Grace That Appears, Trains, and Purifies

Grace That Appears, Trains, and Purifies — Titus 2:11–15

Big idea: Grace is a better coach than guilt—it saves, trains, and fills us with hope.

1. Grace is not the opposite of training; it is God’s best .

2. A poor coach lets you _____; a good coach helps you .

3. One error: “God accepts me as I am, so nothing needs to ”

4. Another error: holiness is produced by (using law/fear as the coach).

5. Biblical holiness is not mere negative law-keeping, but glad .

6. Gospel order:  then godliness (obedience doesn’t purchase grace; it _____ it).

7. “For the grace of God has …” (v.11)

8. Grace “has appeared” points to Christ’s historical  life, death, and resurrection.

9. Grace is not a (a feeling); grace is a Person and saving event.

10. “Bringing salvation for all ” = all kinds/classes (not universalism).

11. Jesus is an actual , not merely a potential one.

12. Salvation is by grace alone, received through , rooted in Christ’s  work.

13. We must stop treating Christianity as -improvement.

14. Grace doesn’t just pardon; it is a holy . (v.12)

15. Grace trains us to _ ungodliness and worldly passions (a decisive denial).

16. This is not managing sin; it is real , not sorrow for getting caught.

17. The positive training: live -controlled, , and  lives (present age).

18. Sanctification is God at work in us  (between Christ’s first coming and return).

19. Name your “worldly passions”: comfort, lust, approval, anger,, greed, etc.

20. Replace sinful patterns with Godly pursuits; grace doesn’t only say “stop,” it says “.”

21. We live “waiting for our blessed ” (v.13)—active expectancy, not thumb-twiddling.

22. Our hope: the  of Christ and the completion of what He started in us.

23. High Christology: “our great _ and Savior Jesus Christ” (one Lord, fully divine).

24. The cross has a fourfold purpose (v.14): ,  _, .

25. Result: a purified people for His possession,  for good works.

26. Pastoral charge (v.15): clearly, _ warmly,  courageously—by God’s Word.

27. A searching question: not “How little can I change?” but “If I belong to Him, how can I not  Him?”