. With the good works, we have 414 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:45,320 good works because God loved us. And showed kindness and has 415 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,000 given us salvation. And as a result. 416 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,560 Of our. Salvation it produces in US. 417 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,320 Good works. And we should. 418 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:59,080 Have those things. This has been Living Waters of 419 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,080 Grace, a ministry of Pastor Lewis Harrell of Calvary Chapel, 420 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,160 Westmoreland. Today's message has been on the 421 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,680 book of Titus. This book is a master class in 422 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,200 how Christians should live in modern culture. 423 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,960 Titus was ministering to the people of Crete, an island off 424 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,600 the coast of Greece, but he was facing many challenges. 425 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,680 The Cretans who came to know Jesus seemed to assimilate Jesus 426 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,360 into their existing culture instead of allowing themselves 427 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:31,080 to be transformed by the Holy Spirit inside of them. 428 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,440 Others were fully devoting themselves to Jesus but shutting 429 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,040 themselves off from the world around them. 430 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,440 The Apostle Paul encourages Titus to help his audience find 431 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:46,120 a middle ground where they can live in this world while still 432 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:49,080 following a different way of life in Jesus. 433 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,360 If you would like to learn more about what it means to 434 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:55,760 faithfully follow the teachings of Christ in a world full of 435 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,480 darkness, we'd love to get connected with you in person. 436 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:04,240 If you are in Greensburg, PA, we'd love to invite you to join 437 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,880 us at Calvary Chapel Westmoreland. 438 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:12,560 We need every Sunday at 10:30 AM at 400 E Pittsburgh St. 439 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,760 Ste. 6B. 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