# 7 2020 Devotion, Titus 3:4-6. Doing Good! Read all of chapter 3. The purpose of these devotionals is to be drawn closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Titus 3:4-6 “But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,”
In Ch. 2 Paul talks about “doing good for the sake of the gospel.” In Chapter 3 Paul’s theme is: “saved in order to do good”. He begins with the current situation, the very same issue we are struggling with in our time: “Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.” Doing good is being law abiding, obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good. Live in peace and be gentle to others.
But Paul quickly switches us to what he calls: “This is a trustworthy saying.” Vs. 3-7 lays out not only the opposite of doing good but also why we do good and why we are able to do good. We do good because of God’s love, mercy and grace given us in Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Paul points out that righteousness does not save us, we are saved by God’s love alone. This is a good reminder because “grace alone” and as inheritors of hope in eternal life, we are to live that out daily. Paul adds: “And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.”
The bottom line is that followers of Jesus do not do good in order to be saved but do good because we are saved, we do the good we do because we are thankful to God for His salvation. Praise the Lord!
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