Titus 2:11

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

     Sin is a terrible thing. It is an offense against God. You might even say that it is a slap in the face to our Creator. Some of our sins seem even worse than others. We look at the sin in our lives and we wonder how that could have been us doing that. We often times cannot believe the depth of our sin. When we finally come face to face with what all we have done, it can and should be a terribly frightening experience.

     Many times in these moments, our desire is to run away from God. We look at our sin and we cannot believe that He would possibly have it within Him to forgive us. Yet what Paul tells Titus here should give us great hope. God’s grace extends to all men. There is no one from which God has witheld His mercy. It is there for all man, not matter what terrible deed they have done.

     The examples of Paul and David should give us hope in this regard. One commited adultery, and then murdered in order to cover it up. The latter brought his full might against God’s people and persecuted the church. And yet these two men are upheld as the standard for Christians. Not only were they forgiven, they went on to do great things for the kingdom of God. We too can have full confidence then that if we would just humbly seek the Lord, He will use us to glorify His kingdom as well.

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,