Christmas Kindness (Titus 3:4-7)
In our last Christmas sermon for 2023, we see how Christ appearing free us to live with defiant kindness.
Sermons
In our last Christmas sermon for 2023, we see how Christ appearing free us to live with defiant kindness.
In today's sermon, we see how Christ's appearing means grace transforms our past, present, and future.
In today's sermon from our series we see how the truth "he has appeared" changes everything.
Paul makes clear that since the Gospel is true and grace has appeared in the person of Jesus Christ, we have the confidence to declare truths to a world as ambassadors to God's kingdom.
As Christians living in the time after the grace of God appeared in the person of Jesus Christ, we wait in the time between grace and glory. We look back to the promises of God and forward to their final consummation, and in that waiting, we are to be disciplined followers of Jesus Christ.
Grace has appeared, and beyond the salvation it brings, grace is meant to educate us to live upright, self-controlled, and godly lives. In other words, grace should teach us to relate to ourselves, others, and God.
At Christmas God's eternal unchanging grace appears in the person of Jesus Christ. Focusing on that truth can give a Gospel and missional clarity in the midst of a difficult Christmas season.
At Christmas God's eternal unchanging grace appears in the person of Jesus Christ. Focusing on that truth can give a Gospel and missional clarity in the midst of a difficult Christmas season.