God’s Love Washes and Renews
Ronald Vanoverloop provides an exegetical study of Titus 3:4-7, exploring how God's saving work through Christ accomplishes both the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. The article emphasizes how proper understanding of salvation's doctrinal foundations should motivate believers toward godly living and Christian virtue in their communities.
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:4-7 The apostle Paul continues to instruct Titus concerning what he must do in the new Christian...
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