December 26, 1993
After the annual Christmas festivities have ended, the birth of Christ should still impact our lives year-round. In this sermon, Alistair Begg points us to Paul’s theologically rich summary of the incarnation in his letter to Titus. The grace of God, Paul writes, appeared incarnate in Jesus according to God’s plan in order to deal with humanity’s biggest problem: our own sin. This grace teaches us how to renounce sinful passions, live godly lives, and wait expectantly for Christ’s glorious return.
11For hthe grace of God ihas appeared, bringing salvation jfor all people, 12training us to renounce ungodliness and kworldly passions, and lto live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in mthe present age, 13nwaiting for our blessed ohope, the pappearing of the glory of our great qGod and Savior Jesus Christ, 14rwho gave himself for us to sredeem us from all lawlessness and tto purify for himself ta people for his own possession who are uzealous for good works.
15Declare these things; exhort and vrebuke with all authority. wLet no one disregard you.
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